The Caribou Rotary Club recently made a $5,000 donation to organizers of Cary Medical Center’s Camp Adventure Program, an annual one-week summer camp for teenagers with Type 1 diabetes. The main goal of Camp Adventure is to provide a safe, exciting experience for campers, including participating in a variety of activities like hiking, camping, canoeing, biking, kayaking, swimming and cooking, while learning to monitor and self-manage their diabetes.
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Receiving the donation from Caribou Rotary Club President Pamela Buck, center, is Erica Laplante, RN, BSN, diabetes educator and camp coordinator; and Ann Gahagan, FNP-C, CDE, BC-ADM, right, camp director.
“We are so grateful to our generous sponsors in helping us to provide this wonderful experience for our campers and thank the Caribou Rotary Club for their support,” Camp Coordinator Erica Laplante said.
Camp Adventure will be held this year the week of June 20 -25 at Baptist Park in Mapleton. Additional information about Camp Adventure can be obtained by calling the Cary Medical Center Diabetes Education Office at 498-1283 or e-mailing Laplante at elaplante@carymed.org.
