VIDBE-Q Volume 65 Issue 1
Kirsten French, Programs Coordinator, Sports Adaptations
and Camp Spark, Northwest Association for Blind Athletes,
kfrench@nwaba.org
Image 1. Camp Spark – Session 1 (Oregon)
Image description: Five rows of campers and staff sit on bleachers wearing
Camp Spark shirts and smiling at the camera for the all camp picture.
For the past four summers, Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
[NWABA] has hosted summer camp sessions for youth with visual
impairments. This past year, we have made some exciting changes,
including renaming our camp to Camp Spark and adding winter sessions.
Both of these changes have enabled us to increase our impact and
Camp Spark: Using Sports and Physical Activity as a Catalyst for
Independence