Texas Lions Camp looking for campers

Texas Lions camp is a facility dedicated to serving Texas children between the ages of seven and 16 with disabilities and Type I diabetes.

Texas Lions Camp opened in 1953 after four years of development and in response to the Polio epidemic that swept the country in the 40s.

To date the camp has served more than 67,000 children.

Texas Lions Camp, situated on 500 acres in the Texas hill country, offers classes in: swimming, photography, music, pedal boating, canoeing, golf, arts and crafts, ceramics, sports, radio, basketball, horsemanship, archery, theater, nature and much more.

Each day is completely structured, from 7:30 a.m. rise and shine, until 10 p.m. at lights out. Campers participate in a flag raising after breakfast, then lower the flags before dinner. Between those ceremonies they participate in five different activities, have lunch and even make time for a rest period. Diabetic campers have a daily "Med Ed" class and work monitoring and injection times into their schedule.

Texas Lions Camp invites children from all over the state of Texas to participate in one of the nine week-long sessions this summer, including specialty camps for burn survivors, children with epilepsy and children with down syndrome.

Register or find more information online at Lionscamp.com.