A ONE-OF-A-KIND CAMP
FOR KIDS AND TEENS WHO STUTTER
Dates for 2025:
Sunday, August 3 - Saturday, August 9, 2025
Pre-camp training begins August 2, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
Located at YMCA Camp
Manitou-Lin in Middleville, Michigan
2025 Registration for Campers Opens 11/1/2024
Applications for Speech Pathologists and Graduate Student Available 1/1/25-3/10/25
CAMPERS AGES 8-18
WHO STUTTER PARTICIPATE IN A TRADITIONAL OVERNIGHT SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE WITH NON-TRADITIONAL THERAPEUTIC ELEMENTS. SWIMMING, BOATING, HORSEBACK RIDING, CAMPFIRES, AND A TALENT SHOW ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ACTIVITIES
AT CAMP SHOUT OUT!
MEET OTHER KIDS WHO STUTTER AND MAKE LIFELONG FRIENDS WHILE ENGAGING IN POSITIVE COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCES.
Take a peek
at
Camp Shout Out!
MEET THE CO-FOUNDERS
Kristin A. Chmela, M.A., CCC-SLP BCS-F
Kristin grew up stuttering and since becoming a speech-language pathologist in 1987, has had an intense passion for helping children who stutter. She initially began a camp and training program for kids who stutter alongside a recreation association through the collaborative efforts of a parent of a client in the Chicago area. After recognizing Julie's desire to help those who stutter and her extensive camp experience, she and Julie, along with much support, created Camp Shout Out in 2011.
Julie Raynor, M.A., CCC-SLP
Julie Raynor, a speech-language pathologist since 1986, became interested in stuttering in 2007 when her young daughter woke up from a nap with a sudden and severe stutter. Julie has an extensive history of experience with summer camps first as an enthusiastic camper, and then as a camp staff member and also as a volunteer for a variety of summer residential and day camp programs.