Speaker 1:
I have attended Shriners Children's Twin Cities camps since I was five years old, and now at 15, they're still one of the best things that I get to do. The first time I was with other kids who were missing a limb was at camp. Shriners Children's created a safe place for us to try new activities. Winter events like downhill skiing and Nordic skiing are so much fun. Shriners Children's provides these activities so we have the chance to challenge ourselves, learn new skills, and most of all have fun. Through these camps, friendships are made and they grow every year.
We come together as a group and cheer everyone on when they master a skill and encourage them to get up and try again if they fall. Through our unique physical differences, we can offer words of encouragement or help teach a way that might work because we too have the same physical difference.
Speaker 2:
I love it. It's cool.
Speaker 3:
My name is BethAnn Chamberlain, and I'm a coach of the Paralympic Nordic team. We are here to just play on skis, skinny skis, Nordic skis. We are cross-country skiing. We are classic skiing. We want to test our skills off the bat and flip our skis.
Speaker 1:
These camps and events provide us opportunities to grow our physical skills and our confidence, which we will carry with us forever. Same goes for friends we have made, they are friends for life. Shriners helps me better my social skills that help me to grow as a person, that helps me be a better friend and mentor. My confidence has grown, I've become a better team player, but most of all, they've helped me grow as a person.
I am so grateful to everyone who supports camps at Shriners Children's Twin Cities. Thank you.
Speaker 4:
It's really fun.
