If you need help choosing between the two camps, please contact one of our camp directors. Our campers come from Pacific, Grays Harbor, and Mason counties in Washington state and are survivors of sexual abuse. We hope to see you soon at Camp Victory! In 2020, Camp Victory celebrated our 30th Anniversary! In 1990 we held our first camp for girls and in 2013 we started our camp for boys. We empower our campers to think and dream and find their voice and power. Campers get to show up and be their best selves and are celebrated, attended to, and encouraged. Join the Mama Lion volunteers for four days and three nights of building memories, healing, and magic.Ĭamp Victory has all of the traditions of a great camp-crafts, singing, hiking, campfires, skits & stories, s'mores and all kinds of fun activities-all infused with the intentionality of a caring and safe community where youth can grow, play, heal, and thrive. I have seen campers grow up to be counselors, counselors grow up to become successful adults, and have made many lifelong friendships that I cherish deeply.Imagine yourself meeting new friends, having an adult buddy who is there to make sure you have fun, eating delicious food, making crafts, playing games, and singing at the campfire – Imagine YOU at Camp Victory. It has been an honor for me to give back to the campers and also have the opportunity to make a difference in their lives. The impact that the Lions Camp and ADA Camp Victory has made on my family and I has been tremendous. I hope when they get older that they choose to become counselors at the Lions Club summer camps. They have made many friends and many memories just as I did when I was a kid and I attended. Addison and Parker have attended every year with us once they were camper age and little Iris even came to play a day or two last year, she loved it! Even though they are not diabetic, they have learned to make proper food choices, how to count carbs, and even how to draw up insulin. My wife and I have 2 sons, Addison and Parker, and 1 daughter, Iris. Since then my wife has also volunteered as a staff nurse and now it holds a special place in her heart as well.
Being able to educate, have fun, and relate to all the kids during camp is very rewarding. I attended that year and have annually since. My wife, who is also a nurse, was very understanding and supportive because she knew the impact the camp had on me when I was younger. I immediately signed up but was somewhat hesitant because my wife and I just had our first newborn son. I became a nurse in 2004 but it wasn’t until 2009 that a friend, who is also diabetic, asked me if I wanted to join her as a staff nurse at ADA Camp Victory. Attending camp for those couple weeks gave me a feeling of normalcy as a kid. Growing up as a kid with diabetes was tough because there was no one else like me at my school. I remember thinking to myself, “all these kids are just like me and it's awesome”. I attended the camp for the next two years as a camper. I learned that the Lions Club had a summer camp for diabetic kids. I was only 12 years old and overwhelmed with this new disease I had to live with the rest of my life.
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