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Camp Cartwheel Pre-Reflection

Casey Walker

1. In your own words, discuss what you think Camp Cartwheel is.

Camp Cartwheel is a wonderful experience in which many individuals

volunteer their time and resources to come together for the common goal

of providing children with life-threatening illnesses and their siblings an

opportunity to escape their diseases, disabilities, and worries to enjoy life

and engage in the most important occupation of play. This is an

opportunity for the children of a family to bond together by sharing a fun

experience away from their parents and the seriousness and heaviness of

the daily experiences of hospital stays and doctor visits. This is an

experience with the framework of providing a fun and fulfilling day within

the safe construct of doctors and medical professionals at hand. It also

provides the availability for children to engage in activities that are not

always available to the children. For instance, many children do not have

the resources to go kayaking but Camp Cartwheel allows the children to

do this safely.

2. What you hope to gain from the Camp Cartwheel experience

I hope to gain more experience working with children with and without

disabilities to engage in play. I am looking forward to learning ways to

engage children of all ages, diagnoses, and interests in activities that they

find to be meaningful and fun. Moreover, I am looking forward to working

with groups of children, as this is something I have very little experience

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in. I hope to gain a day of fun and laughter in which the miracle of children

is fully celebrated and enjoyed. In addition, I hope to gain some

information about how organizations and foundations come together to

great events like this one. I want to engage in activities that are similar to

this one throughout life and I am very interested in creating events with

goals as pure and inspiring as this one. Any information on how these

events come together would be wonderful and beneficial to gain this from

experience.

3. How you see yourself fitting into the camp

I see myself fitting into the camp, although nervous from a lack of

confidence in working with children. I am very motivated, engaged, and

enthusiastic about this event and see myself opening up as the day

progresses. I see myself being a good advocate for the more shy children

and helping them to get engaged in the activities.