Mission: Possible at Camp Wannaklot 2012

Horizons in Hemophilia, August 2012

By Karen Daniel, Marketing and Communications Director

With the theme Mission: Possible, Camp Wannaklot 2012 was a great success.  Here are a few quick facts about camp:

• 143 campers age 7 to 17 participated in Camp Wannaklot.
  
  
• Camp Wannaklot was staffed by 97 volunteer counselors, 8 Hemophilia Treatment Center staff members, 6 physicians, and the HoG staff.
  
  
• The Leaders in Training, a select group of 16 and 17 year olds who participate in special leadership development program, created an Infusion Musical to encourage other young people to manage their bleeding disorders.
  
  
• C.J. the Workout Kid provided fitness sessions to encourage campers to move and be healthy.
  
  
• 9 campers stuck themselves for the first time and 27 campers earned butterfly awards for achieving their goals toward learning self-infusion.
  
  
• 74 individual and corporate donors contributed over $31,000 to the HoG Camp Appeal to offset camp costs.  Another $43,000 was raised through the 2012 Trot to Clot Walk and Run. 
  

View additional photos from Camp Wannaklot 2012.