Guiding Principle
The guiding principle of the NJCBC andour partners like the NJ Lions clubs is that blind and visually impaired campers should have the same experiences at camp that fully sighted campers enjoy. It is the proud boast of Camp Marcella that our program serves virtually every need of the camper. Our carefully designed and maintained facilities provide a safe worry free environment, yet this is only the beginning
Perhaps the greatest single aspect of attending Camp Marcella, is the long term camaraderie built between campers. Most of our campers are mainstreamed into regular classrooms throughout the state, and are most likely the only one with a visual impairment in their school. Camp Marcella provides the opportunity to meet and network with many peers facing similar challenges. Friendships are kindled at camp, glow throughout the year and reignite each summer! Many of these friendships will continue to thrive years after campers have moved on, and many campers will return as staff to work at Camp Marcella and provide that same memorable experience they were afforded!
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“For the child whose impulsiveness is indulged, who retains his primitive-discharge mechanisms, is not only an ill-behaved child but a child whose intellectual development is slowed down. No matter how well he is endowed intellectually, if direct action and immediate gratification are the guiding principles of his behavior, there will be less incentive to develop the higher mental processes, to reason, to employ the imagination creatively. . . .”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)