Kentucky Signing Summer Program: Week 4: Water Fun and Safety!

A new ASL camp for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing children/youth, their siblings, & CODAs in KY!

Welcome to the website for the

Kentucky Signing Summer Program!

A summer program uniquely for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing children and youth, their siblings, and CODAs, ages 5 to 17, in the Bowling Green, KY and surrounding areas

This summer of 2009 was our inaugural year and we made some WONDERFUL memories!

Scroll down to see pictures from each of our 7 weeks - June 17 - July 29, 2009!

We look forward to working towards raising money and having KSSP 2010!

If you have a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing child or are Deaf and have hearing children, please email us at kysigningsummer@gmail.com!

~ Elizabeth (hearing) and Josh Bruffey (CODA), founders and camp directors

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Week 4: Water Fun and Safety!

Week 4 was a SPLASHIN' good time! We had a great performance by Kids on the Block teaching us about water safety. Then, we headed off to the Russell Sims Acquatic Center for a day of fun in the sun (and water!)

Nycheala enjoying the water

Aaron having fun!

Sarah beautiful in blue!

Tristin hangin' in the water!

Matthew swimming!

BFF (Sarah and Abriana)!

What is it Lenny? A bird? A plane?....??

Elizabeth lovin' her time with KSSP kids!
(Tristin and Cylee)

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Other Leadership:

Lead Staff:
(main instructional implementation and behavior guides - along with camp directors):
Lenny West (Deaf)
Beth Driver (Deaf)

Other Staff:
Tammy Brown-Hammer (Deaf)
Steve Hammer (Deaf)
Hughie Blankenship (Deaf)
Jim Daniel (Deaf)
Renaye Shipp (hearing) - mother of a Deaf child
Melissa Bevels (hearing) - mother of a Deaf child
Jennifer Whitney (hearing) - mother of a Deaf child
Heidi Givens (hearing) - teacher of Deaf students
Miranda Stewart (hearing) - teacher of Deaf students

Guest Speakers:
6/17/09
Hope Harbor

6/24/09
Nancy Perry (Deaf - graphic designer; ASL lab manager at WKU)
Ruth Bruffey (Deaf - athlete, world traveler, missionary, craft leader, mother)
Michelle Niehaus (hearing - works for KCDHH)

7/1/09
Wilton McMillan (Deaf - employee of KDE)
Heidi Givens (hearing - teacher of Deaf)

7/8/09
Kids on the Block

7/15/09
Beth Driver (Deaf - Deaf Ministry Coordinator at First Baptist Church, Bowling Green)
Sherry West (Deaf - RCD for Office of Vocational Rehabilitation)
Nancy Perry (Deaf - ASL Lab Manager at WKU; graphic design student at WKU)

A Camp for the Future of Children

"Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children. We must recognize that the welfare of our children is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people's children. After all, when one of our children needs life-saving surgery, someone else's child will perform it. If one of our children is harmed by violence, someone else's child will be responsible for the violent act. The good life for our own children can be secured only if a good life is also secured for all other people's children."
~ Lilian Katz ~
Director of the ERIC Clearinghouse for Early Childhood Education
Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana)

Elizabeth & Josh Bruffey - Camp Founders/Directors

Elizabeth grew up in a hearing family and began studying ASL and Deaf Culture as a college freshman. From there, she immersed herself in the Deaf community. She attended Gallaudet University and she got her master’s degree in Deaf Studies/Cultural Studies. She is passionate about strong families and the rights and potential of Deaf children! She is strong in her convictions of the value of Deaf people. She wants to give back to the Deaf community that has given her so very much as her friends, mentors, and teachers! She is an RID certified interpreter and currently works as an educational interpreter in Bowling Green, KY.

Josh grew up bilingual with two Deaf parents American Sign Language and English. His mother travels the world serving the Deaf community. His father worked for over 30 years through the Home Mission Board as an evangelist, serving as the chaplain at Gallaudet University. His father was known all over the world as someone who invested his life in the advancement and empowerment of Deaf people. Josh has his parents’ passion for serving Deaf people and their families. He currently attends Southern Seminary in Louisville, works as a sign language interpreter in TN, and is the part-time pastor to the Deaf congregation at First Baptist Church, Bowling Green.

Kentucky Signing Summer Program

A new ASL camp for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing children/youth, their siblings, & CODAs in KY!

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Week 4: Water Fun and Safety!

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A Camp for the Future of Children

WHO WE ARE

Elizabeth & Josh Bruffey - Camp Founders/Directors

Kentucky!!