Anyone who has worked at Courage Camps can remember those special relationships that were sculpted with the people who worked beside them. Many become lifelong friends. Every so often there is a special connection that is made between two people and it changes their lives forever.
In the summer of ’91, Cody Morrow attended the very first hemophilia session at Courage North. He soon found that this would be an annual trip and a life changing opportunity. Seven summers rolled by and young Cody hadn’t missed a beat; going on adventures with his friends and comrades at camp.
In the summer of ’98, a visitor came to camp and changed Cody’s life forever. Meghan came to camp for the first time with her mother who was a hemophilia nurse. Soon after Cody and Meghan met they grew to be friends. Cody and Meghan started working together for the first time in 2000. Meghan was the “camp-sitter” for one of the camp families and Cody was in the cabins and involved with programming. Their lives at camp advanced and their friendship grew. In the summer of ‘03 Cody and Meghan became an official “camp couple.”
Cody and Meghan’s relationship grew and blossomed throughout their years together. Through camp they visited the B.W.C.A. and Voyagers’ National Park, leading and teaching their campers and fellow staff. Cody and Meghan worked in a variety of different camp jobs, including Counselors, Cabin Leaders and Program Staff.
Coming back to the place where it all started, Cody and Meghan were married at Courage North “deep in the pines” in the late summer of 2008. Camp was filled with friends and family who were a part of their lives, and who were all somehow tied to the place where Cody and Meghan’s relationship began.
Cody and Meghan Morrow now live together in their new home in Duluth, Minnesota. They are both still involved with Courage Center programs, as volunteer for the Alpine Skiing program through Courage Center Duluth. Cody says “It seemed like a great way to stay involved with the Courage Center organization that we’d been a part of for so many years”.
Courage Center programming has changed the lives of so many people. Meghan said “I love what the Courage programs do for all people. They allowed me to be involved in so many great programs that give people the opportunities to enjoy being active, to feel inspired and to empower others.”
Meghan and Cody’s story is a wonderful example of the amazing relationships that develop from an experience at Courage Center Camps and how the connection with Courage Center can be a long lasting relationship.
