Camps and Wish Granting Organizations

The following are camps and wish granting resources that are offered to pediatric cancer survivors and their families.

Camp Mak-a-Dream offers a cost free, medically supervised retreat in Montana to children and families affected by cancer.  There are diagnosis and age specific weeks including a kid's camp, a parents retreat, sibling retreat, young adult retreat for a general cancer diagnosis as well as the Heads Up Conference (HUC) and Teen HUC for young adults and teens diagnosed with brain tumors.  Both Young Adult and Teen HUC are done in partnership with CBTF. Contact swagner@cbtf.org, kgiacin@cbtf.org or go to www.campdream.org for more information on either of these camps.

 

COCA-I is a one stop resource that offers information on many of the camps that are offered for children and families affected by cancer.

 

Located in Hardwick, NJ, Happiness is Camping offers a camp experience for children and families of children affected by cancer from the ages of 6-15.

 

 

805-564-2131

 

800-722-WISH (9476)

 

212-977-1752