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The McLendon Family

Idiscovered as I was looking over the list of campers this afternoon that three of them share the same last name. After a little investigation, I learned that we had three campers who were related. Greg, Reginal, and Letitia McLendon came to camp this week as a family.

Both brothers and the sister have Cerebral Palsy, as well as MuscularMcLendon Brothers Dystrophy. Each of them utilizes a wheelchair to get around. Despite the differing severity of their disabilities, each can find therapeutic recreation opportunities here at Camp ASCCA.

I was able to see each one participate in various activities this afternoon. Greg and I sang along during music in the chapel, I looked on as Letitia worked on a puzzle in the game room, and I went to the fishing pond to watch Reginal do a little fishing.

After they had finished at each place, I caught up with the brothers to talk with them about camp and each other. The picture is of Reginal (left) and Greg (right). The following video is 3:05 minutes and is a 4.36MB download.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 7th, 2006 at 6:48 pm by Katie and is filed under Adult Camp, Campers, Photos, Summer, Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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  1. Allison Wetherbee

    Hey Katie (& Danielle if she is still there!)
    I just wanted to let you both know how much I have enjoyed reading about your experiences at Camp ASCCA this summer. It’s been about a week since I last “checked in” on things. I just read Danielle’s article “Camp ASCCA and All Our Friends Will Live Within Our Hearts.” It is clear that both of you have enjoyed yourselves to the fullest as I hoped you would at the beginning of the summer. I wrote to you then and wished both of you the best of luck with the adventure I knew you were about to have! I’m so pleased to see that camp has touched your hearts in a way that will last forever.
    Thank you for all of the good work you’ve done this summer and good luck in the future.
    Best wishes,
    Allison

    Aug 08, 2006 @ 9:03 am


  2. Katie

    Allison,
    Thank you for taking the time to read what Danielle and I had to write about throughout the summer. I enjoyed just about every minute that I spent here at camp. I know that reading about it is not the same as being here, but I know it gives you a good idea about how much fun we all are having. Camp has touched my heart and I will never be the same when I leave this place. Good luck to you too Allison.
    Katie

    Aug 08, 2006 @ 1:56 pm

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