Camper Parent Timothy Beneski’s Testimonial for The Hole in the Wall Gang
The question posed to us when we were going to send our chronically ill, seven-year-old twins away for a week at a sleep-away camp was “Are you out of your minds?” Everyone we knew who had any experience with The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp told us how great it was. But we had been on the roller coaster ride that parents of children with serious illnesses live with. more »
Caregivers Conference
In November, Camp Mak-A-Dream will host 10 young adult cancer survivors and their primary caregivers in our first Caregivers Conference. more »
Cook Children’s offers a well-established and renowned program to treat patients with neuroblastoma, the most common non-central nervous system tumor found in young children. more »
Scott and I had the pleasure of delivering two Care Camps checks last week to the ACS Camp in St. Louis as well as Camp Rainbow in Chesterfield, MO. more »
The Life of Sylvia Granader by Jennifer
Sylvia would never make a big deal over the amazing things she’s done, experienced or accomplished in her now 90 years on this planet. more »
Camp Rainbow is a one-week sleepover camp for children ages 6 to 13 years old held at Babler State Park Outdoor Education Center. Counselors are in high school and college, unit heads are in college and staff are 21 years and older. more »
Submitted by Rachelle
In September of 2010, my four year-old daughter Madeline was diagnosed with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma. more »
Submitted by John
It’s hard to believe, but the summer of 2011 will be the 30th summer of our camping programs! Thirty years ago we took 28 kids with cancer more »
Dear KOA Care Camps,
We are so grateful to you for sponsoring us. We are a family of six more »
Once again, another successful week of camp was held at Camp Powderfork in Bald Knob, AR. This year’s camp had 47 campers more »