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Nearly 500 St. Joseph residents pack Southside Hall in St. Joseph to help the Sertoma Club raise money for a camp for the hearing impaired.

Sertoma, or service to mankind, funds the annual deaf camp by holding various fundraisers throughout the year.

An indoor bar-b-que has cooked up nearly $5,000 each year for the past 22 years.

In addition to sponsoring camp, Sertoma also helps fund scholarships and medical expenses for deaf children.

"We buy all kinds of stuff that the kids can use, and we actually give them money to put on different programs, and we bring kids up from Kansas City that doesn`t have a deaf camp," Bill Dittemore, Southside Sertoma Club President, says.

All three Sertoma clubs in St. Joseph collaborate to make deaf camp possible.

More than 40 hearing impaired kids ages 6 through 15 make it out to camp Marvin Hillyard every July.

Camp counselors say it`s a camp just like any other, except it`s a little quieter.

Kids interact with sign language.

Camp costs about $15,000 to run, but it`s free to campers.

That`s made possible by the Sertoma clubs who have been sponsoring camp since 1984.

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