We Give Delta Kids with Special Needs the Summer They Deserve!

The Delta Life Skills (DLS) Summer Program is a six-week summer day camp for children and youth with special needs. With our high staff-to-child ratio and focused programming, we’re able to give kids living with disabilities the kind of summer every child deserves! Campers with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, developmental delay, and seizure disorder have all successfully participated in our program.

Participants learn life skills, engage with community, and have fun!

Our trained staff give participants ranging from 6 to 20 years old the support they need to engage with their community, go on weekly outings, and practice essential life skills – visiting places like the Vancouver Aquarium, Grouse Mountain, and Science World, going to the beach and movies, and swimming. We integrate life skills into these fun activities on a daily basis, practicing things like riding on transit, handling money, grocery shopping, personal care and cooking. Our camp may only last a summer, but its impact is designed to last a lifetime!

The Summer Program typically starts the first full week in July and runs for six, consecutive weeks.

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I honestly don’t know what we would have done for the past 6 years without Summer Fun. To have a place for Jared to go 5 days a week, be safe, supported and have a blast was more than we could have wished for. It has literally been the highlight of his year being able to attend Summer Fun, every year he’d be counting down the months until July! The program has always been so well organized and so good for Jared, we wish he could continue attending well into adulthood

I love Summer Fun because I got to feed ducks, go on fun field trips, play games, and make new friends!

As a former board member, I’ve seen, first hand, the remarkable work that the Delta Life Skills Society has done in making a difference in the lives of so many special children and their families in Delta. The summer fun program not only provides a safe and positive environment for special needs children, but also invaluable respite for families that, at times, may need support. In Delta, we are so fortunate to have a group of dedicated volunteer board members that had a vision to create this special special program and keep it going.

Your donation helps to send a child with special needs to camp

The DLS Summer Program is the only day camp in Delta for children and youth with special needs. Most of the operating budget for the program is raised through fundraising and donations from individuals and corporations. It costs roughly $5,000 per camper to run the Summer Program, and participant families – who often struggle to cover the costs of raising a child with special needs – pay less than half the actual cost.

When you donate, you help to keep the program affordable, so that everyone who has a need can participate. Your donations also help to maintain and build the program, so that children and youth with special needs in Delta will always have a summer camp to call their own!

100% of your donation is directed to camp costs

The Summer Program is run by the Delta Life Skills Society, a volunteer-driven, non-profit charitable organization. We run a streamlined operation, so that any donations we receive go directly to program operating expenses.

604-314-7052
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PO Box 18625, Ladner Postal Outlet, Delta, BC V4K 4V7

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