so called \" Peanut safe camp\"

hmmmm, if a camp said peanut safe..I would also assume it had a peanut ban. Or in the least a peanut-free table!!! I am not to the level of doign camp yet(he's just 6) so I have no advice, I would be a nervous nelley though...it just doesn't sound right IMO [img]http://uumor.pair.com/nutalle2/peanutallergy/smile.gif[/img]

Mayeb a little meeting with the head-honcho(whatever a camp title would be) might starighten things up...they need to think this through abit more then just offering Epi's and nurses!!!??????

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Sidney-8 (beef and chocolate, grasses, molds, weeds, guinea pig & asthma)
Jake-6 (peanut, all tree nuts, eggs, trees, grasses, weeds, molds, cats, dogs, guinea pig & eczema & asthma)
Carson-3 1/2 (milk, soy, egg, beef and pork, cats, dog, guinea pig)
Savannah-1 (milk and egg)

Well, having a nurse there does sound nice. So does all the counselors being Epi and CPR trained. It's a good start I guess.

We haven't been brave enough to try camp yet so I don't know how this works.

Is this overnight? Is the food they provide PA safe?

What if you talked to them about a Pn free table and handwashing or whatever accomodations you would like to feel comfortable and asked if they could work with you? Or are you looking for a "peanut free" camp?

[This message has been edited by krc (edited February 10, 2007).]

Dd went to a truly peanut free camp last summer. She is also milk allergic. It is through the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. It was absolutely fantastic. Ingredients were posted on all food items and there was a doctor for every cabin. However, your child must have asthma to go. Check out my thread on it.
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not to scare anyone..but I used to be a camp counselor....the first week of every summer we had "asthma kids"...there were 3 extra nurses on duty who stayed at the camp 24/7. But I don't remember getting any training really as a counselor. I mean we may have been told the obvious...like if you see a kid wheezing or strugling to breath get them to the infirmary - but nothing detailed. I also don't remember knowing which kids had asthma. Maybe that's all fine - I don't know. It was a good camp. I would send my kid there without hesitation...that is I would have before PA...but I'm not thinking about camp yet. Anyway as I remember it (20 years ago) the kids seemed to be self directed...in that they knew to report in the infirmary and I think they were also able to call home where other kids weren't. Maybe the lack of staff training was just to make it a normal experience for the kids.

carefulmom- I picked up a brochure on this camp at our pulmonologist's office last week. It looks wonderful!
I think it would be great for my dd to be with others who deal with the same issues every day too!

Our 5th grade goes to camp this year for 3 days/ 2 nights. They can barely "get it" at school--I can't imagine sending her with them to camp! My dd will be devastated if she can't go but I'm having a hard time dealing w/ the principal about this issue. (Basically I don't want her to go unless I can be a supervisor but they are not going for it)

It was fantastic! And because there was a doctor for every cabin, we did not have to worry about counselors that didn`t get it, like the person who posted above you. My dd went the summer after 5th grade. When you have time, read my posts in the thread about it. I posted a very detailed description of how everything was handled. They had many MFA kids there (don`t recall if your dd is MFA or just pa). They are used to making meals for MFA kids and trained on cross contamination. Dd had a blast, she was so ready to go. She did not miss me one bit(not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing...no, seriously she had too much fun to miss me, the only thing she did not like was it was too short!!).

Mrsdocrse - would you ever come down as far as Winchester? I have a great camp in Winchester that doesn't allow peanuts and has a full time nurse. It is called Kidstock. It is a drama camp.

Quote:Originally posted by Mrsdocrse:
[b].... She said "we condider ourselves a peanut safe camp"... [/b]

I think the key words here are "We consider ourselves." That doesn't mean anyone else considers them "peanut safe."

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Quote:Originally posted by Heather2:
[b]Mrsdocrse - would you ever come down as far as Winchester? I have a great camp in Winchester that doesn't allow peanuts and has a full time nurse. It is called Kidstock. It is a drama camp.[/b]

winchester ma? Right now I am doing day camp because he isn't old enough for over night camp
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