By by Shannon Lins | AboutFace Trailblazer
I went to camp Trailblazers this year because I went to the camp previous years before this year and I loved it! Each year the experience of camp is so amazing and so much fun. I meet new people each year I go and I see old friends from past years that I reunite with; with the same friendship we had last year (like Rebecca and I did this year). The activities are so much fun and some of the activities gets people miles out of their comfort zone and you get to do stuff you never would at home.
Since I started coming to camp I’ve been handling getting stared at and getting bullied better because the other kids at camp give advice on how they deal with that. I text a lot of the friends I made at camp and we can talk about it and it makes me feel better. I’ve also become more confident in myself and I’ve started doing the things I love like working out and dancing. I am making more good friends because I’m putting myself out there more.
No other camp just has kids with facial differences, and a lot of camps aren’t in September - late October! Also, other camps don’t have the types of activities trailblazers does. I’ve never made really close friends so quickly before at camp either!
If there was another child thinking about coming to camp for the first time I would tell them they should definitely go and there is no other camp like it! I would tell them the kinds of activities we did in past years like rock climbing, canoeing, and zip lining! I would be their camp buddy and introduce them to my old friends and help them have a fantastic time at camp.
I was sad that the camp in Alberta didn’t go this year but I loved the camp in Vancouver! I got to meet kids that I wouldn’t have at the Alberta camp. We got to go swimming in the Pacific Ocean (It was freezing)!
Rebecca, Greg, and Colleen and I all went to Stanley park the first day we were in Vancouver for a 3 hour walk! The flight there was so much fun and we took two buses and a train because we took the wrong bus once on the way home! Of course I would do it again! I wouldn’t miss it for the world no matter where the camp was I was going to!
My favourite parts of the B.C. camp was the scenery - it was so beautiful there; jumping in the ocean 1000 times, kayaking for the first time, and of course meeting a bunch of great people who all have a facial difference like me!
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