More summer camps are catering to kids with special needs. Aug. 4, 2009— -- For millions of kids each summer, camp is a chance to cut loose, meet new friends and hone new skills in the great ...

Rabbi Leibel Shmotkin spent a recent morning at Palm Beach Synagogue greeting Project Connect volunteers and campers, who were playing games and working on crafts, with cheerful small talk. Then he ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. When Guy, a 15-year-old ...

THE CHANCE TO SHOOT SOME HOOPS AND LEARN SOME SKILLS TODAY. IT ALL HAPPENED AT CREIGHTON’S ANNUAL ABILITIES BASKETBALL CAMP. NEWSWATCH SEVEN AT NINE’S MARY REGLI SHOWS US HOW ATHLETES ARE MAKING SURE ...

LENEXA, Kan. — When campers arrive at SOAR Camp, hundreds of volunteers, including special guests, greet them with excitement. "It's great the Mavericks get to be here," said KC Mavericks COO James ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Derek Kirksey was ready to rock Ohio State’s special skills camp. “Have you planned a touchdown dance?” I asked him shortly after we met on the practice fields of The Woody ...

Whether it’s helping an aging parent, supporting a partner through illness or raising a child with special needs, millions of Americans are providing unpaid care to a loved one. And if they were ...

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