Camp and Scholarship Resources for Kids with Cancer and Cancer Survivors

Camps for kids with cancer and cancer survivors

Camps can be a great way for kids affected by cancer to participate in fun outdoor adventures, spend quality time with other kids with shared experiences and receive emotional support. Below is a list of camps in Colorado and other states that serve kids with cancer, cancer survivors and their families.

• Children’s Hospital Colorado Sibling Day Camp
  The Sibling Day Camp is a camp program at Children’s Colorado for siblings of patients receiving treatment at the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
  
  Age range: 8 to 14 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 720-777-5617 or 720-777-5013
  Address: Children’s Hospital Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, 13123 E 16th Ave., Aurora CO 80045
• Camp Wapiyapi
  This camp provides a respite for children with cancer and their families through an annual week-long camp program that offers a safe and nurturing environment.
  
  Age range: 6 to 18 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 303-534-0883
  Address: 4200 E. 9th Ave., Box B147, Denver, CO 80262
• Hope Mountain Camp
  The American Cancer Society offers a free summer camps for children with cancer (in treatment or remission) that provide a peer-supported place to become kids again see that they are not alone in their struggle.
  
  Age Range: 11 to 17 years old
  Cost: $20
  Phone: 800-ACS-2345
  Address: 2253 South Oneida St., Denver, CO 80224
• Live By Living
  Live by Living is a non-profit in Colorado that offers guided outdoor adventures along the Denver area Front Range and in the central Colorado Rockies (hikes, ski tours, snowshoe tours and overnight trips to cozy cabins).
  
  Age range: all
  Cost: Day trips are free. Please contact camp for information about the cost for two-night trips.
  Phone: 303-808-2339
• Sky High Hope Camp
  This is a special camp for children who have cancer or have had cancer, and their siblings, offering archery, arts and crafts, canoeing, hayrack riding, whitewater rafting and more.
  
  Age range: 8 to 18 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 720-412-0490
  Address: PO Box 5324, Greenwood Village, CO 80155
• Camp Mak-A-Dream
  Camp Mak-A-Dream is a medically supervised, cost-free Montana experience in an intimate community setting for children, young adults and families affected by cancer.
  
  Age range: 8 to 18 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 406-549-5987
  Address: P.O. Box 1450, Missoula, Montana 59806
• Roundup River Ranch
  This is a camp where kids with chronic and life-threatening illnesses can truly enjoy the joys of childhood.
  
  Age range: 7 to 17 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 970-524-2267
  Address: 8333 Colorado River Rd., Gypsum, CO 81637
• Camp Courage
  Camp Courage is an outdoor camp located at the Balarat Outdoor Education Center in Jamestown, CO for children diagnosed with cancer that provides campers with experiences designed to promote coping skills to deal with the challenges of living with cancer.
  
  Age range: 10 to 15 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 720-424-2940
  Address: 1551 S. Monroe St., Denver CO, 80210
• Nighthawk Ranch
  Nighthawk Ranch is a unique setting with traditional camp activities (archery, ropes course, camping, etc.) and ranching activities. The goal of the camp team is to help campers develop skills that will show them their many capabilities.
  
  Age range: 10 to 18 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 719-689-5634
  Address: 2980 County Rd. 102, P.O. Box 265, Guffey, CO 80820
• Project Koru
  Project Koru enriches lives through community and the outdoors as a way to move forward after cancer.
  
  Cost: Contact Koru for information about cost.
  Phone: 904-441-0495
  Address: 216 Cascade Avenue, Ste. 222, Hood River, OR, 97031
• Shining Stars
  This camp’s mission is to transform lives through year-round recreational and social programs for children and their families challenged with pediatric cancer or another life-threatening illness.
  
  Age range: 8 to 18 years old
  Cost: free
  Phone: 970-726-8009
  Address: 24 County Road 524, P.O. Box 730, Tabernash, CO 80478

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Scholarship resources for childhood cancer survivors

There are a variety of scholarship funds available to childhood cancer survivors. The following scholarship funds have no residency requirements for applicants:

• The Ulman Cancer Foundation
  Ulman Headquarters
  1215 East Fort Avenue, Suite 104,
  Baltimore, MD 21230
  Toll free: 1.888.393.FUND (3863)
• Patient Advocate Foundation
  421 Butler Farm Road
  Hampton, VA 23666
  Phone: 800-532-5274
• National Collegiate Cancer Foundation
  8334 North Brook Lane
  Bethesda, MD 20814
  Phone: 240-515-6262
  Email: info@collegiatecancer.org
• Cancer Survivors’ Fund
  P.O. Box 792
  Missouri City, TX 77459
  Phone: 281-437-7142
  Email: csf@cancersurvivorsfund.org
• The Samfund
  89 South Street, Suite LL02
  Boston, MA 02111
  Phone: 617-938-3484