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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Camp Lee Mar: 60 Years of Summer Fun for Special Needs Children [Watch (HLS stream): Camp Lee Mar: 60 Years of Summer Fun for Special Needs Children](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4ZfZUtEn.m3u8) (7:41)  _Published 2012-08-24. Photographer Gillian Laub visited Camp Lee Mar, a beloved summer destination in Pennsylvania for children with special needs, as it celebrates its 60th anniversary_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:27 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [First Take: Gillian Laub](/video/tTiJgHT3/) ### First Take: Gillian Laub [Four Generations by Gillian Laub](/video/13BuBqHh/) ### Four Generations by Gillian Laub [Lee Child on Summer Reading](/video/tq3JacXd/) ### Lee Child on Summer Reading --- ## Transcript Okay, one, two, three. [ MUSIC ] Many of our campers feel that this is a safe haven. There is no rejection here. Take a risk, take a chance, make a change, and break away. An amazing thing is the creativity that comes out of them. We have youngsters who will not talk in front of a group of people, and yet will go on stage and sing, and perform. [ SOUND ] I'm Lee Morrone, Camp Lee Mar is my Shangri La. A dream that I had in 1953. It caters exclusively to children and young adults with special needs. 3, 2, 1, go! My name is Annie. I'm 20 years old. And this is my 5th year at Camp Lee Mar. So cool! Especially, especially, I love going in the pool! The way we operated camp when we first opened, we were using the same objectives and expectations as today. No one here is allowed to use the word can't. If they use, I go, [ COUGH ] what did you say? Okay, alright. Let's go. It's your birthday. Alright. [ LAUGH ] Congratulations, it's your birthday. Okay? Thank you. Thank you sweetheart. No pushing. Come on girls. Bev, your picture is being taken right now. I came from a very, very strict Italian family. You learn to sit at the table, and speak when you were spoken to, and I'm not interested in strictness for our youngsters. Chew with your mouth closed, good job Patrick. Good, you're trying. But that they have introspection and understanding. For instance, I don't have to tell my campers now, stop asking for everything you want on visiting day. They know it's one or two things, not 22 things. Because we inculcate moderation and appreciation for what they get and what they have. That's what the love is all about. That they can feel that someone loves them and cares for them and it gives them a lot of security. You're all peppy this afternoon. Well, I'm always peppy. Bless my staff. It's like, we're in a, a different world. This is the Le Mar world. It's only kindness, caring, and sharing. And also we're also very optimistic. We always believe that we have to take every, every kid out of the closet. So many are really, still till this day, hidden and sheltered, and we're opposed to that. Our campers will outlive their parents. They may not go to college, but we want them to give back to society. We want them to get jobs. They have academics. They have speech therapy. They have all the things to give them what they need to survive in the real world. Welcome to our Founder's Day, August 5th, 2012! My name is Ari Segal, I'm the director and the owner. In the summer of 94, I purchased camp from Lee Marone and Lee and I have been together the last 20 years. Ever year they used to call it my birthday, and then I felt well let's not get into the age level, so we named it Founder's Day. [ MUSIC ] And it just so happened that it also was my 60th year at camp and my 85th birthday. Lee, as well as myself, did not have a special need child, before we started. But I was single when I got to camp. A couple years into camp, I met my wife Abbey. We had our first child Zachary, and Zachary was born with special needs. He's globally delayed and he's a camper here. My son, had a cerebral hemorrhage at three. And was hemiplegic and uncontrolled epileptic. It's ironic. You think you understand, but until you're a parent yourself, you really don't understand what the parents go through. [ SOUND ] I was overwhelmed with emotion and joy. I was happy to see all those happy faces. To be surrounded by all the successes. The people that came from very, very distance cities and states. [ SOUND ] Miguel is our chef for fifteen years. Because they felt the camp had an impact on their life. They drove him all the way from Idaho to be here today. [ SOUND ] I'm not one that takes compliments readily. I feel that, what I'm doing is what I'm supposed to be doing. My grandmother always said, I should have been a missionary, and this is my mission. Everybody works together for the betterment of the children. And we are a big family here, and I think everybody counts on each other, and I think it's that the love they have for our children makes a difference. Many of them are majoring in something related to special needs, or they have a family member with special needs, but there's some connection with special needs. I think that they, they care so much about our children. I think that's the difference, and that's the vibe you get. The children themselves are unbelievable, I don't think there's a place that children go to like Lee Mar, where they feel so comfortable. We want them to sample life, and we want them to be able to go out and be part of a community. And this is what I saw yesterday, happiness, joy, appropriate social behavior, dancing. That was absolutely, deliriously happy for me. Sing. [ MUSIC ] My staff symbolizes Khalil Gibran's philosophy about what the integrity of man is, to raise each person to the dignity and the image in which he was created. [ MUSIC ] Together! 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