Quinnipiac University Hosts Camp No Limits

From QU: Quinnipiac University’s Center for Interprofessional Healthcare will host Camp No Limits, an overnight camp for children and adolescents with limb loss and their families, July 6-9, on its York Hill Campus, 305 Sherman Ave.

Through adapted recreational activities and life skills programs with professionals, including physical and occupational therapists, prosthetists, as well as Quinnipiac students and teen and adult amputee mentors, Camp No Limits aims to optimize the functional independence of children living with limb loss. Parents and siblings will have opportunities to experience a network of support.

Camp No Limits, which includes campers from Sherman and Windsor, will be open to the media from 10 a.m.-noon on Friday, July 7.

In 2015, Quinnipiac became the first and only institution of higher education in the country to host Camp No Limits.

Camp participants develop self-confidence, achieve personal aspirations and form enduring friendships. They will also participate in and gain awareness of recreational programs available to children with limb loss, and gain knowledge of the latest prosthetic options.
In addition, campers and staff members will learn about scholastic sport rule modifications that pertain to playing sports with prosthetics. Zane’s Cycles of Branford returns to host a free adaptive bicycle clinic for the campers.

Sports include volleyball, ice hockey and basketball. As an example, the New York Sled Rangers and Connecticut’s Gaylord Sports Association Wolfpack will face off in a sled hockey game at Quinnipiac’s TD Bank Sports Center at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 8. Admission is free. Sled hockey is a sit-down version of ice hockey for players whose disabilities prevent them from playing stand-up hockey. Click here to attend.
In 2004, Mary Leighton, an occupational therapist from Maine, founded Camp No Limits with four campers, and there are now 10 locations nationwide, serving hundreds of families. In addition to Connecticut, Camp No Limits is offered in California, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Missouri and Texas.

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