Youth and Family Corner

Camp offers a unique and empowering experience for kids and teens with diabetes, providing a supportive community where they can connect with others who understand their journey. At camp, children make lasting friendships, learn valuable skills to manage their condition, and gain confidence in their ability to thrive with diabetes. In a fun and engaging environment, campers participate in activities like archery, arts and crafts, and outdoor adventures, all while receiving guidance from trained medical staff and counselors. 

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The ADA's Safe at School® campaign understands that diabetes must be managed 24 hours a day, seven days a week- including during the school day and all school-sponsored activities. Safe at School® combines legal protections for children with diabetes with best practice to support appropriate policies, develop education, training, and resources, and provide guidance and information to prevent and resolve school, childcare, camp, and community setting diabetes management challenges. Safe at School® helps families, schools and childcare providers, health care professionals, and other stakeholders to understand the legal rights of children with diabetes under federal and state laws and how these laws ensure children with diabetes receive needed care and are able to enjoy the same opportunities as their peers.

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The American Diabetes Association's (ADA) Project Power for Youth program is a health promotion program for kids aged 5–12 with the aim to slow the trajectory of childhood obesity and diabetes, and their related complications.