Camp Our Time

Camp Our Time is a sleep-away camp for kids who stutter, their young family members, and friends, ages 8-18. At Camp Our Time, kids who stutter come together from around the nation to gain confidence, validation, and encouragement to pursue their dreams. Our Time helps campers communicate effectively, engage socially, and succeed at school and in their everyday lives. We also welcome young family members and friends of children who stutter who learn how to better support their sibling, cousin, or friend who stutters year-round.

Camp takes place at Blue Star Camps (an American Camp Association Accredited Camp) in Hendersonville, North Carolina, 30 minutes from Asheville. Nestled in the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, the private 500-acre estate is a sanctuary from the stresses of the real world.

Camp takes place every August.

Activities include: horseback riding, pottery, video, zip-line, rock-climbing, swimming, water slides, kayaking, tennis, basketball, volleyball, soccer, acting, singing, dance, and arts & crafts.

For more information or to register for Camp Our Time:

www.campourtime.org
Email: info@campourtime.org
Call: 212.414.9696

“With the guidance, support, and love that was so very evident, we watched and listened to our son show a side of himself that we did not know he was capable of expressing. Camp Our Time will benefit his growth for years to come.”
-Angela, Camp Our Time parent

“Before Camp Our Time, my confidence was very low, like a 3. Now my confidence is a 10!”
-Daniel, Age 10

CELEBRITY FOCUS

Bob Love

The late Bob Love dreamt about being a great public speaker since his early days in Bastrop Louisiana, even though, as a young man, he could barely put two words together, let alone speak a full sentence.

In spite of his severe stuttering disability, Bob Love, the son of a sharecropper, rose to become a Chicago Bulls NBA superstar, whose records were eventually surpassed by Michael Jordan. Throughout his entire athletic career, Bob Love kept his stuttering a secret from the fans who adored him, thinking he could do his “talking” on the basketball court.

Carly Simon

Carly Simon began stuttering severely when she was eight years old.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Bill Withers

While Bill Withers has long been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter, many people probably didn’t realize he stuttered. He passed away on March 30, 2020.

Born in 1938 in Slab Fork, W.V., Withers was the youngest of six children. When his father died when Withers was small, he was raised by his mother and grandmother, both of whom worked as domestics.

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.