A DAY AT CDBC
Ever wondered what a day at the Chris Dudley Basketball Camp is like? Now you know!
Good Morning: Team Lines
First thing in the morning, campers join their coaches and teammates on the courts in “Team Lines” and go with their team up to the Health House for “Test and Shot”.
Test and Shot, Breakfast
At breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime snack we have “test and shot.” All campers will test their blood sugar, count carbohydrates for their meal based on a menu, meet with the camp doctors, and administer their insulin doses. All blood sugars, carbs, and doses are recorded on individual campers’ charts to keep track of their trends throughout the week.
Morning Basketball
After breakfast, we hit the courts! On Monday, campers will be assigned to a team, coach, and counselor. Each team has between 6-10 campers, with 4 teams of younger campers and 6 of older. Coaches will work with campers on basketball skills and counselors are present to assist with blood sugar testing, low treatments, and any other diabetes related concerns. We start the morning with stretches and fundamentals drills.
Morning Snack
Each morning, campers will have a healthy snack of 15 grams of carbohydrate plus protein to keep blood sugars up while we compete.
More Basketball!
After Morning Snack… we keep playing! We love having special guests out to CDBC! We have welcomed experts such as Coach Herb Brown; NBA players Brian Grant, Terry Porter, and Jerome Kersey; strength and conditioning coach, Bobby Medina; and the Portland Trail Blazer Youth Exercise Coaches. These special guests join us throughout the week and love working with CDBC campers.
Test and Shot, Lunch
Our kitchen staff and dietitians work hard to make sure campers with food sensitivities and allergies (gluten, dairy, nuts, etc.) or preferences (vegetarian, vegan, etc.) always have enough food options to make a balanced meal.
Game Time!
We continue after lunch with basketball. On most days, the afternoon means GAME TIME! Teams come together to compete, ultimately for the championship game on the last day of camp!
Free Time
While we love basketball at CDBC, we want to make sure that everyone takes a breather! We keep the campers off the courts from about 2:30-4:30 everyday (usually the hottest time of the day) and host a number of other activities throughout camp. We start free time off with an afternoon snack to prevent any low blood sugars (15g carbs plus protein). Campers are welcome to enjoy the swimming pool, infamous giant slip n’ slide, shop in the camp store (CDBC clothing, swag, diet soda, other carb free drinks), or play sand volleyball. During this time, campers can check their cell phones out of the Camp Store to call home and tell family how much fun they’re having!
Test and Shot, Dinner, then more Basketball!
There is usually about an hour of basketball after Freetime and then campers head up to the Health House for Test and Shot before dinner. Often times, this post-dinner basketball time is used for fun, skill-building activities such as “Pass-Tag”, or off-court games like our annual all-camp Capture-the-Flag game (watch out – Chris Dudley always goes for the win!)
Bedtime Snack and Evening Activities
Before we head to bed, everyone does Test and Shot and has a bedtime snack to enjoy during what we call Evening Activities. Our “Directors of Fun” plan some epic activities that will leaving you rolling with laughter, including our annual talent show! This gives us some time at the end of the day to relax with new friends and get to know each other off the basketball court.
Night Check
Our night counselors tent is stationed just outside the cabin area, easily accessible for any campers who feel low or high during the night. At 12am and 3am, the night counselors go into each cabin and tests each camper’s blood sugar. Protocol dictates what action counselors take to treat low and high blood sugars. If campers are low, they are given glucose tabs or juice, retested in 15 minutes, and given 15 grams of carb plus protein when their blood sugar is back up to help stabilize them until breakfast. If campers are high, protocol dictates when to test for ketones, and when a nurse or doctor should be notified.