A New Health Center in 2021
For nearly the past century, Camp Chi has been a leader and innovator in the overnight camp industry. As the interests and needs of the youth has changed, so has camp. Over the years we have moved locations, expanded facilities and programs, structured staff differently and more to ensure the highest quality program and care for our campers and staff.
At the end of our 99th summer, we will literally break ground, to prepare for another century of Camp Chi. What will we be breaking ground for? One thing that has changed tremendously over the years is the health needs at camp. So, for 2021, collectively through the incredible generosity of Cathy and Edward Atkins, MD and the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Yashar Initiative, funded by The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Camp Chi will build a new, 5,000 square-foot Health Center. The reimagined Atkins Family Health Center will improve the ability to meet all campers’ health and wellness needs. A focus of the facility is full accessibility for campers and staff of all abilities; key improvements include:
- The main entrance, secondary entrance and medication dispensary will all be accessible via ramps.
- An expanded medication dispensary and storage area designed to optimize our traffic flow.
- The welcome and waiting area will include ADA-accessible bathrooms and an improved floor plan to accommodate assisted mobility devices.
- All doorways and hallways will be expanded to accommodate wheelchairs and assisted mobility devices.
- More work space for the medical staff of nurses, interns, and doctors.
- An increased number of isolation rooms, allowing us to care for sick individuals without exposing others in the community.
- All bathrooms will be ADA-accessible bathrooms and sick wards will be equipped with ADA-accessible shower rooms.
- The addition of centralized heating and air conditioning will help ensure camper comfort.
The current health center will not be torn down. Instead, it will be repurposed in the future. We’ll post throughout construction so you can join us in watching the next century of Camp Chi being built.
If you are interested in contributing the new health center, camper scholarship, or any Camp Chi fund, please click here or call us