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Sneaker Ball Auction Now Open

May 1, 2017 By

The SILENT AUCTION for the Silver Sneaker Ball is now OPEN!!!  We are getting excited as we near Saturday, May 6th! Anyone can bid on the silent items, even if you are not attending. Just follow the steps below. And, feel free to share the link with your friends as well! To register for the […]

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To New Heights

November 29, 2016 By

Together, we can take our campers #ToNewHeights! Even though we’re months away from our annual week-long stay at Bradford Woods, we’ve been busy planning our year-end campaign that will help create amazing new experiences and memories for our campers! Our adventurous goal for our campaign is to raise $25,000 that will go toward constructing our […]

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Important Dates

November 18, 2016 By

The Silver Sneaker Ball will be held on Saturday, May 6th, 2017 at The Conrad Indianapolis.  Information for tables and tickets will be available soon!  And, our dates for CHAMP Camp 2017 are June 18-22, 2017 at Bradford Woods.  Applications will be available beginning January 1st here on our web site!

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CHAMP Camp 2016

July 28, 2016 By

Our campers and counselors had an exciting week this year. 2016 is one for the books. Our theme this year was a circus/carnival theme “Come one… Come all!” As our campers arrived at camp, they were each individually greeted with enthusiastic cheers and welcoming hugs!  For our first evening activity at camp, the Bongo Boy […]

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CHAMP Camp Golf Outing

July 28, 2016 By

We would love for you to join us on Wednesday, August 24th for a fun-filled day of golf, prizes and dinner. The 8th Annual CHAMP Camp Golf Outing presented by ERMCO will take place at Wood Wind Golf Club in Westfield. Registration begins at 10:15 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 11:30 a.m. followed […]

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Taste of Slovenia Dinner

September 21, 2015 By

Thank you to KSKJ Life and St. Aloysius Society for the generous $2,000 donation from the Taste of Slovenia Dinner! This donation will underwrite one of our campers for the entire week at CHAMP Camp in 2016! The check was presented to CHAMP Camp by Mike Piechocki, Secretary of Saint Aloysius Lodge #52 here in […]

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Sam Schmidt

May 30, 2015 By

Sam Schmidt, a team owner in the Verizon IndyCar Series and founder of the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation, rode the 370-foot zip line Tuesday, May 19 at Bradford Woods in southwestern Indiana. Schmidt, a quadriplegic, rode the specially designed zip line that was installed at Bradford Woods by CHAMP Camp. The Indianapolis-based organization provides a […]

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Camper to Counselor

May 23, 2015 By

The following article was originally featured in Ventilator Assisted Living. At the age of three, I didn’t pay much attention to the world around me, other than what I could play with. Everything changed though when my family was in a car accident one February morning. Now, as a C2/3 vent dependent quadriplegic, the world […]

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Gracie for CHAMP Camp

November 6, 2012 By

Gracie cares about CHAMP Camp because it has changed her life! For the past two summers she has been coming to Camp to find new adventures and make new friends. And she has done just that! Although a bit timid at the beginning of her CHAMP Camp career, Gracie quickly blossomed into a very engaging […]

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