I'm With Gluten Camp

Topher28 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 30 Location: NJ

Ok...if you haven't heard of homestarrunner.com , it is a ridiculous cartoon site full of strange but appropriate humor. Anyway, I came across this cartoon:

http://homestarrunner.com/weclomeback.html

which has a reference to gluten. I thought some of you mind find it funny. Sorry if that has been posted before. Also, I wasn't quite sure what category to put this in. enjoy.

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 7791 Location: WI, USA

Hey Toph - that was cute... Smile

Thanks!
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jayhawkmom · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 851 Location: Midwest, USA

That was funny. I FEEL like both of the guys... the gluten and the glutton, stuck in the tires!!! LOL!

Topher28 · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 30 Location: NJ

Just thinking...there aren't actual "gluten camps" are there? If I had been GF in my summer camp days, it would have been really difficult. There should be a place where kids can go and learn how to eat healthy and GF - and do regular camp stuff too. Meanwhile they would bond with people in similar situations, and not feel "different" from their friends!

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 7791 Location: WI, USA

Hi Toph,

Yes, there several GF camps for kids. Here are a few:

http://www.celiac.org/kidskorner.php#camp
http://www.gluten.net/events.html#Kids%20Camps
http://www.csaceliacs.org/Camps.php
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“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

jayhawkmom · Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 851 Location: Midwest, USA

Oh yes!! I was actually talking to DH about that this evening. Someday...when our daughter is older, I plan to "send her away" to GF camp!!!

My older boy goes to Asthma Camp every year. He LOVES it. And, it makes him feel GREAT that he gets to participate in *EVERYTHING* - without worrying about having an episode.

Fidissimus · Joined: 17 Mar 2006 Posts: 1403 Location: Portland, OR.

This was from our summer newsletter:

GIG Kids Summer Camp
Camp Sealth, WA

Registration for Summer Camp opens in January. Kids will have some cool choices of specialty programs to choose from: archery, crafts, cooking, canoe excursion, outback, horseback, kayak, sail/windsurf, photography and fine arts.

Children with gluten intolerance or celiac sprue are professionally supported during sessions 6, 7 and 6/7 by the volunteers and staff of the Gluten Intolerance Group. Dietitians handle food prep to assure nutritious gluten-free meals and snacks.

Camp Sealth and GIG offer 2 sessions that are 6 and 4 days each, and a combined session of 10 days. Campers entering grade 2-12 are welcome.

Session 6:
August 2-7, 2006

Session 7:
August 8-11, 2006

Session 6/7:
August 2-11, 2006

For more information about your child’s camping experience visit http://www.campfire-usa.org.
For information about the food aspect of camp, contact GIG for details at 206-246-6652 or www.gluten.net.
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Jenn

GF BD: Feb. 2001
Free of wheat, barley, rye, oats, rice, dairy, eggs, almonds, pineapple and brewers yeast.
http://graindamaged.blogspot.com/

aklap · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 7791 Location: WI, USA

bump for somebody that was wondering what Gluten Camp was... Smile

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“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

duchessisa · Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:17 pm Post subject:

I have taken Juleah to 4-H camp these past two years. Bringing food will get you sent straight home, but they make room for her food in thier Kitchen and I cook for her. I brought way too much food the first year. Now that they know what Juleah requires and they accomadate her as much as possible. She gets spaggetti sauce set aside so I only have to cook noodles. She gets the first eggs off the griddle in the morning before pancakes go on. Hamburgers are the same. The roast and veggies happen to be GF, and I make a little gravy for her while the rest of camp eats powdered stuff. The kitchen is spotless, grill cleaned after every meal, and there are dedicated work areas to make it even easier. I am worried about 6th grade science camp. As a 4-H leader it is no big deal for me to be at camp cooking for her, I would be there as a counselor anyhow. At Science camp I don't know how to handle it. I promise she'll be there though! Wink

Camp is a time of memory making. I wouldn't deprive her of it.

There was a celiac camp set up (about) three years ago in Livermore California. We had an invitation to the *new* camp. Got a reply that it was cancelled but would be sorted out and running the next year. Haven't heard about it since. I will have to ask around.....Hmm...

kathyjp · Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject:

My son worked at a church camp when he was a teen and found them to be very accomodating. It helped that the woman in charge of the kitchen was the mom of a celiac!

We also attended a different camp as a family and had a great experience. We told them ahead of time what his restrictions were and they had excellent suitable meals for him every day.

Now going to Bible quiz finals at a church college was a different story. How's corn on the cob and scrambled eggs for lunch? Yes, it's GF but it's not a complete or pleasant meal. I felt sorry for anyone on a limited diet attending that school year-round. He ate a lot of Snickers bars that week.

duchessisa · Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:14 pm Post subject: