Pine Tree Camp Counselor Georgia Skibowski, left, from Yorkshire, England, spent a week with campers LJ Dobos of Wayne, center, and Mika Burtchell of Auburn, right, during Pine Tree Camp’s weeklong overnight summer camp designed for autistic and sensory sensitive children. Submitted photo
ROME — Pine Tree Camp held its first Sensory Sensitive Week July 22-26, hosting 30 youths for an overnight summer camp designed especially for them.
The week was made possible by a grant from the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism.
“Having less visual and auditory stimulation as well as a smaller group size helped kids connect on a personal level with staff and other campers,” said Pine Tree Camp Director Dawn Willard-Robinson said in a Pine Tree news release. “Many of the campers had never been to an overnight camp before, and I heard from a lot of parents how impressed and proud they were that their child not only spent a full week at summer camp, but that they also made new friends and stepped out of their comfort zone.”
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