Easter Seals Camp Shawnigan (BC Lion’s Society for Children With Disabilities)

Summer Camp
Easter Seals Camp Shawnigan offers 4-night & 5-night, nature-based, fully accessible program for children and adults with disabilities aged 6-49 years old. All activities are designed to build confidence, independence, and peer interaction in a recreation environment. Campers are encouraged and supported to participate in activities they may have never tried before, including climbing the climbing wall, multi-day hikes, sailing, canoeing, swimming, wheelchair basketball, tie dying, talent shows, arts and crafts and more! There is a staff ratio of 3:1 to ensure your child is well looked after. All staff are specially trained and there is a well-equipped health facility that is staffed by registered nurses.’

Suitable for:
Easter Seals Camp Shawnigan is a fully accessible camp that can accommodate all types of cognitive and physical disabilities. Personal support workers can stay the week if needed. The most common types of disabilities of campers are autism, developmental delays, anxiety disorders, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy/seizure disorders.

Easter Seals Virtual Camp

A unique camp experience that allows for children, youth, and adults to have personal, genuine camp connections online. Through interactive, fun, and social online activities and programs, campers of all ages and diverse abilities learn with trained counsellors through role-playing game adventures, crafts, drawing, cooking and more.

Overnight Camp

There is an Overnight Camp during Week 5 for children on the Autism Spectrum only.

Family Camp

Registration opens March 5th, 2024