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Question by Katie: I was fired for bringing up major safety violations at a summer camp. Who can I contact about the violations?
I was recently hired to work at a local summer camp, which is a big fundraiser for a Humane Society. After I started working there, I was appalled at the number of really unsafe practices that went on in the camp. For example, the shelter refuses to buy bathroom supplies like paper towels, toilet paper, or soap, so the kids have to make do without. The “play area” is the dog training area, so the kids are sitting, laying, and playing on a floor that dogs urinate and defecate on daily (it is never mopped, just swept, and messes are sprayed with a non-bleach cleaner and wiped up with paper towels. Extremely unhygienic.) We also share our camp/shelter facilities with the general public, and it’s only a matter of time until a kid ends up in a hallway, bathroom, or unoccupied room with a pedophile-they have no idea who is in the shelter or where at any given time, and with 20 kids moving around the shelter all day, it’s easy to glance away at just the wrong second. Nor do any of the regular shelter staff have to go through background checks or screenings, and again, they’re with the kids all day every day.
Camp leaders don’t receive any training at all-we were told to make it up as we go, so there are no emergency plans, no training in child abuse or blood-borne pathogens, there isn’t even basic emergency numbers or supplies-we have one box of band-aids. The HS won’t pay for more than 2 staff (now down to one), even though the camp runs 8:30-5:30 M-F, so they recruited “junior counselors” who are 15-17yo to “help” with camp. These volunteers have no training, and because of the way camp is set up and scheduled, the kids are frequently alone or in small groups with just one or two junior counselors. As a teacher, that scares me for the kids and the JC’s. One false allegation by a kid, and that teenager’s life will be ruined.
Finally, the administrators decided to allow extremely high-need Special Ed kids into camp without any advance warning or planning time for camp leaders, so we were faced with violent children and no training or guidelines in how to deal with them. I have bruises from being kicked, shoved, and bitten. Our only directive was that we couldn’t send them home for any reason. I think camp is great for all kids, regardless of ability level, but to put high-needs kids into a camp with no planning, preparation, and ridiculously low staffing is a guarantee that a kid or camp leader is going to get really hurt.
When I started raising my (many) concerns about the kids’ safety, I was fired. I contacted the state child care licensing agency, but they said they are really backed up with reports, and have no idea if they’ll make it out there before the summer is over.
Personally, I’m just glad to be out of that hellhole, and that I escaped without getting in trouble for what was going on there…but I’m worried about the kids who will be there the rest of the summer. I feel like a jerk just walking away knowing that they’re in danger of being hurt, molested, or of getting really sick from the filthy environment.
Does anyone know of anyone else I could call or file a report with to try and get these issues addressed?!

 

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NJ gay conversion therapy ban challenged in federal court

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(RNS) New Jersey's newly enacted ban on gay-to-straight conversion therapy for minors violates a licensed therapist's obligation to “respect the rights of clients to make decisions,” according to a federal lawsuit filed by a Christian counselors group …
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Gay Male Specialist Psychotherapist Offers Gay-Affirmative Therapy and …

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Ken Howard, MSW, LCSW, founder of GayTherapyLA.com, is a gay male (and HIV-positive) licensed psychotherapist in private practice based in West Hollywood, California, who has specialized in providing therapy and coaching for gay men, gay male …
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Having trouble sleeping? These products aim to help

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The preservative-free, essential oil blends are concentrated and include a bath soak, shower gel, pillow spray, spray-on body oil and portable rollerball, from $ 18.50. Beautyhabit, 766 Lakefield Road, … On April 30, the company launched a new …
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Things to do today

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Cape Cod Therapy Dogs: Patriotic Games, 1 p.m. Saturday, Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Route 6A, Brewster. Star Wars Limbo, Patriotic Soccer Ball Heel, Doggie Noodle Crawl vs. Indoor Golf and Elbow Baton Relay Race. Free with admission.
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What's Happening From July 12

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SPORTS PHYSICALS: Skyline Hospital Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine department in White Salmon will offer free sports screenings for children planning to play a school sport this year. Screenings will be Thursday, Aug. 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. For more …
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Community Happenings

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Community Happenings By Joey May Hiawatha World Hiawatha World Online | 0 comments. Friday, July 12. * First Friday Lunch with Alicia Johnson, ND, from noon to 12:50 p.m. at the Outpatient Therapy and Medical Wellness Center, 700 Oregon St. Topic of …
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Carlsbad therapy dogs provide comfort, stress relief

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Honor Medina, clinical supervisor at Carlsbad Counseling Associates, posed for a photo at her and husband Bill s rural home with her three standard poodle therapy dogs. Pictured from left: Hoss, 8, John Wayne, 9, and Miss Kitty, 2. (Valerie …
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New Health Care Law Requires Most Insurers to Tackle Obesity

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Screening and counseling for obesity has to be covered with no patient cost-sharing (co-payments, co-insurance or deductibles) by most insurers under the preventive services benefit of the Affordable Care Act, says Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman for …
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Carlsbad therapy dogs provide comfort, stress relief

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Honor Medina, clinical supervisor at Carlsbad Counseling Associates, posed for a photo at her and husband Bill s rural home with her three standard poodle therapy dogs. Pictured from left: Hoss, 8, John Wayne, 9, and Miss Kitty, 2. (Valerie …
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Airport therapy dogs take the stress out of travel

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There's a new breed of airport dog. They aren't looking for drugs or bombs — they are looking for people who need a buddy, a belly to rub or a paw to shake. “His job is to be touched,” volunteer Kyra Hubis said about Henry James, her 5-year-old golden …
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