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Fall 2020 CHAMPS Camp Updates

mendinglittlehearts_306 — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:35:18 +0000

Conrad Bendig – Title Sponsor for Fall Camp

THANK YOU to our Fall CHAMPS Camp sponsor, Conrad Bendig! Conrad has supported CHAMPS in the past, and we are thrilled that he has offered to continue to support our program. Donations like his help us improve the quality and quantity of programming that we can provide to Saskatchewan’s heart heroes. Thank you Conrad!!

Are you interested in helping a child attend CHAMPS Camp? Check out our support for heart families page or DONATE today!

Fall Camp Going Virtual for 2020

We are excited to announce our fall programming for CHAMPS Camp! To learn more about CHAMPS Camp and the programs we offer for heart families, visit our CHAMPS Camp page.

Registration for camp is OPEN. Click HERE to register if you’re interested in attending.

Fall CHAMPS session dates:

Saturday September 26 1-4pm
Saturday October 17 – time TBA
Saturday October 31 – time TBA
Saturday November 14 – time TBA
Saturday November 28 – time TBA
Saturday December 12 – time TBA

All camps will be held virtually via Zoom. Camp is open to any heart child, however, sessions will be geared towards those 7-17 years of age.

Fall camp will include:

Biweekly sessions that include home exercise, games, craft activities, mindful movement, and mental wellness
Parent psychology sessions September 26 @ 12pm and December 12
NEW! 3 Follow along home-exercise videos to complete each week with camp leader Dana

For more information, contact saskchampscamp@gmail.com or visit our Facebook group.

Virtual Summer Camp a Success

Although the cancellation of in-person summer camp was disappointing, our CHAMPS organizers made the best of things by designing the first-ever virtual CHAMPS camp for our SK heart kids.

Virtual summer camp ran July 13-17, 2020 via Zoom. A variety of sessions were offered such as minute-to-win-it games, psychology, transitioning to adult cardiology, home exercise and mindful movement. Parents and family members were also included and we had great attendance at our “Lunch & Learn” sessions. Check out some of the sessions we offered below or visit our Youtube Channel for more home exercise, education and parent sessions!

THANK YOU to our sponsors!

Thank you to Conrad Bendig, Wiebe Windows & More, Bridge City Duct Cleaning, Gibbon Heating & Air Conditioning and Culligan Saskatoon for supporting summer camp this year by providing funds to send each child a camp t-shirt and activity package!

Your generous donations are greatly appreciated. Donations to the Mending Little Hearts Fund also help to make camp possible. Please DONATE today!

It was great to connect heart families in this special way and we are happy to provide a platform for support during these uncertain times. Thank you to everyone who participated and supported this event!!

Hope to see you all in-person soon.

Mending Little Hearts Team

Clinic Team

Research Team

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The Origin of CHAMPS

Design — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:05:55 +0000

The Origins of CHAMPS – Supporting Children With CHD

Children’s Healthy-Heart Activity Monitoring Program in Saskatchewan (or CHAMPS) began as a vision from heart mom Lynne Telfer RN, who saw a need for more support for children with congenital or acquired heart disease (CHD).

Resources were limited or non-existent, so she turned to researchers at the College of Kinesiology and College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan to help turn her ideas into reality. It was her hard work and dedication along with that of Juanita Praksas, Anna Maton, the research professors at the College of Kinesiology, the Pediatric Cardiology Nurse Clinicians, and the Pediatric Cardiologists who started the camp. CHAMPS Camp was initially funded by the research grants the first couple of years.

At the first summer camp one of the heart children said to me that ‘I have never met another heart kid, I thought I was the only one.’ “That took my breath away and made me tear up. It showed the impact of just meeting another heart child had and that they didn’t have to feel they were the only ones anymore.

– Lynne Telfer, Registered Nurse & Patient Advocate
Mending Little Hearts Team

In 2015, the first CHAMPS summer day camp was held at the University of Saskatchewan. Since then, positive feedback and continued support from heart families have contributed to the success and growth of CHAMPS camp. There are two CHAMPS programs each year; our week-long summer day camp, usually the last week in July in Saskatoon, and our fall/winter program, which runs every 2-3 weeks on Saturdays in both Saskatoon and Regina.

It is the generosity of wonderful sponsors and the Mending Little Hearts Fund that make the camps run. Please contact us if you’d like to be involved.

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CHAMPS Winter Camp 2020

Design — Sat, 14 Dec 2019 08:30:34 +0000

We are excited to announce our CHAMPS winter programming for 2020. Read all about our CHAMPS Camp here and see what we do, why we do it, and how much fun the kids have participating!

This year, CHAMPS Winter Programming runs from January 18-April 25, 2020

If your heart child is between the ages of 7-17 they are eligible to register. Camp sessions include 3-4 hours of physical activity such as swimming and rock climbing, games, crafts, exercise in the fitness centre and mental wellness for both children and families.

Registration is OPEN. It is not too late to register! If you’re interested in attending any of our future camp dates please contact saskchampscamp@gmail.com.

Regina CHAMPS

Location: Northwest YMCA
(5939 Rochdale Blvd, Regina, S4X 2P9)

DATES:

Saturday January 18 12:30-4:30pm
Saturday February 8 12:30-4:30pm
Saturday February 29 12:30-4:30pm
Saturday March 14 12:30-4:30pm
Saturday April 4 12:30-4:30pm
Saturday April 25 12:30-4:30pm

Saskatoon CHAMPS

Location: Physical Activity Complex (PAC)
(87 Campus Dr, Saskatoon, S7N 0W6)

DATES:

Saturday January 18 12-3pm
Saturday February 8 12-3pm
Saturday February 29 12-3pm
Saturday March 14 12-3pm
Saturday April 4 12-3pm
Saturday April 25 12-3pm

Please contact us for any infromation or to register at: saskchampscamp@gmail.com

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