Why You Should Make A Request And Support Camp CaPella: Meet The Queen Fisherman

An evening of fishing was planned and Sara, a 13 year old girl with autism, reluctantly agreed to go. Sara, a slight, petite young girl quickly became quite successful at catching Sunfish. Her worm barely hit the water when she came up with another sunny! “I’m the Queen Fisherman!” she proudly announced to everyone. Suddenly she began screaming, crying, or was it?  Was she screaming, crying, yelling, was it fear? Or excitement???   It was very hard to tell just what was going on---- but it soon became obvious that she didn’t have just a little Sunfish on her line ----she had something BIG!!! There she was, her fishing pole slung over her shoulder and looking much like she was pulling in the boat anchor and not some fish.  The pole was bent clear down to the deck of the boat.  The other kids were now cheering  with excitement  and all rushing to see what Sara was so panicked  about!  “Get the net, Get the net!!!”  the kids screamed!  Sara, still hanging onto the pole for all she was worth, still screaming and crying ---somehow managed to pull the fish onto the boat deck  ---a 3 pound small mouth Bass ---a VERY good fish by anyone’s standards!  Sara threw the pole to the boat deck,  mad as a wet hen!

 “ I only wanted to catch the little ones!” she yelled !

For the rest of the week the kids all talked about Sara’s BIG fish story and by the time Friday came, Sara was quite proud to have won the “Queen  fisherman of the week award.”

Truly a Camp CaPella moment that will be a part of Sara’s childhood memories for the rest of her life.

That’s the kind of wonderful place Camp CaPella is and that the kind of resource we have here for children with many disabilities.

Camp CaPella is a privately funded non-profit that I-95 helps with fundraising whenever we can.  Here are all the ways to help and show your support:

This year we are shaking things up a little offering you the reins to I-95 with THE I-95 REQUEST-A-THON FOR CAMP CAPELLA IS THIS FRIDAY!

Here is how it works:

Between 6AM and 7PM, we'll play ANY SONG ON THE PLANET FOR A DONATION TO CAMP CAPELLA!

Phone in your request this Friday at 991-9713!  Either Paul & Amanda, myself, or Dorian will be here to take your request and your donation!