Canceled MDA summer camp hits many
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June 23, 2009 by fluoutbreak
By Rob Carson, The News Tribune, Tacoma
TACOMA — When the Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Friday that it was canceling its national summer camp program because of concerns about swine flu, it meant an abrupt change of plans for hundreds of Washington volunteers.
The weeklong MDA session at the YMCA’s Camp Seymour on the Key Peninsula was to have started Saturday, the day after the announcement.
The cancellation affected scores of firefighters, Harley-Davidson motorcycle club members, National Guard members and others who assist the annual gathering of “Jerry’s kids,” so called because of the long support of comedian Jerry Lewis.
“The number of people affected is countless,” said Geoff Ball, senior executive director of Camp Seymour. “It’s been a very emotional time. No one took this lightly.”
Ball stressed that no evidence of the H1N1 virus has been reported at Camp Seymour.
“The MDA kids are more susceptible to swine flu, so they’re taking extra precautions,” he said. Fifty-one children were enrolled to take part this year, he said.
All of the other summer sessions at Camp Seymour will continue as regularly scheduled, Ball said.
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