Camps

Camps Links

• Virginia - Camp Optimism A residential summer camp for handicapped children with mental or physical disabilities.
  
• Mississippi - Camp Bluebird Tupelo A Cancer camp for adults located in Tupelo, Mississippi held twice a year at Tombigbee State Park.
  
• Ontario - Camp Winston Operates recreational summer programmes for campers with special needs (learning disabilities, AD(H)D, Tourette Syndrome and autism).
  
• California - Happy Adventure Summer Camp The only day summer camp serving severely developmentally and physically disabled children and young adults from Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Ventura.
  
• Ohio - Recreation Unlimited Summer camp, day camp, respite retreat weekends for mentally and physically challenged from 8 to 80 years old. A beautiful 165 acre campus in North Central Ohio.
  
• Pennsylvania - Camp Lee Mar All the fun and activities of a traditional summer camp. Also academics, speech and language therapy, and vocational preparation.
  
• Camp Trillium Offers and promotes recreation programs to bring children with cancer and there famailies together.
  
• Therapy/Respite Camps: Kids with Autism and other Special Needs Information about summer camps that focus on therapy for kids with special needs and/or respite for the kids and their families.
  
• Colorado - Vail Valley Learning Camp Summer camp for kids with learning differences.
  
• New York - Camp Northwood A seven week summer camp for children with learning challenges.
  
• Kelly's Created by a former camper at a muscular dystrophy camp. It was made to give information and a pictorial look into the activities for children at these camps.
  
• The Kostopulos Dream Foundation Summer camp for campers of all ages and ability levels for over 30 years. Salt Lake City, UT.
  
• Arizona - Camp Civitan Provides a unique camping experience for the physically and mentally handicapped.
  
• Aspen Camp School for the Deaf Summer and winter camp programs for kids ages 8-18 who are deaf or hard of hearing.
  
• Iowa - Camp Courageous Year-round recreational and respite care activities in a camp setting.
  
• New York - Herbert G. Birch Family Camp A week-long retreat that provides a sanctuary for children and families living with AIDS.
  
• Happiness Is Camping Camp for children with cancer. Wonderful, free summer camp complete with 24 hour medical facility in Blairstown, NJ. Happiness Is Camping provides kids with cancer a great summer experience.
  
• Connecticut - Hole In The Wall Gang A camp for children with cancer and serious blood diseases.
  
• U.S.A CAMPS FOR KIDS. Camps for all kinds of kids around the U.S.A.
  
• Camp Rubber Soul A recreation camp offering one week overnight sessions for children with varying degrees of disabilities. A one to one counselor ratio offers a unique, fulfilling, and rewarding experience.
  
• California - Camp ReCreation A residential summer camp program which offers participants with developmental disabilities opportunities for fun, social interaction, skill development, and spiritual growth while increasing the awareness and acceptance of participants in the larger community.
  
• California - Adaptive Sports & Recreation Tennis, basketball, archery, and swimming are among many of the sports. Our team sports vary from quad rugby, hockey and baseball to off-road racing competitions and swim meets.
  
• Massachusetts - Cadmus Cultural Camp 2000 Provides opportunities for mentally retarded adults to have a full, exciting and very social summer experience. Campers will be housed in five of the lifesharing households while some of their full time residents are on their vacations.
  
• Michigan - Special Days Camps Summer and winter camp programs for children ages 5-17 who have or have had cancer.
  
• Australia - Camp Quality A non-profit, volunteer organisation providing support for children with cancer. Fourteen Australian locations covering every State and Territory in Australia. Over 4000 families each year participate in the programme and more than 34 children's camps are held each year. The Australian programme also includes Family Cluster Weekend Camps, special family activities, hospital visits, parent and grandparent luncheons and a newsletter 6 times a year.
  
• New York - Camp Jened Provides a vacation for adults who have a wide range of physical and developmental disabilities, such as Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, Autism and Behavior Disorders.
  
• Massachusetts - Camp Starfish Serves emotionally, behaviorally, and learning disabled children by providing a safe therapeutic milieu in a natural camp setting with a one-one camper to staff ratio. Description of camp, pictures, camper and counselor applications.
  
• New York - Camp Oakhurst Serves children and adults with physical disabilities. Summer Camp, Year Round Respite & Vacation Programs.
  
• Kentucky - Christian Deaf Camp Camp for deaf and hearing impaired children, held at the Aldersgate Camp and Retreat Center in Irvine, KY, located near Richmond. Includes both hearing and deaf persons as counselors, and American Sign Language is used in all activities.
  
• Camp Quality Ohio Free week-long camp and year round support serveces for children with cancer.
  
• Stone Mountain School Serves boys ages 10 through 17 who may exhibit learning disabilities, attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity and emotional or behavioral problems.
  
• Louisiana Lions Camp Summer Camp for physically and mentally challenged and diabetic youth of Louisiana.
  
• Ohio - Camp Nuhop A summer residential program for any youngster from 6 to 16 with a learning disability, behavior disorder, or attention deficit disorder.
  
• Missouri - Camp MITIOG A camp for children born with spina bifida.