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For me my main complaint was the last minute decision because it
was very upsetting to campers prepared to go and it was inconsiderate towards
the local chapter who had already fronted the entire cost. Another thing
to add is that not only the 50 camps that hadn’t started for the campers
were cancelled, the 33 currently ongoing camps were shutdown as well. I
overall support MDA and I will continue to do so, it’s just at times they
do stuff in an unfair way. At my last year at camp in 2001 in Lake Tahoe there
was an incident unrelated to the camp or the campers where some drunken fools
stole jet skis somewhere else on the lake. They were being pursued by
police on the water and found out the hard way why not to do something like
that. They ended up beheading themselves on the camp dock because they
were too drunk to see the obstacle. Before MDA corporate got the story
straight, they called every parent saying a MURDER of two 20 something’s occurred
at the camp. I had to talk my parents out of pulling me from camp on a cell
phone by giving them the correct information. No staff or campers were
involved, nor did they witness anything. The beach was closed as a crime
scene and camp went on without a hitch. It’s just knee jerk
reactions like these that leave us scratching our heads.
Charles
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MD-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MD-List@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of momdmd
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:30 PM
To: MD-List@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MD-List] Re: MDA Summer Camp Cancelled NATIONWIDE
I think
you can be upset about camp closing and just as concerned about your childs
health. Just because you know it's for their own safety doesn't take away from
the fact that you have to see your child upset about not going and two days
notice does not help people who plan trips or other things that now require a
cancelation, often with a loss of finances or nurses who have other plans. I
think that the last minute notice is the part I would have had an issue with. I
spent most of my sons week at mda camp (I am in Indiana and he had his the
second week of June) with my other son in the hospital. Other wise I don't get
to stay with him much because I only have an aid for 4 hours a day when one of
them is not home.
----- Original Message -----
From: dragonflylili@...
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:07 AM
Subject: Re: [MD-List] Re: MDA Summer Camp Cancelled NATIONWIDE
to those of u who think terminating camp was a bad idea... to some kids the swine flu is serious such as my daughter who only has 1 lung.. i would rather b safe than sorry,, so get off your high horses and b thankful they are worried about our kids !!!!!!
In a message dated 6/19/2009 8:58:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, donnajeffrey2000@... writes:
They had MD camp here in AZ. Donna
--- In MD-List@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Rhodes" <jedicharles@...> wrote:
>
> MDA has decided to cancel Summer Camp nationwide due to heightened fears of
> the Swine Flu at the last minute. My nephew is extremely upset and I'm very
> angry. The camp director was in tears when she called my sister to let her
> know what happened. He was supposed to go to camp tomorrow and had
> everything ready for days. All of the counselors and volunteers were
> already at camp when they found out. All the food and supplies are paid for
> and already to go and now to waste. All the months of planning shot to
> hell. They should have made this decision weeks if not months ago. This
> Swine Flu thing has been blown way out of proportion. Not only is it no
> worse than the regular flu, it isn't anywhere close to the regular flu in
> numbers. The regular flu kills on average 36000 people in the US every
> year, the H1N1 swine flu has only killed 87. The numbers just don't add
> up. It's the time frame that bothers me the most. Not to mention that 17
> year olds were on their last year of camp are now screwed out of it.
>
>
>
> Charles
>
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