Camp Clio

Good morning. I want to let you know that the Adoption Institute is involved in an exciting new project: We’re developing best practices for a summer camp! It’s called Camp Clio, and it is unique. Adopted and non-adopted children will come together in a beautiful setting in Connecticut to share games, meals, and "old-fashioned" activities like swimming, canoeing, sailing, arts and crafts, and campfires. For the adopted kids, it will also be a camp within a camp – a place full of fun activities that will allow them to express and explore their feelings about adoption; create a positive outlet for ideas and emotions; and increase self-awareness and self-esteem. Camp Clio’s campers will have their own cabins, which they will share with teenage counselors who also are adopted.

You can learn more about the camp – including how to sign up – from the attached postcard or at www.campclio.org. Then please forward this message far and wide, and encourage adoptive parents to enroll their children for this wonderful new opportunity, one in which they can grow as young people even as they have a blast as kids.

Last thing: If you know any adopted teens who want to be counselors for a couple of weeks this summer, they’re taking applications. To apply or for information about the camp, email info@CampClio.org or call 646-285-6237.