140: Camp For All: How Inclusive Camp Changes Lives

Struggle Care

KC Davis

Self-improvement, Education

4.8 • 750 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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I’m honored to be joined by Pat Sorrells for this episode. Pat is the CEO and president of Camp For All, a camp for ALL abilities and disabilities that opened in 1998. Pat has invested her heart and life into this organization, serving in her current role since 2007. Camp For All has impacted tens of thousands of people in ways that other camps cannot do. Join us to learn more! Show Highlights: The beautiful mission of Camp For All A truly “barrier-free” camp is much different from other camps. The importance of a REAL camp experience–instead of short-changing kids with challenging needs Camp For All structure for programs throughout the year The unique model of Camp For All in partnering with organizations to provide camps catering to kids with specific needs Highlights of Pat’s fondest memories of Camp For All’s scope of impact and accommodation Fun camp activities at Camp For All Specific accommodations at Camp For All Want to access Camp For All or partner with Camp For All? Pat explains what to do by accessing their Website. Resources and Links: Connect with Camp For All: Website Preorder my new book: Struggle Care Website, Amazon, and Bookshop Connect with KC: Website, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook Get KC’s book, How to Keep House While Drowning We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: www.strugglecare.com/promo-codes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last year, Amazon was the world's largest corporate buyer of renewable energy.
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0:30.3	Hello, you sentient balls of stardust. Welcome to Struggle Care. I am your favorite host, Casey Davis,
0:39.7	and I am here in the studio today with Pat. Pat, thank you for being here.
0:45.3	Thank you for inviting me. This is wonderful. I've heard all about you. I love what you're doing.
0:50.4	I think it's wonderful. Thank you. Okay, so Pat is the CEO and president of Camp for All,
0:55.7	which is a camp, as you might have guessed, for all, for all abilities, all disabilities. And Pat,
1:03.3	how long have you been with Camp for All? I've been with Camp for All for 17 years, which I can't
1:10.7	be. Yeah, but I was with one of our partner camps prior to that.
1:16.3	So Camp for All opened in 1998, and I have essentially been going there since then.
1:24.7	So I've invested in it and I love it. My heart's there. I see the impact for thousands.
1:32.5	I mean, we've served 185,000 campers since we open. Okay. So I have so many questions. I'm going to
1:39.7	try and take it from the top here. Can you tell us what is like the mission of camp for all? I mean, I think we can
1:45.9	kind of deduce that, oh, it's for everyone to be able to enjoy a camp experience. But, you know,
1:50.4	is it truly for all, like all disabilities, all abilities, what ages, you know, what is kind of the
1:56.8	core mission? Well, the mission is camp for all transforms the world for children and adults
2:03.8	with challenging illnesses, disabilities, or special needs. And it doesn't matter what age.
2:11.0	What is so beautiful about what we do is we partner with more than 65 different nonprofits. That means two moms that got together that have
2:21.2	children with cerebral palsy start a family camp. And so they can bring a family comes with their
2:28.3	children. Or it can be Texas Children's Hospital who brings children from the cardiac area. It's called Camp Pump
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