It was a pleasure to work with the teens and adult staff from Camp Sign & Shine. The camp offers outdoor experiences and leadership development for teens that are deaf or live in households with deaf family members. As much as the ropes course offers them a chance to face new fears and build new skills, it offers our staff a whole new way of looking at communication, without words. While much of the communication relied on American Sign Language, large parts of our day simply relied on showing versus telling. As always, we were blown away by how much the campers were able to achieve, sometimes with no coaching available, since they may not be able to hear you and are too preoccupied with the climb to sign.
We look forward to working with them again next summer!
