High Medical Needs Family Sleepover
Check what parents of children with high medical needs and or rare disorders have to say about their stay at Camp Breakaway in this video
High Medical Needs Family Sleepover
This program is coordinated for children who have physical or medical needs or conditions that prevent them from having a sleepover at a friend’s house. It is conducted from 4pm Friday till 2pm on Sunday. They are given a fun filled weekend of activities including movie nights, kite making and flying, and our craft program. The magic show, junior disco and karaoke, and tandem motor bike rides are exceptionally popular.
We provide this program for high needs school children who miss out on this type of shared experience. This is also an opportunity for the parents and other siblings to have some much-needed respite and rejuvenation time with the other siblings or just some time out”” for the parents.
This program receives some government funding with the gap funded by a combination of grants, philanthropic funding and fund raising. Weekend care, particularly Sunday and public holiday personal care is, naturally, very expensive for complex medical cases so we try where possible to offset this by using experienced volunteers and nurses. This is sometimes not possible. This program is in big demand and growing.
High Medical Needs Family Sleepover
High Medical Needs Family Sleepover
Our Camp Goals
for for children with high medical needs and or rare disorders
- To provide fun by providing new, exciting, and interactive activities and entertainment.
- To increase self-esteem and confidence in abilities
- To give the child with the disability a chance to mix with other children in a similar situation, which often leads to the formation of friendships that continue after the camp ends.
- To create opportunities for volunteers to make a meaningful contribution to their community.
- To allow parents and siblings to have some much-needed time-out.
- To provide a range of activities such as a disco, a reptile show, cooking fun, drumming, sports, the Liberty Swing and a wide range of games.
