A Unique Summer Camp
I currently work at Camp Papillon in St-Alphonse-Rodriguez. Camp Papillon is a summer camp for children and adults who live with different disabilities, it is one of the most inclusive camps in the province of Québec. This camp has a very special place in my heart since my paternal grandfather used to be a camper, my parents got married there. My brother and I have also been campers. When people ask me why I work in a place that is an hour and a half away from my house I try to explain how fulfilling it is: when you see a camper having the time of his/her life it makes it all worth it. I remember the time campers got to go water skiing. A nonprofit organization came to the camp with some adapted "chairs" so that all the campers (even the ones who are in a wheelchair) could try it. Just seeing the smile on the campers face when they came back from the activity was worth a million bucks. It is pretty hard sometimes; we start working at 7 in the morning and we often don'