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High Plains Camps
The High Plains Division of the
American Cancer
Society is proud to offer free summer camps for children with cancer.
Staffed by pediatric oncologists and nurses, these camps provide a
place for children in treatment or remission to become kids again
through the summer camp experience. The camps allow the children to see
that they are not alone in their struggle and provide peer support for
everyone involved. Click
here to view a list of the 2009 camp schedule.
Hawaii
Camp
Ho’oulu Me Ka Ikaika (Camp Grow with Strength) takes place in March each year. It is open to
children between the ages of 14 and 21. For more detailed information
contact Debra
Glowik at 808-489-7425
Camp
Anuenue (Camp Rainbow) takes
place during June in Hawaii and it is open to children with a cancer
diagnosis between the ages of 7 and 17. For more detailed information
contact Debra
Glowik at 808-489-7425
Families
Can Survive is
a conference for children with cancer, parents, siblings and other
family members that is offered in November each year in Hawaii. For
more information contact Debra
Glowik at 808-489-7425.
Kansas
Camp Hope takes
place in June at Camp Aldrich in Claflin, KS. Accredited by the
American Camp Association, Camp Hope is open to children between the
ages of 7 and 18 years old. A day camp will be held one day only during the week for children between the ages
of 4 and 6 years. For additional information contact Stephanie Weiter at
785-438-5609.
Missouri
Camp
Sunrise takes
place over Labor Day Weekend at the YMCA Campgrounds in Potosi, MO.
Because Camp Sunrise is open to children 10 years old or younger,
parents and siblings are also encouraged to attend. For more detailed
information please call
Sherri Reifsteck at
314-286-8176.
Oklahoma
Camp Live-A-Dream
takes place in June at the Oklahoma Central Christian Camp in Guthrie,
Okla. Camp Live-A-Dream is open to children between the ages of 9 and
17 years. For more detailed information contact Carol Hill at
405-841-5808 or Sarah Bloom at
405-841-5804
Camp OK Corral
takes place in June at Shepherd's Ford Ranch in Avant, Okla. Camp OK
Corral is open to children between the ages of 6 and 18 years old. In
addition, siblings are allowed to attend the camp as long as space is
available, which is provided on a first come, first serve basis.
Parents are also encouraged to participate in the closing ceremony. For
more information contact Carol
Hill at 918-477-5400
Texas
Camp Discovery
takes place in July, at the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville, TX.
Accredited by the American Camp Association, every summer approximately
150 kids and 100 adult volunteers spend a week having fun, learning new
things and growing and developing as people. The camp is open to Texas
residents, ages 7-16, with cancer diagnosis, who are not eligible to
attend other camps in TX. For more information contact Alison Kushnerick at
210-595-0215.
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