Life Transitions Center - Camp Blue Skies

photo by Elena Rizzo

Camp Blue Skies

Camp Blue Skies is a day camp experience that offers activities and time with grief counselors to help kids make sense of their feelings about the death of a loved one. Camp Blue Skies is from August 13-17, 2012.

Camp Blue Skies Wish List for 2012:

40 Milestone Inspiration Stone kits from joann.com
A button maker
Button shells, paper, and plastic for making buttons
Felt (all different sizes)
One large piece of blue felt (10 foot x 5 foot)
Yarn of all colors
Hot glue gun
Glue gun filler glue
Crayola Markers
Goop glue
Gift card to Joanns (any denomination)
Gift cards to Walmart (any denomination)
Gift cards to Office Depot (any denomination)
35 half inch binders
Multicolor file folders (not hanging, no pockets)
50 "color your own " Mandala greeting cards without message from www.themandalalady.com
Small children's toys/prizes for ages 7-17 (no stuffed animals)
Digital camera
Digital camera memory card
Matte white CD labels (Avery #8692)
Slimline CD case (no CD's needed, just cases)
Blank DVD-R discs
5 pinatas
Dart board (real, not electronic)
Darts (real, not electronic)
Bocce Ball set
Dominoes
Bulletin Board
Balloons
40 small journals (for all ages)
Scrap booking paper
Name tags

The camp welcomes children and teens, age 7 through 16, in Western New York who have experienced the death of a loved one three months to three years prior to the beginning of camp. There is a small registration fee to attend the camp. The day camp will run August 13 - 17, 2012 and will include bother therapeutic interventions and wellness activities as well as trips to various locations throughout the week. Caregivers will attend 2 sessions; these sessions will include a family night held prior to the beginning of camp and also at the end.

For more information on Camp Blue Skies, call (716) 332-5900 ext. 204. Camp Blue Skies is a program of Life Transitions Center, Inc., WNY's largest grief counseling agency.