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Organization Number: 33-0601343 Organization Name: Camp Cookie For Children Address: P.O. Box 461930 Address: City: Escondido State / Province: CA Zip / Post Code: 92046 Country: United States Phone: (760) 480-8509 Ext: Fax: Organization Email: Cookie@campcookie.org Website Address: http://www.campcookie.org/ Detailed Description: To help break the cycle of family violence by offering a western day camp program which provides abused children challenging, positive life-affirming experiences, leading to the development and growth of their self-esteem, self-image, and self-confidence. Camp Cookie, founded in 1990, is a non profit organization working to provide unique positive growth, self esteem, and confidence building activities for children in protective custody at county emergency facilities. These children have been abandoned and/or so abused or neglected that it has become necessary to provide them with residential protection. At an equestrian day camp (held at Cookie Creek Ranch located in Southern California) children, ages 7 and up, are given a day-long, hands-on experience. For most of them, it's their opportunity to learn about, touch, and ride a horse or to experience the other animals and activities of the Camp. Camp Cookie founder, John Frank, hopes that "The personal accomplishments of the day's activities will raise the self-esteem and confidence levels of each child as they successfully meet a wide variety of challenges." After all, it is no small feat to approach a one thousand-pound horse for the first time in one's life and by the end of that same day be riding the horse in a relay race. | |
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