Lancaster Archery Foundation Assist Pennsylvania Camp for Special Children

The Lancaster Archery Foundation has awarded a grant to a Pennsylvania camp that offers archery as one of its activities for kids with special needs and chronic health issues.

Camp Victory kids getting ready on the archery range.

Camp Victory received $1,000 from the foundation to replace and upgrade its archery equipment.

The camp is a 130-acre facility in Millville, Pa., that offers typical summer camp programming to children with a variety of special needs.

“Our goal is to always give our campers the experience of a lifetime,” camp organizers said.

The camp’s archery program could use some equipment upgrades and additions.

“When more equipment is available, more campers can participate and enjoy the archery range,” organizers said. “We don’t have a way to formally track which campers develop a spark for archery, but they sure have fun giving it a try at camp.”

Rob Kaufhold, president of Lancaster Archery Foundation’s Board of Directors, has long been a proponent of the healing power of archery.

“Archery is a sport that’s available to everyone,” he said. “The concentration that it takes has a way of calming the mind. We have seen people recovering in many different ways find comfort in archery.”

Based in Lancaster, Pa., the Lancaster Archery Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expand, develop and promote 3D and target archery to help people improve their confidence, discipline and leadership skills through participation in competitive archery.

For more information on how you can donate to help organizations like Camp Victory, visit lancasterarcheryfoundation.org.