Summer camp helps young burn victims forget challenges
CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell featured the Arthur C. Luf Children's Burn Camp on July 20, 2022!
Union camp allows young burn survivors to be kids
by: Sarah Cody, WTNH UNION, Conn. (WTNH) – The activities at one special summer camp in Union are undoubtedly fun, and also hold important lessons to teach the kids who participate. “We’re going on a swing kind of thing,” said teenage camp-goer Erina. “It’s really fun, I went on it last year.” To kids who …
by Ann Nyberg | May 26, 2022 UNION, Conn. (WTNH) — In Union, Connecticut, there is a camp for children who have survived life-altering burn injuries. Dominic Mantuano, executive director of the Connecticut Burns Care Foundation, said it all began when Arthur C. Luf and Dr. Panettieri set out in 1978 to establish the state’s …
Everyone is a Mom at Camp
by Lynn Pandiani A more personal note to illustrate what a blessing AngelRide is to the families of the campers. Moms want to move heaven and earth to make things better for their children, right? By “moms” I mean the ‘village’ it takes to heal a child. A little background. Our daughter was injured at …
Theater is empowering at Camp!
By Kelsey Pandiani All week long, campers excitedly practice their scenes for the Camp play. Campers no only work on their lines, but also create their costumes and practice acting during their time at Theater. At the end of the week, they get up on stage with their friends and show off all their hard …
Shadowing a counselor who is also an AngelRide volunteer, this Boston Globe author beautifully shares the camp’s impact.
Respite and Rebirth, A Summer Camp Story, seen on the front page of the August 11, 2019 Boston Sunday Globe, brings the reader to The Arthur C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp. The little girl stands in a clearing in the woods, her chin tucked to her chest, her gaze cast down on the sun-dappled forest …
Tammy Torres: AngelRider and Arthur C. Luf Children’s Burn Camp Counselor!
Being able to volunteer as a counselor for the burn camp that had given me so much as a kid was an amazing experience. The confidence I have is in large part due to the experience I had at camp. So this year, I am participating in AngelRide to benefit the Arthur C. Luf Children’s …
From Camper to AngelRider: Pay it Forward With Me
By Gerald Payfer About 25 years ago I was diagnosed with cancer. To an 8-year-old child, it initially meant little more than feeling very ill. However, the look from my parents told volumes. None of us knew we were about to embark on a roller coaster ride journey that has no certain end. From the …
Kenny Osborn: AngelRide 2015
By Kenny Osborn In 1988, 250 campers, over the course of a summer, came to experience a different kind of healing. 250. Strangers. Patients. Perhaps away from home for the first time, except for hospital visits that had become frequent enough that they could be called “normal.” 250 who knew discomfort, insecurity, and uncertainty better …
True Colors
By Lizzie Parsons This is a poem by former Camper Lizzie Parsons, who is celebrating her 10th year cancer free. Her whole family has participated in AngelRide from the very start, well before anyone imagined cancer arriving into their lives. When I was diagnosed with cancer, The bottom fell out of my world. I stared …