So, I attend yearly, a camp for T1D's, sounds like a run of the mill thing I know but hear me out. It's called Camp STIX and it is unlike anything I've ever been to or heard of in my life. I first attended when I was I camper in 2012 and oh my lord it was life changing. It's hard to describe honestly, it sounds sappy, you're reading it on the internet, it's hard to think I'm not exaggerating. This camp does everything any other camp does but more importantly it's campers number one every year. Last year and this year I got to be a staff member for a group of 9 year olds and by the end of the week these kids were tougher than I was at 11. Because we believe in campers number one we get to guide campers from ages 9 to 17 into a healthy life style that keeps them in touch with their diabetes. At camp Stix, everyone is welcome, there are no fights, no discrimination, just all around positivity. We make sure that our campers know that even with diabetes, they can do whatever they want to, we tell them every time we need to that they have diabetes, but diabetes doesn't have us. If I keep writing about this it'll go on forever but I encourage anyone from everywhere to make the trip and see this camp in person and in action.
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