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 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.
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.
