Camp is refuge for kids touched by cancer
Photo credit: Linda Rosier | Volunteer Judie Horowitz enjoys friendly arm wrestling with program attendee Sebastian Quiles at an end-of-year family gathering last month at SIBSPlace, a program for kids affected by serious illness. (June 28, 2012)
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By all appearances, it seems like an ordinary sleep-away camp: Children ages 6-18 participate in various sports, arts and crafts projects and enjoy swimming, archery, music and nature activities. "Ordinary" is how the children at Camp Adventure on Shelter Island like it — because their lives outside of camp are anything but.
Everyone at the camp — which is free — has been affected by cancer....
