CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A very exciting and heart warming event for some very special children each year, Camp Rainbow, has been sadly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been announced that Camp Rainbow, scheduled for June 8-13, has been cancelled.
“We have decided that we were going to have to postpone our Camp Rainbow 2020 scheduled for June 8, ” said Jereme Miner, Director of Camp Rainbow. “We are hoping to be able to do it towards the end of July if everything goes well, so we pray and hope we get to have it.”
Miner added that it was a really tough decision and it has broken a lot of people’s hearts.
The decision was agreed upon by the Camp Rainbow medical team made up of doctors and nurses from Premier Medical Group and Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. The doctors and nurses involved said the risk was too great for the medically fragile children and the many camp volunteers.
Camp Rainbow is held each year in June at Brandon Springs Group Camp at Land Between the Lakes.
Miner said at this time the federally owned site is closed and it didn’t appear it was going to be open at the time Camp Rainbow was scheduled.
Camp Rainbow was founded in 1983 by Jereme Miner’s mother, Diane Miner and Mary Woodall, who both dreamed of a way to give children a chance to grow and have fun. Each year the camp welcomes around 40 special needs youngsters who because of medical reasons are not able to attend regular camps.
Camp Rainbow is totally free for children and their families and relies on donations and volunteers from the community. The children, who are affectionally called campers each have their own individual counselor for the whole week and are supervised by medical professionals.