Volunteers are needed for the 6th Muthu Barry Junior Wheelchair Sports Camp, sponsored by the Carrie Tingley Hospital Foundation, June 5-9 at Valley High School. Campers are instructed in archery, tennis, track and field, basketball, swimming, soccer and other sports. The camp serves 8-18 year-old children who have diagnoses such as Spina Bifida or Cerebral Palsy or are amputees.
Nurses, therapists, teens and college students provide the needed support for the camp. Nurses assist campers with self-care needs as well as to provide first aid. Volunteers and instructors provide hands-on instruction and support in all activities. Volunteers need to be at least 14 and can help for part of a day, a whole day or the whole week.
Both volunteers and campers can link to the Web site for more information at www.aablprograms.com, or e-mail at mbschu@unm.edu or call 238-2247.
Media Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816; e-mail: gregj@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at May 30, 2006 03:20 PM