C.Y.O. Marydale Park

In 1972, the C.Y.O. was one of the first camps in Ontario to integrate children with special needs, ages 6 to 13, into our mainstream camping programs.  Our unique ‘One-to-One’ program offers short-term respite care by ensuring that a dedicated counsellor is given special training to handle the responsibility and challenges of providing assisted care to these special children while they participate in our C.Y.O. camping programs.

The C.Y.O. ‘One-to-One’ program is available to families who have a child with a special need.  Many families that request our ‘One-to-One’ Program have children that have any combination of the following physical, behavioural and/or developmental disabilities, such as: Spina Bifida, Cerebral Palsy, Hearing & Visual impairment, Angelman Syndrome, Scoliosis, Down’s syndrome, ADD / ADHD and Autism, just to name a few.

Over 12,700 children with special needs and their families have benefited from this unique ‘One-to-One’ Camp Program. This service is available at our residential camp, Camp Brébeuf and our inner-city summer day camp Camp Marydale.