“The Weekend” Program is the fall/spring extension of Camp Spearhead. It serves children and adults with special needs through community-based social/recreational activities.
Camp Spearhead’s “The Weekend” Program serves children (8+years) & adults (no upper age
limit) with special needs and disabilities by giving opportunity to participate in fun, structured,
fulfilling recreational activities all around the community while in an accepting, safe and
controlled environment.
“The Weekend” Program accomplishes this by:
- Emphasizing safety, respect, and acceptance.
- Being well-organized.
- Utilizing caring volunteers.
- Having an RN at each activity.
The Weekend Program supervises participants with staff and volunteers in the same way as
camp counselors during their summer camp season. Staff and volunteers are divided into
groups with the participants (campers) and this allows campers to engage in activities while
being safely supervised. While the group sizes may vary somewhat from activity to activity, a
typical group size is 10 campers with 3 or 4 volunteers.