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Diabetes camps for kids

Around the campfire at Camp Setebaid, a summer getaway in the Poconos for kids with diabetes.
Around the campfire at Camp Setebaid, a summer getaway in the Poconos for kids with diabetes.
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CAMPERS, START YOUR ENGINES

Sign-ups are getting under way for next summer's diabetes camps for kids. For details and registration forms, parents can contact the four major regional camps at the numbers below. Some financial aid is available.

Camp Donovan McNabb in Montgomery County, for girls and boys ages 8-16, 610-828-5003 x-4657.

Camp Setebaid in the Poconos, for ages 8-18, 570-524-9090.

Camp Nejeda in northwest New Jersey, for ages 7-16, with family-camping sessions for those with younger kids (or older kids who are new to sleepaway camp), 973-383-2611.

Camp Possibilities near the Susquehanna River on the Maryland-Pennsylvania border, for ages 7-15, 302-563-9460.
 

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From carb-counting to workouts, from pregnant diabetics to B.Y.O insulin outings for kids, Philadelphia has a wealth of community options for diabetics.
It's a mark of distinction for a diabetes-education class to be officially "recognized" by the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Below are 51 programs in the eight-county Philadelphia region that pass muster.
Sign-ups are getting under way for next summer's diabetes camps for kids at four major regional camps.