Camp CREATE

First meet up is this Saturday at 10 am the Walled Lake Outdoor Education Center. Then Thursdays - 6:00 - 8:00 pm at Walled Lake Western High School for Character & Leadership Groups , Reading & Comprehension

Saturdays - Leadership & Character Building Activities , Team building, community service, golf lessons, fun & healthy adventures - Locations announced on Thursday

The overall goal of the program is to provide youth with social, emotional and academic support to prepare them to enter high school. To accomplish this, we work to understand and identify the specific factors or circumstances that put these students at risk. We apply best practice models of service delivery and develop a plan to address the strengths and needs of the youth as well as their family. E3 Michigan, in collaboration with Lakes Area Community Coalition, will incorporate family sessions, family activities, group session and academic support to strengthen the family unit.

Family Activities

Creating opportunities for family engagement is important for multiple reasons. Firstly, it builds self-esteem in children. Children who feel connected to their parents demonstrate a greater sense of self and self-value. Secondly, family activities strengthen family bonds and generate feelings of belonging. When children have a strong sense of familial belonging, they are less likely to seek to belong in negative places. Thirdly, it fosters positive behaviors. Research shows that children who spend quality time with parents are less likely to become involved in drugs, alcohol, and other illicit activities. The family unit becomes a greater influence than negative outside forces. To this end, children are much more likely to develop emotional and behavioral disorders when they receive inadequate, poor parenting, or absent parenting. Therefore, it is our intent to re-establish or fortify these family bonds in an effort create optimal environments for the child to grow and develop.

LIABILITY RELEASE: In consideration of the Lakes Area Community Coalition allowing the Participant to participate in summer camp, I, the undersigned, do hereby release, forever discharge and agree to hold harmless Lakes Area Community Coalition, its volunteers, employees, and contractors from any and all liability, claims or demands for accidental personal injury, sickness or death, as well as property damage and expenses, of any nature whatsoever which may be incurred by the undersigned and the Participant while involved in the children/youth activities. I the parent or legal guardian of this Participant hereby grant my permission for the Participant to participate fully in children/youth summer camp activities, including trips away from the school premises. Furthermore, I, on behalf of my minor Participant, hereby assume all risk of accidental personal injury, sickness, death, damage and expense as a result of participation in recreation and work activities involved therein. The undersigned further hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify said coalition for any liability sustained by said coalition as the result of the negligent, willful or intentional acts of said Participant, including expenses incurred attendant thereto.

LIABILITY RELEASE: In consideration of the Lakes Area Community Coalition allowing the Participant to participate in summer camp, I, the undersigned, do hereby release, forever discharge and agree to hold harmless Lakes Area Community Coalition, its volunteers, employees, and contractors from any and all liability, claims or demands for accidental personal injury, sickness or death, as well as property damage and expenses, of any nature whatsoever which may be incurred by the undersigned and the Participant while involved in the children/youth activities. I the parent or legal guardian of this Participant hereby grant my permission for the Participant to participate fully in children/youth summer camp activities, including trips away from the school premises. Furthermore, I, on behalf of my minor Participant, hereby assume all risk of accidental personal injury, sickness, death, damage and expense as a result of participation in recreation and work activities involved therein. The undersigned further hereby agrees to hold harmless and indemnify said coalition for any liability sustained by said coalition as the result of the negligent, willful or intentional acts of said Participant, including expenses incurred attendant thereto.