FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                    Contact:

Ed Galemba

303-597-5000 x305

egalemba@jewishfamilyservice.org

Summer Magic Camp for Children with Special Needs is June 20 and August 2

Campers and Teen Buddies Needed!

DENVER—April 6, 2007— Summer Magic, a program that provides day-trips for campers with special needs and volunteer teen buddies, seeks participants for its two upcoming sessions. Children with disabilities are invited to spend the day at Shwayder Camp near Idaho Springs on Wednesday, June 20 or at JCC Ranch Camp in Elbert on Thursday, August 2. The JCC Ranch Camp is a new location for this year’s program.

Now in its sixteenth year of service, Summer Magic provides activities such as horseback rides, arts and crafts projects, sing-alongs, and basketball. The fee is $20 per day, which includes lunch and transportation. Some scholarships are available.

Summer Magic is also looking for teen buddies to accompany campers with disabilities on these two
day-trips. Buddies may volunteer for either Wednesday, June 20 or Thursday, August 2, or for both sessions. Training will be provided and no experience is necessary. Some paid positions are available.

Formerly run by Colorado Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE), Summer Magic is now sponsored by the Jewish Disabilities Network. For information, reservations, or to volunteer as a teen buddy, please contact Rita Singer at (720) 335-0854 or rocky2323@aol.com.

About Jewish Disabilities Network

The Jewish Disabilities Network, comprised of several metro Denver Jewish organizations, provides services and coordinates resources to promote full participation and inclusion of Jewish people with disabilities in the Jewish community and the community at large. Made possible through the generosity of Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado and The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation, it is a collaborative program of Jewish Family Service (JFS), JFS’s SHALOM Denver work center, Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado, Keshet of the Rockies, and the Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center (JCC).

About Jewish Family Service of Colorado

Jewish Family Service of Colorado is a community agency serving metro Denver that provides professional services, resources and referrals in the areas of mental health counseling, food assistance, adult care management and in-home support services for the frail, elderly, emotionally vulnerable, people with disabilities, refugees and immigrants, and the hungry regardless of faith or economic status. JFS, a nonprofit and nonsectarian human service agency, is one of the oldest organizations in Colorado and impacts more than 21,000 people each year. For more information, please call 303-597-5000 or visit www.jewishfamilyservice.org.

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