Master Plan and architectural design for renovation and new construction at Bearskin Meadow Camp, the first and largest wilderness camp for Type 1 diabetics serving over 800 youths and family members each summer provides cutting edge diabetes education, treatment and technology. The camp, originally founded by two pioneering doctors from UCSF in 1938, is located at an elevation of 6,000 FT in Kings Canyon National Park where it is exposed to exceptionally harsh alpine winters and hot summers. Today the buildings at the camp, built mostly in 1960, are badly in need of replacement and upgrading to keep up with changes in diabetes management as well as meet California health standards. JRDV helped establish a consensus-driven process including viewpoints of all of its constituencies, past and present, young and old, users and staff. Each improvement is seen as not just construction - but an opportunity to create places for community. Renovation and new construction projects include a new medical facility, program office, bathroom buildings, the dining hall and construction of new sleeping decks. When the renovation of Bearskin Meadow Camp is complete, it will allow DYF to expand its services and reach new communities with its programs.

Master plan completed 2006 Construction Starting 2007 Kings Canyon National Park, California