VALUE OF HEALTH CAMPS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21111, 12 March 1934, Page 5

VALUE OF HEALTH CAMPS

—♦ — j t'KAISE BY "EDUCATION : (JAZETTF" l The health camp is highly praised : in the current number of the "Educa- j tion Gazette." Particular praise is i given in a general review of all the' health camps held during the school; holidays to the one conducted for the | Sunlight League by Miss Cora Wilding i at Okain's Bay. "The value of health camps is un- j doubted; they attend to the stitch I ! which, in time saves nine," it states.! "Moreover, ft is cheaper to keep a i child in camp for a week than in a 1 hospital for a day. In addition a health camp ensures a much happier and stronger child. "In Christchurch Miss Cora Wilding, under the auspices of the Sunlight League, conducted a camp in semi-im-provised quarters adjacent to the sports pavilion of Okain's Bay for some 32 city schoolgirls. "Interest was given to the camp life by the division of children into groups or hapus, each hapu having its own prefect, each hapu in turn taking a debate or an evening's dramatic entertainment. There were camp-fire nights, expeditions to see grass seeding, to see a modern milking shed, to see a cheese factory, and others. There were games and occupations for each child in wet weather. "Miss Wilding's enthusiasm and personal energy were greatly responsible for the success of this camp. The Canterbury school medical officers (Dr. E. Baker McLaglan and Dr. R. B. Phillipps) and the school nurses assisted in choosing the children." The "Education Gazette" in its general review pays tribute to the assistance given to the health camp move-1 ment by the Red Cross Society, the | St. John Ambulance Association, the! Returned Soldiers' Association, the Smith family, and the country rcsi-1 dents, who contributed from their! farms and gardens. !