Adult Camp Retreat for adults living with type 1 diabetes is August 24-25

You already know the benefits kids get from camp. Now we’re bringing those same benefits to adults with type 1 and their loved ones! Welcome to your very own grown-up (slightly) summer camp experience August 24-25, 2019.

  • Camp activities include optional hikes, games, archery, swimming, campfire, and art!
  • Breakout sessions on living with type 1 that will help you know diabetes and you better.
  • New friends and connections who get it.
  • Access to type 1 service providers and tech companies.
  • Gourmet dinner with some of Oregon’s best wine, beer, kombucha, and carb-free beverages.
  • Giveaways and prizes. Plus GCC swag for all attendees!

Anyone living with type 1 can attend, whether you have T1D yourself or you live with or love someone who does . Spouses, families and besties are welcome. Bring friends or make them there! Must be 21+. Come just for Saturday or stay all night.
Breakout sessions
Dr. Michael Harris , Director of Behavioral Health at the Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center and nationally and internationally recognized diabetes psychologist, on maximizing quality of life while minimizing the distress of diabetes and discussing practical ideas for sustaining self-management in the long term .
Heather Jacobs , who has lived with T1D for nearly 41 years and worked in the field of diabetes for over 20 years. will facilitate a discussion on Injecting Positivity - What’s Good About Diabetes?

The hope is that by actively seeking what IS good about diabetes, we find more positivity in our daily experiences, and improve the overall quality of our lives.
Cooking with Gales Creek Camp's Dietitian and Head Cook . This isn't your old fashioned "mess hall" cooking, either! Join us in GCC's commercial kitchen and see examples of how to balance and calculate dishes from two culinary pros who served more than 7,000 meals in the past two months!

Paint Out with Spot . During social hour, grab a glass of wine, beer, kombucha, or carb-free beverage and join working artist Marion "Spot" McMuldren in making colorful magic with some art outdoors. You can even try using ink made from Leonardo DaVinci's recipe—the same ink used to pen some famous documents. Ever hear of the Declaration of Independence?
And then there's dinner
Wine is donated by the unparalleled  Brick House Vineyard , whose list of awards and accolades, from the  New York Times  to the San Francisco Chronicle , is too long to list. And there's a type 1 in the House!
Beer and fancy mineral water are donated by  Moonshrimp Brewery , thanks to type 1 brewer, alumni camper, and former staffer Dan "Tarzan" McIntosh-Tolle. All gluten-free all the time.
Dinner is catered by  Out AZA Blue's chef Gabriel Barber . His hideaway restaurant along Gales Creek is THE place to go for flavors you just can't get anywhere else. For us, he's doing another gourmet take on some camp classics.
Did we mention this is a fundraiser to send children growing up with type 1 diabetes to summer camp?

If you've ever fundraised to participate in a run or walk, it's like that—create a fundraising page and share it. People can donate to your page—but then you don't have to run or walk. Just join your friends by the pool!

For this fantastic all-inclusive weekend, the minimum to raise (or donate) is $150 per person, with an ultimate goal of $475. That sends a kid growing up with type 1 to camp, and that's a big, big deal. You camp: they camp.


Sign up for Adult Camp by creating a fundraising page or calling the Foundation office at (503) 968-2267

Thanks to our Adult Camp Retreat diabetes care partners!
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