Aaron's Acres

Aaron's Acres mission is to provide children(ages 5-21)
with developmental disabilities year-round activities typically associated with childhood, through therapeutically based, age-appropriate, social and recreational programs. In addition, it is to provide and facilitate emotional, educational and recreational support for the entire family.

Description:
We have programs in 3 counties: Lancaster, Berks and Dauphin. During the school year, we have a monthly recreational program which meets either on Friday nights or on Sunday afternoons. During the summer, we have camp experiences in all 3 counties. They are half day programs all supervised by professional staff. We have 1-1 or 1-2 staff to child ratio which allows for increased communication, socialization and immediate intervention throughout the camp day. Children have the opportunity to ride horses, swim daily, participate in music therapy, and engage in a variety of activities with their peers while in a safe, supervised, structured setting.

History:
Aaron's Acres was founded 12 years ago by a group of parents who were interested in having a summer camp for their children who had special needs. We started with 11 children attending a camp for 1 week in Lancaster. Last summer, we had over 140 children attend a camp at one of our 3 sites (over a 13 week period). We are a non profit 501c3 organization.

Contact people:

Risa Paskoff, Executive Director, (phone), (email) Judy Shenk, Assistant Director, (phone), (email) Terry Tafelski, Administrative Assistant, (phone), (email)

Address:

102 White Oak Drive Lancaster, PA 17601 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.aaronsacres.org

Directions:

We are looking for volunteers for the camp in Harrisburg. The camp is located at the Green Hills Swim Club off of Fishing Creek Road, near Linglestown.

Last updated on May 6, 2009