Family Outdoor Skills Camp For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children

Deaf and hard of hearing children seldom have the opportunity to participate in outdoor programs. Campers and their families will participate in a variety of outdoor skills programs. Workshops this year include traditional archery with a walk-through silhouette shoot, canoeing, fishing and rock wall climbing.

The camp, in its third year, is funded in part through donations from organizations such as Missouri Conservation Agents Association, United Bowhunters of Missouri and Compton Traditional Bowhunters. These donations help to defray the cost of the programs, meals and other supplies needed to make the camp successful.

Ben Russell and Brian Flowers instruct campers in target shooting.

About the

Camping Facilities

H. Roe Bartle Boy Scout Reservation is located near Osceola, Mo. Campers will have the opportunity to experience fishing, canoeing, climbing and traditional archery.

One of the new programs available to campers this year is the state of the art 40-foot tower they can climb.

Campers learn archery fundamentals from trained instructors. This year they will have the opportunity to use what they learn in a walk-through silhouette shoot.

Some cabins are single-family units located near camp activities.

Camp participants will have the opportunity to fish, swim and canoe in the lake.

The kids fishing clinic and canoeing will be held at a private cove located on the Osage Arm of Truman Lake.

Fred Asbell, Marv Cochran and UBM instructors introduce campers to traditional archery.

Randy Doman and Greg Stoner help a camper with his catch.