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A Happy Mom (parent)Incredible Place! This camp is an incredible place! The quality of the administrators, counselors and medical staff is unsurpassed. Our daughter had an amazing experience. She loved the activities and felt accepted and secure. Best of all, she bonded with other campers and made some friends. |
Alex' Mom (parent)It was amazing! Thank you all for the hard work you put in to making camp an outstanding experience. Alex had a wonderful time there and has grown so much as a result of having attended this summer. Kodiak’s outstanding activities, excellent staff and wonderful campers surpassed all of our expectations. The kindness, support... Show More |
Jack (camper)Best Place on Earth
I like it there, it’s a home away from home, like the song says. I like it because it gives kids the chance be part of a community and find great friends. Kodiak is the best place on earth! |
Tim's Mom (parent)Tim's Growth I wholeheartedly believe Kodiak has been one of the greatest learning experiences for our son. From his first summer, to his last he always gained new skills, new friends and memories to last a lifetime. When I was Tim's age, I too attended a summer camp. My husband and I wanted to give Tim a similar opportunit... Show More |
Happy Mom for 5 Summers (parent)5 Years of Fantastic Summers! Camp Kodiak is a very special place! Our daughter has gone to Kodiak for 5 summers, and this summer went for the full seven weeks. She had an incredible experience and made great friends! The camp is beautiful and the facilities are excellent. But it is the kind and caring staff that really is important and kud... Show More |
Kodiak Parent (parent)Happy Camper! This was a transformative experience for my son. He was terrified of overnight camp and worried about it for years. In three weeks, he built so much confidence and had even more fun. I could not be happier about his experience and am very grateful to the staff at Camp Kodiak for all they did to make this such a... Show More |
All camps, in varying degrees, personify what camp is all about, though some do that even better than most. Kodiak is one of those camps. It began from a place of pure, unadulterated care, when Dave Stoch explored how camp, particularly, could support kids with a range of special needs. He moved with his family to the US for 7 years, living and learning at a special needs camp there. His daughter, Shari Stoch, says that “in these special needs camping environments that he’d been involved in, he saw the kids really thrive, and they were able to find their place.” And that, right there, is absolutely what camp, any camp, is about. That’s what camp can do that other environments often can’t, or can’t do as well. The family returned to Canada in 1991 and founded Camp Kodiak, building it around all the best practices that they had grown to appreciate. It’s not about separating kids with needs from others, but realizing that, well, all kids have needs, though not necessarily all the same ones. Kodiak is a place where they can be integrated, where their struggles are understood, and programming is managed to provide fun, learning, growing, and inclusion for all. Dave Stoch’s daughters Ilana, Shari and Marni now direct the camp, having started that first year as counsellors and working into the leadership roles. Their expressed interest is to maintain all the goals, dreams, and culture that their father established those years ago. It’s a great story, and a great camp. This is truly what it’s all about.
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