Looking Back on 2011

January 18th, 2012

We at Camp Twin Lakes have much to celebrate! In 2011, Camp Twin Lakes served more than 8,500 campers with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges and provided an 80% subsidy ($800 per week) for every child and teen served. We collaborated with more than 56 non-profit organizations- we call them Camp Partners in order to develop and execute the highest quality of camp program possible. This collaborative model is the backbone of Camp Twin Lakes as it ensures that we are leveraging community resources in order to maximize expertise and not duplicate efforts.

We engaged more than 2,500 volunteers as cabin counselors, special event support and TLC days (camp clean-up days.) We ran 36 summer camp sessions and 66 year-round weekend programs at 3 medically-supportive and accessible overnight camps: CTL-Rutledge, CTL-Will-A-Way, and CTL-Camp Dream.

We are proud to be led by 39 committed Board members who are so committed to the organization and 100% of our Board Members are financial supporters of Camp Twin Lakes.

To top it off, we are grateful for a community of supporters who invest so generously in the lives of thousands of Georgia’s children facing serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges.

We are proud to have a team of dedicated summer and full-time staff who work tirelessly to ensure that every camper served has a powerful life-changing camp experiences together with other children and teens that share the same challenge.

At Camp Twin Lakes, being a kid is ALWAYS our number one priority! Thank you for being a part of our 2011 family!

“Thanks for giving me 3 years in a row of summer magic! At no other camp would that same wonder be possible. It makes it so much easier for me and others with my condition to feel normal for a while in an environment where we truly are normal; no, better than normal. We are among people who understand. We move away from feeling like we are our illness or disability–we aren’t, and camp lets us see that. When I am older and on Camp Twin Lakes summer staff, I can’t wait to make the magic for another child who comes to Camp Twin Lakes.”
-Camp Twin Lakes camper

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What’s New at Camp Twin Lakes?

August 17th, 2011

We are finishing another fun-filled, jam-packed summer season! CTL hosted more than 8,500 campers throughout 2011.  When campers arrived, they were introduced to exciting camp improvements at both CTL-Rutledge and CTL-Will-A-Way.

Thanks to a generous donation of $750,000 from the Imlay Foundation, our campers at Camp Twin Lakes-Rutledge enjoyed a brand new, state-of-the-art, zero-entry pool, which was completed in May.  The pool has a water slide, splash zone, deep end, and a much larger capacity than the old pool.  The treehouse got a facelift with a new bark exterior, animal prints decorating the interior, and a leaf-rubbing station.  There’s also a new puppet theater, 20 new adult bikes, a new AED, signage to camp from the highway, and a farm (including a chicken coop)!  HOG helped us add a disc golf course and misters at the ballfield, a high adventure element called the Giant Swing, and a sound system for the Turtle Cove amphitheater.

Camp Twin Lakes- Will-A-Way welcomed campers with a new multi-purpose gym and office building, complete with air-conditioning!  CTL-Will-A-Way also boasts a new athletic field, fire pits in some of the teepees, a vegetable garden, an animal farm, a bouldering wall, puppet theater, and a remote-control racecar track! 

We also have 6 new aquatic wheelchairs, 2 accessible hayride wagons, and a portable, accessible, inflatable stargazing dome!  This summer, we are expanded to a third location for the first time, serving more campers than ever. In partnership with Roosevelt Warm Springs, CTL ran four weeks of camp programs at Camp Dream complete with CTL culture and traditions.

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