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Camp LELA JOY!

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Camp LELA will host children from the JOY! Center for Children with Disabilites in June!

In 2015, a young mother approached Slavik, Director of Heritage Ukraine , and asked if there could be a place at Camp LELA for her child with Autism. Without hesitation, he said, "Yes!" We had no training and little experience with children with special needs, but we held the first camp. 

In the fall of 2015, we opened our center for the children on Saturdays.  Then came the big remodel of the basement in the fall of 2017. There is now a center that is operational everyday. We have 60 children that we work with, 21 of those are receiving indivdual therapy. 

Every week parents show up or call asking for our help. There are no resources in our area and they just don't know where to go for help. 

All 60 kids need sponsors to come to Camp LELA. As of 5/25, 25 children have sponsors. 

Camp is an experience for the children that they will not be able to get anywhere else in our area. They will come to receive therapy and to learn new things. Our caring team will watch over them guiding and directing them and showing them Christ's love. 

Parents will be receiving training and also time to rest.

Donations are not tax deductible through this site. 

Tax deductible donations can be sent to our partner organization A Family For Every Orphan. 

Organizer

Slavik and Alyona Puzanov
Organizer
Mason City, IA

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