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Counselor Testimonials

"Camp Oasis is truly the greatest, most important, rewarding, life changing, amazing experience of the year. There is no week I look forward to more."

"Camp Oasis is a place to feel completely comfortable among strangers that soon become friends.  It is also a place where I can help a child have fun and feel normal, which is what it did for me during my first years with Colitis."

"Camp Oasis is one of the coolest things I do all year.  The people are awesome and the kids are great."

"First of all, it gave me a new perspective on my own disease. Secondly, I feel like the experience was volunteering in the truest sense. I gave more of myself in that week that I have ever given before."

"To me, Camp Oasis means that we can show a lot of kids that they are not the only one with IBD, and that despite having IBD they can still do whatever they want."

"Camp Oasis is a time to have fun in a setting that is comfortable for everyone. It is an opportunity to learn about IBD, but also an opportunity to learn about yourself in handling your disease, and how others have managed theirs."

"It means everything to me. It has helped shape and define what I want to do in life and what I know will make me happy. It was a wonderful experience. The kids are amazing."

"I love Camp Oasis. It inspires me every year to make sure that I am as involved as I can be, and reminds me that I can inspire and help others dealing with IBD."

"I was a camper, and camp gives me a chance to give back to the campers what I desperately needed when I was there age. It is the most rewarding experience I have ever been given the privilege to be a part of."

updated 01/31/08