Indian Trails Camp & IKUS Life Enrichment Services
Courtesy of Indian Trails Camp & IKUS Life Enrichment Services
Address
O-1859 Lake Michigan Drive
Grand Rapids, MI 49534
Contact Information
Websites: http://ikuslife.org/
http://www.facebook.com/ILoveITC
http://www.flickr.com/photos/indiantrailscamp/
Name: Tim Hileman, Executive Director
Phone: 616.677.5251
Email:
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Our Mission here at Indian Trails Camp & IKUS Life Enrichment Services is to provide individuals with disabilities an enriched life experience through recreation, advocacy and meaningful relationships.
Indian Trails is a remarkable facility that brings adaptive recreation to the lives of each camper. It is simple in theory, but daunting in task. Indian Trails offers a barrier-free camp setting in which those with disabilities can participate in all manner of activities the outside world is ill-equipped to provide. It is a place filled with fun, recreation and friendship. Campers learn perseverance, team-work and self-reliance. They leave for home loaded with love, respect, and memories.
Indian Trails Camp brings adaptive recreation to campers in a safe, barrier-free environment. Campers participate in a wide range of activities while learning perseverance, teamwork, and self-reliance and experiencing empowering fun and friendship. At the same time, their families and caregivers are afforded some much-needed rest. What's not to love?
Summer Camp Dates 2017:
June 4-10 Travel Through Time: From dinosaurs to futuristic fun, journey through the decades with us at camp.
June 11-17 Color Wars: Embrace your ITC spirit in a friendly week-long competition between other cabins. This week also features the Big Dance.
June 18-24 Passport to Fun: Experience all the world has to offer, right here at ITC! Get your passport stamped as you take a safari through the rainforest, cook international foods, and cruise to new adventures!
June 25-July 1 Party in the USA: Join us for some Texas line dancing, a Hawaiian luau, a New York fashion show, and lots of other American fun.
July 9-15 Show Biz: ITC's got talent! Star in a music video, help your cabin compose an award-winning song, and perform on-stage during this week of show biz. This week also features the Big Dance.
July 16-22 Superheroes: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman and more at ITC!
July 23-29 World of Wizardry: Cast charms, brew potions, and fight dragons; witches and wizards welcome at this magical week of camp!
July 30-August 5 There's No Place Like Camp: Follow the yellow brick road to ITC!
Indian Trails accepts campers with a wide range of disabilities including Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy and Spina Bifida. Inclusion and mainstreaming play key roles in making campers feel a part of things. With a capacity of up to 84 coed participants per session and serving over 700 people per year, ITC welcomes campers aged 5 to 70 and beyond.
Program opportunities at Indian Trails Camp include organized activities in the areas of:
* Recreation
* Ropes Challenge
* Arts and Crafts
* Swimming
* Canoeing
* Archery
* Music and Drama
Additional components of the camp program include:
* Campouts
* Concerts
* Dances
* Hiking
* Hay Rides
* Talent Shows
* Carnivals
* Nature Studies
While summer camp is the main focus, Indian Trails also provides respite opportunities during the fall, winter and spring seasons. Respite weekends offer similar programs to those in the summer but with a seasonal emphasis. In addition, ITC offers Holiday Camp over the New Year holiday. This week-long program provides campers the opportunity to enjoy activities in great contrast to the summer sessions. Each session of camp is not only an opportunity for campers to partake in fun but also afford families and caregivers a much needed rest and vacation.
"Camp gives me a chance to explore new things... Camp does not hold me back from being me."
-- Joe M., Camper
