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| Children's Cancer Camps and Retreats |
| Association of Cancer Online Resources Reference list. http://www.acor.org/ped-onc/cfissues/camps.html An extensive listing of camps for children with cancer. Also includes info on Camp Quality (q.v.). Barretstown Gang Camp www.barretstowngc.ie Providing therapeutic camping experiences for children with cancer. Also runs additional family support programmes. Camp Good Days and Happy Times (Int'l) www.campgooddays.org Camp programmes for children with cancer and their siblings. Primarily serving children in up-state New York, children have attended from across the US. Also runs camp specifically for children from overseas, for children with cranio-facial deformities and for siblings of children with cancer. Camp Goodtimes (Canada) www.vfs.com/~bcca Provides summer camp experiences across Canada to children with cancer, ans their siblings. Camp Goodtimes (WA) A free week long camp for children with cancer, aged 7-17, and a sibling. Two locations in WA state: - Camp Burton on Vashon Island: (near Seattle) (206) 463-2512 326 SW Bayview Drive, Vashon, WA 98070 - Camp Reed in Spokane: 509-276-5262 Rt 3, Box 252, Deer Park, WA 99006 Camp Periwinkle www.periwinklefoundation.org/camp_periwinkle_about.htm Provides a week-long camping experience in late summer every year at Camp For All, near Brenham, TX. Campers may be current or former patients of Tx Children's Hospital Cancer Centre and their siblings. Contact Joy Griggsby on (832) 824-4565. Camp Simcha (US) www.chailifeline.org A Jewish organisation providing a kosher summer camp for children with cancer Camp Smile-a-mile (Camp SAM) www.campsam.org Provides free year-round programs for children (age 5-18) at any stage of cancer treatment or recovery, who live in Alabama or receive treamtment at Children's Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham. Also runs programs for siblings and a "Tots-N-Tykes" Weekend for campers aged 2-5 and their families. Camp programs are held at Children's Harbor on Lake Martin, Alexander City (www.childrens-harbor.org). Camp Sunshine www.mycampsunshine.com Provides summer camp and year-round programmes supporting children of pre-school - 18 years of age who have received cancer treatment in Atlanta. Also runs family and sibling support programmes and maintains Camp Sunshine House, a permanent, non-residential refuge for families which offers support groups, networking opportunities, workshops and special events. Camp Quality UK www.campqualityuk.org.uk Provides therapeutic holidays for children with serious illness and/or disability. Camp Quality (US) www.campqualityusa.com Provides free camp places and year-round support programmes for children at any stage of cancer treatment or recovery. Runs 13 separate camps across the USA. Children's Oncology Camping Association International www.coca-intl.org The umbrella organisation for groups providing camp experiences for children affected by cancer. The Over the Wall Gang Camp (UK) www.overthewallgangcamp.org.uk Provides camping experiences for UK resident children aged 7-15 with cancer. R' Adventures Camp (US) A one week kayak trip in the San Juan Islands (WA) for current and former Cancer patients aged 17-25 Call the American Cancer Society for dates and cost 206-283-1152 ext 3050 The Silver Lining Foundation (Int'l) www.silverliningfoundation.org A camp in Aspen, CO, providing children from around the world with a break from the realities of cancer. Youth Cancer Trust (UK) www.yct.org.uk Provides free holidays to young people aged 15-25 who are receiving treatment for cancer. Retreats Dreamflight (UK) www.dreamflight.org British Airways employees voluntarily organise an annual, all-expenses paid trip to Disney World and the other central Florida attractions for approx. 290 British children (1 fully boeing 747) with disabilities and/or serious and life-threatening illnesses. Children must be aged between 7-14. This is not a wish-granting charity, but is intended to provide a surprise trip-of-a-lifetime for deserving children who must be nominated for their place on the trip. Moonbeams (UK) www.moonbeams.co.uk Organises numerous trips and holidays for children with cancer and their families. Owns two retreat homes in York and in Florida, USA. Sunshine Foundation (Int'l) www.sunshinefoundation.org Provides retreat village breaks near Orlando, and DreamLift day trips to Disney World (for US children). Has no geographic boundaries. |
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