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Welcome to Carolyn's Causes.org

Carolyn's Camp 2009

Although I had not updated our website in a while I am proud to announce that we have not been “sleeping” through the past few years. I want to list a few things Carolyn’s Causes has been doing and tell you about our future plans.

  1. We have held 5 successful Carolyn’s Camps the past 5 summers. The format is: It is a day camp over the last weekend in July. We target children with special needs in the age group 3-8 although we are flexible. It is a family affair and free to parents and siblings. The parents attend a seminar given by occupational therapist that focuses on recognizing sensory integration dysfunction, coping with issues, diagnosis and treatment and of course an amazing support group with shared stories.
  2. The children get the benefit of an all day therapy session with their own therapist. It is structured to be a day of fun with children their own age and a mix of children with disabilities, therapist’s children and volunteer’s children. The day involves crafts, physical stimulation on a trampoline, rope climbing wall, loft swing, therapy dogs, a puppet show and water play. The goal is for everyone to have fun as well as therapy and observations by the therapists. Look at the pictures on the website for a better understanding of the camp.
  3. The University of N.M. School of Occupational Therapy gives an award every year to the graduating O.T. student who has done the most in the area of community service. The award is called the Carolyn Thurman Rustvold Community Service Award. The award for 2008 went to Alisha Blackburn. Alisha helped set up a website for Dogwood Therapy Services which is an Albuquerque therapy dog service.
  4. Carolyn’s Causes has worked with occupational therapy students on projects for their classes. Every year we have student volunteers help at the camp. It is a great real world experience for the students and a way for us to stay connected to the O.T. school and new ideas.
  5. Our plans for the future include making our website more user friendly with links to resources, pictures of our activities, ways to contact us to make a donation or volunteer for Carolyn’s Camp. We also need to develop some fund raising activities. We currently receive donations through the United Way of Albuquerque as well as private donations. We send sunflower necklaces to those who donate.
Carolyn’s Causes is alive and well. It continues to be a way to honor Carolyn Thurman Rustvold’s memory and to work with the children she loved. It is also a way to heal her family after the tragic loss of a very special young woman. Our motto:
  • Live life with passion
  • Treat others with compassion
  • Believe you can make a difference

Words of encouragement:

It has been said that to know the mystery of life
we must turn our face toward the sun,
for only when we look upward can we begin to understand.    -Flavia

We are the flowers-thou art the Sun.
Forgive us, if as days decline-
We nearer steal to Thee.  
                      -Emily Dickinson


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Please contact: info@CarolynsCauses.com

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