As you can see, the fund has already created "Jamie's Place": some incredible tangible infrastructure that have been enjoyed by hundreds of kids at Camp Triumph. More details on that to come.
We are hosting an exciting new fundraiser in this, our 20th year! A tournament on our newly constructed, nine hole mini golf course!
You can sign up as an individual, a team of four, or even sponsor a hole.
All the details can be found HERE.
Apply now to send your child to Camp Triumph for a fun-filled, worry-free week this summer.
Many existing opportunities this summer. Come join our team!
Take the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of hundreds of children this summer. All the while, you will learn new skills, grow, and connect with some amazing people.
Camp Manager
Core Camp Counsellor
Program Assistant
Waterfront Coordinator
First Aid Coordinator
Facility Manager
Check out the staff page for all the details and how to apply.
Between Giving Tuesday and New Year’s Eve this year, we are asking for you to contribute to a fund that will continue to insure CT remains a special oasis for so many.
The Jamie Holden Legacy Fund has significantly enhanced the FUN at Camp Triumph through FUNdraising. The fund was created in memory of Jamie Holden, a very special camper who embraced the opportunities at camp to experience new things, take on challenges, and enrich the lives of his follow campers. His passion and enthusiasm embodied the spirit of Camp Triumph. Jamie passed away after a difficult battle with cancer. His fund has already added to the recreational infrastructure at CT with upgrades to our challenge course and the creation of “Jamie’s Place”.
With your contribution, it will continue to add new recreational infrastructure to Camp Triumph each year.
Jamie’s family will match all donations made to the fund this holiday season, up to $2000.
DONATE HERE: https://bit.ly/3d0mn4q
Come out and experience CT first hand. We will be celebrating the naming of our new building and enjoying an afternoon at camp. What could be better?
To get us an idea about numbers, you can let us know if you’re planning to attend by RSVP-ing, at bit.ly/CTOpenHouseRSVP
There’s an option to walk 10km or 5km along the BLT trail. Participants fundraise for the event ahead of time and then show up on the day of the event ready to walk. A social takes place afterwards at the Mars VR Lab home base.
Last year, the event brought in $11,060 (exceeding the fundraising goal of $10,000). This year’s goal is $15,000. Can you help us reach it?
Go to thebigwalk.ca for all the details, how you can volunteer, and how to sign up.
Hope to see you on June 3rd!
Visit our staff page for more details on all the positions available.
The Dalhousie University Medical School Student Society organizes a fantastic show each year called Euphoria. All proceeds from the show go to charity and this year Dal Med chose Camp Triumph as the beneficiary!
Euphoria is a variety show in which each of the four med class prepares a 30 minute show. The talents on display are far reaching and include singing, dancing, videos, and just about anything and everything else they can think of. In preparation for this event, each class is shrouded in secrecy and competes against the other classes for the best show.
This event is sold out every year so get your tickets soon!
Where: Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at Dalhousie University in Halifax
When: February 18, 2023
Tickets: ONLINE
Via phone: (902) 494 3820
In person at the Dalhousie Arts Centre box office
Cost: $33 (adult), $25 (student)
Registration will open in the next few weeks but mark your calendars with this summer's camps.
Sessions one and four are for leadership campers aged 14-16.
Sessions two, three, five, six are for any campers aged 7-16.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact: info@camptriumph.ca
Our friends at MAR VR Lab set a goal of raising $10,000 for Camp Triumph children to attend camp this summer! Visit the websites for all the details on the event happening in Bayer’s Lake (Halifax).
You can sign up and start fundraising online in seconds. You have the choice to do the 10K or the 5K walk.
Event website: https://www.thebigwalk.ca
Sign up today, challenge your friends!
Your participation supports the amazing children who attend Camp Triumph for free.
The Camp Triumph Playoff Hockey Bracket Challenge RETURNS!
It’s just $20 to enter. All the details can be found at camptriumph.ca/bracket-challenge
You can sign up at https://bit.ly/CTBracketChallenge2022.
The deadline to sign up and make your picks is Wednesday, May 4 at 7:59 PM. After that, the contest is locked.
Prizes
First Place: $300
Second Place: $100
Third Place: A Camp Triumph Merch Package
Camp Triumph has been supporting children who have a parent or sibling with a serious illness or disability for 18 years. We’ve done this by offering summer camps where they get to relax, learn new skills, build relationships, develop confidence and positive self-esteem, and just be kids. It’s an important place where they can grow. Additionally, soon we will be adding year-round supports, resources, and programs.
We look forward to seeing how this year’s contest plays out!
Looking for a change of pace and environment for a couple months? You could spend the summer on PEI as the Cook/Kitchen Manager of a unique summer camp. Accommodations and meals provided in addition to pay. Work in a fully equipped commercial kitchen, overseeing cook assistants, and managing a wide-ranging menu.
When the weather is its coldest, we immediately start to think of when the weather is its warmest. That’s when we can be together again at camp! Now we can officially start planning for that time because registration is open for this summer’s camps!
We don’t know what the situation will be regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic by summer time but we will continue to monitor, plan, and adjust accordingly.
We can’t wait to get back to camp this summer!
It is with profound sadness that we tell you about the loss of one of our long time campers. Jamie Holden passed away after a year-long battle with cancer. Jamie brought a lot of joy to the Camp Triumph Family in so many ways. He helped everyone that he came into contact with at camp feel more welcome and appreciated. He will be so incredibly missed.
A fund has been set up in Jamie’s honour to provide a legacy in his memory to Camp Triumph. Learn more about Jamie and the details about the fund, visit: http://www.camptriumph.ca/jamie-holden-fund
This is your chance to compete for the top prize while supporting the amazing children we serve.
The cost to enter is $20 (plus processing fee). You can only submit one bracket per person (or per email).
We have yet to set dates for programs this summer. But we are hopeful we will be able to offer the same programs we have in the past. COVID-19 restrictions this coming summer in PEI will determine what is possible. At this time we aren’t able to determine definitively exactly when programs happen this summer. We will update in the coming weeks and hopefully have an announcement on dates.
If you have questions, please email info@camptriumph.ca
Although it was certainly not the summer we envisioned, we made the most of a difficult situation. As most other organizations and businesses tried to navigate their way through a unique summer, we did our best to make sure we were still striving to fulfill our mission.
We had completed the hiring of our seasonal staff in February. We had a great diverse and enthusiastic team of 10, with a mixture of new to us and veterans. The Pandemic created obvious obstacles and much uncertainty. Once we finally received approval to enter PEI on June 29th, we arranged to bring on six amazing staff members hired locally and all former campers. As familiar as it gets with CT, these six people have spent 200 weeks at camp over the years.
With regulations only permitting day camps for the entirety of the summer, we were forced to put our overnight camp schedule on hold. On top of that, our spring camps and rentals were all a no go. So in their place we ran two sessions of day camps in July and August. In addition, our staff created, filmed, and produced a summer-long series of virtual camp and camp at home activities. All of these activities can still be viewed on our website and Instagram feed.
Because we know our facility itself is part of what makes Camp Triumph so special, our staff rolled up their sleeves, put their heads down, and worked hard to keep it special.
They painted, fixed, pulled, tended, rearranged, dug, cleaned, built, and enhanced. Showing tangible results for their labour in the form of a very well cared for property with some new touches.
One of those new touches was the transforming and beautifying of our front entrance complete with a new gate to match the look of our lodge. The final piece of that entrance will be an information board to educate and provide insight about our campers, our cause, and the impact illness has on the family, to the public passing by our camp. There has been lots of curiosity and misinformation about what we do so this will help to inform and welcome. The information boards will include quotes from the campers etched on wood plaques.
Another new enhancement was the carving of a hiking trail through our woods, opening up new programming possibilities. In the trails, our day campers built shelters, and got a little closer to nature. They were the first to experience what we hope to be a unique addition for years to come.
Something we have been working hard on for over a year now, is a project that will open up the potential of our facility: a new multi-use building. Because of current limitation, it will include a new indoor programming space, cabin space for campers and staff, as well as usually scarce storage. This project has become even more important because of the pandemic since we will need the added cabin space to spread out those on site going forward. This building will also open up opportunities in the offseason for added programming and fundraising potential.
Finally, our staff helped to organize and deliver a new fundraising event - our Triumphant 5K. We were able to hold this event in mid October, following all current health protocols. It was a great opportunity to have people unfamiliar with Camp Triumph, to enjoy our property and learn about how and why we support the population of children and youth in our mandate. The feedback from the participants was very favourable and sparked interest in not only returning for a future race, but also interest in our organization.
Another major project that we devoted time and effort on, was the development of resources to help our families year round. One of the original 2020 staff members worked with us on this from a distance, as she was not able to be at the camp physically. She completed an extensive literature review which will be helpful in portraying the need of this population as well as development of strategies for their support.
We know it was a tough summer for so many kids with elevated feelings of isolation, but we remain hopeful that overnight camps will return in 2021 and we can all be together again. Towards that goal we are working with various other organizations and government to plan for the future.
