Our Mission is to enable participants to experience a sense of belonging and an enhanced quality of life. This is accomplished by providing quality social and recreational opportunities focusing on children and adults with disabilities.

Camp Bonaventure

Camp Bonaventure is the only outdoor summer day camp in Calgary focusing on youth and teens up to 17 years old with or without disabilities. Participants make new friends, gain new life experiences and develop self-confidence by challenging their own limits. Camp Bonaventure runs during the summer months, beginning the first full week in July and continuing for 8 consecutive weeks. We will be offering one week sessions for our youngest age group.

W.E.S.O.A.R! (Weekend & Evening Social Opportunities, Activities & Recreation) Programs

W.E.S.O.A.R! Programs are offered for all of our participants in 6 different age groups from 3 years old and up. Programs are offered during regular leisure hours (evenings and weekends) and activities offered are typical leisure/recreation activities. Some of our programs include bowling, music programs, swimming, cooking, and a variety of other social activities such as attending a sports event or going for dinner and a movie.

Our programs typically run from between 8-12 weeks in length, meeting once per week for approximately 1 to 3 hours. Our programs are broken down into four groupings that we call sessions: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall.

I.C.A.N! (Inclusive Children's Activities with No Barriers) Programs

Our I.C.A.N! Programs give children with disabilities the opportunity to participate in recreational programs in their community without a support aide. These programs are suited for children who require minimal support. Programs may include activities such as dance, gymnastics, swimming lessons, karate, and climbing.

I.C.A.N! (Inclusive Children's Activities with No Barriers) Camps

These camps are very similiar to our I.C.A.N! Programs. During July and August, children interested in educational, sport-focused or art-based day camps can enroll in camps offered by: Calgary Zoo, The City of Calgary, Crowfoot YMCA, Shawnessy YMCA, Camp Riveredge YMCA, and Camp Chief Hector YMCA.

Adventurers

Our adult program, Adventurers, is for those 18 years and older who are looking for some fun, relaxation and challenge-oriented experiences that allow opportunities to make new friends or reunite with old ones. The goal of Adventurers is to expand our participants’ skills and interests in outdoor adventure activities through day trips, overnights and weeklong adventures.

Adventurers has three different streams for our adults to choose from: Vacationers, Outward Bound and Day Trippers. In 2009, we camped in Boulton Creek, Ol’ MacDonald Resort, Waterton, and various other locations, in addition to exploring the Canadian Rockies, rafting down the Kananaskis River, touring Edmonton attractions and departing on many other adventures.

How Do We Do It?

Our team of dedicated volunteers and qualified staff work together to provide quality programs. Their enthusiasm, commitment, and creativity is contagious!

Strong leadership, sound financial management, and cost-sharing with other organizations make our programs efficient and affordable.

To ensure that no participant misses out on a program due to financial constraints, we subsidize all of our programs. On top of that, we offer further subsidies to those families who, due to financial circumstances, cannot afford to pay the program fees.