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Camps for KidsSummer camp is a place where kids can learn new skills, make new friends, be self-sufficient and enhance their self-esteem. For camp listing additions or changes, please contact the editor. Northeast RegionDragonfly Heart Camp Dragonfly Heart Camp offers children age 7-17 with heart disease and pulmonary hypertension, as well as those who have undergone heart transplant, a one week camping experience that will build strength and confidence, as well as empower, educate and cultivate life-long friendships. Dragonfly Heart Camp is located on the beautiful grounds of Echo Hill Outdoor School on Maryland's Eastern Shore along the Chesapeake Bay. Summer session for 2008 is being held July 28 - August 1. Camp is free to all campers with the exception of a non refundable $50 registration fee. This year, camp is limited to 20 campers. Campers are accepted on a first-come basis. Deadline for registration is May 30, 2008. phone: 443-480-9578www.dragonflyheartcamp.org Camp Holiday Trails Children ages 7-17, hemodialysis, PD, transplant patients, and children with other health needs. Offers canoeing, camping, hiking, drama, arts and crafts, high and low ropes course, swimming, basketball, tennis and volleyball. Contact: Tina LaRoche Ruth Carol Gottscho Kidney Camp For children ages 7-15. Offers horseback riding, swimming, crafts, and climbing for pre-dialysis, continuous ambulatory PD, continuous cycling PD, and transplant patients. Contact: Carole Paterson Camp Sunshine This camp offers boating, fishing, games, arts and crafts, professional counseling, workshops and onsite medical support at no charge. Families live in handicapped-accessible cabins. Contact: Roberta Hoffman DCI Western PA Kidney Kamp For children all ages. PD, transplant, pre-dialysis, and hemodialysis. Offers swimming, archery, hockey, crafts, music, day outing to amusement park, adventure course, and sports, pool party and more. Contact: Joana Bucci, MSW, LSW Camp Chihopi For children ages 7 - 17. Camp Chihopi is a summer camp especially for kids and teenagers who have had liver or intestine transplants. Contact: Beverly Kosmach-Park Camp Jeremy For children ages 6 - 16. Camp Jeremy was inspired by Jeremy Clemens who received a heart transplant at eight years old and worked at Mermaid Day Camp for several years. After graduating from Temple University Hospital, Jeremy continued to work for Mermaid Lake and teach in the local community. Jeremy's family and Mermaid Country Day Camp wanted to keep Jeremy's spirit of giving alive by offering other transplant recipients an opportunity to enjoy a week of camp free of charge. Offers swimming, water slides and pool slides, tennis courts, 9 hole, par 3 golf course, 18 hold miniature golf, basketball, 5 multi-purpose athletic fields, volleyball courts, tetherball courts, archery ranges, ceramic studio, ropes course, climbing wall, playground, game room, arts and crafts, jewelry studio and indoor space for rainy days. Contact: Megan Fullerton North Central RegionThe Center for Courageous Kids The Center for Courageous Kids is a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation dedicated to uplifting children living with chronic or life threatening illnesses. (270) 618-2900 Camp ChiMer Summer camp for children 9-16 years of age who are on dialysis or who have received a transplant. Offers swimming, boating, other outdoor activities and crafts. Contact: Linda Jones Camp Michitanki (Michigan Transplant Kids) The one week summer camp, administrated by the University of Michigan Transplant Center, is for children ages 7-16 who have received an organ transplant. The camp offers canoeing, sailing, swimming, fishing, arts and crafts, high and low ropes course, basketball, golf, horseback riding, archery, rock climbing wall, knitting and volleyball. Contact: Vicki Shieck, RN, BSN Southeast RegionThe Boggy Creek Gang Camp The camp teaches children to cope better with day-to-day challenges and offers educational and supportive programs to parents, siblings, and other family members. Children learn how to communicate better and to care for themselves while they are enjoying a wide variety of outdoor activities. Contact: Melanie Bell Camp Aldersgate For children ages 6-16. Offers swimming, canoeing, fishing, nature hikes, cultural arts programming, cookouts, and arts and crafts. Contact Bill Faggard, Med Camps Coordinator Camp Independence Contact: Tracy Murphy For children age 6-18. Free to Georgia residents. Offers Swimming, sports, horseback riding, arts and crafts, boating, ropes courses and computer classes. Camp Braveheart Contact: Cheryl White Offered to children and teens ages 7-18 years who are affected by heart disease and heart transplant recipients. Activities include rock wall climbing, swimming, boating, ceramics, archery and arts and crafts. Sponsored by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. South Central RegionCamp for All For general nephrology, hemodialysis, CAPD, and transplant patients ages 6-17. Offers swimming, horseback, riding, archery, canoeing, fishing, arts and crafts, bicycling and basketball. Contact: Marion Johnson, NKF of Southeast Texas Mountain RegionVacation Kidney Center HD treatments for adults and children are available on a year-round basis. Snow Mountain Ranch/YMCA of the Rockies offers horseback riding, hiking, swimming, tennis, miniature golf, white water rafting and fishing. There are also winter sports. Contact: Shari Southoff, University Hospital Pacific Coast RegionCamp Whittle Accepts HD patients, ages 9-17, and PD, post-transplant, and general nephrology patients, 9-18. YMCA activities include hiking, crafts, horseback riding and archery. Dialysis campers are main-streamed into the camp population. There is a separate lodge for on-site dialysis. Contact: Margaret Davis, NKF of Southern California Painted Turtle Camp The Painted Turtle is the sixth addition to Paul Newman's family of Hole in the Wall Gang Camps for seriously ill children. It is also the only multi-disease camp and family care center of its kind on the West Coast. http://www.thepaintedturtle.org/turtle/ Camp Colman For CAPD, transplant and CRI patients ages 6-9. Contact: Jane Driscoll, Children's Hospital and Medical |
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