Summer Camps

Camp Adventure

Type 1 Diabetes

Location:

Contact:

Aroostook County/Acadia Diabetes Care Program Cary Medical Center 207-498-1283

Camp Akeela

Kids who struggle socially (diagnosed ASD, Aspergers, and others who are not formal diagnosis but do best in a more structured and predictable setting), 3.5 wk overnight camp, separate family camp

Location: Thetford Center, VT

Contact:

Phone: (802)866-0380
Fax: (866)462-2828
info@campakeela.com

Summer Address (6/1 – 8/31):
Vermont Program - One Thoreau Way, Thetford Center, VT 05075
Wisconsin Program - c/o Lawerence University, 711 E. Boldt Way, Appleton, WI 54911

Winter Address (9/1 – 5/31): 314 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004

Camp Capella

Children and adults with disabilities including but not limited to: cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, Down Syndrome, autism, spinal cord injury, brain injury, or others with physical or developmental disabilities. Day camp, weekly overnight camp, family vacation package, and a travel camp for day campers

Location: Phillips Lake, Dedham, ME

Contact:

Camp Address
8 Pearl Point Road
Dedham, ME 04429
Telephone: (207)843-5104

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 552
Holden, ME 04429

Camp Hope (formerly Camp Rainbow)

Children with cancer or a blood disorder (currently being treated or have been treated in the past); siblings and parents/guardians are invited to attend

Location: Camp Jordan Branch Lake Ellsworth, ME

Contact:

Carolyn Wills-Barberi
cwillsbarberi@emhs.org
(207)973-9749

Camp Spinnaker

6-day overnight camp for children with asthma, ages 8-12 yrs

Location: Camp Merrowvista, Center Tuftonboro, NH

Contact:

Sheila Hatch, Zebra Crossings • 61 Locust Street, Dover, NH 03820 • sheila@zebra-crossings.org • 603-312-2052, ext. 0

Camp Starfish

Variety of camp programs for children with issues including but not limited to: anxiety, ADHD, learning disabilities (including NVLD), autism, Asperger's, PDD, oppositional defiance, anger problems, sensory processing/integration disorder, depression, bipolar, inflexible explosivity, reactive attachment and other extra needs (questions if Starfish is right for your child, contact them). 1:1 staff-to-camper ratio

Location: 12 Camp Monomonac Road, Rindge, NH

Contact:

info@campstarfish.org
636 Great Rd., Suite 2 Stow, MA. 01775
Office Phone: (978)637-2617
Camp Phone (physical location): (603)899-9590

Camp Sunshine

Children with life threatening illnesses (such as cancer, hematologic, SDS, fanconi anemia, lupus, solid organ transplant, DKC, sickle cell, brain tumor) and their families - variety of camps offered (see list on the website)

Location: Sebago Lake, Casco, ME

Contact:

35 Acadia Road, Casco, ME 04015
Phone: (207)655-3800
Fax: (207)655-3825
info@campsunshine.org

Edward J. Madden Memorial Open Hearts Camp

Children ages 8-16 yrs who have had and are completely recovered from open heart surgery or transplant. Camper conditions/treatments present at camp include: ASD, Tetralogy Of Fallot, Transposition Of The Great Arteries, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Heart Transplants, etc.

Location: Berkshires, Western MA

Contact:

250 Monument Valley Road
Great Barrington, MA 01230
Phone: (413)528-2229
hearts@openheartscamp.org

Experience Camps

Weeklong camps for children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver (boys entering grades 4-11, girls entering grades 4-7)

Location: Boys: Camp Manitou, Oakland, ME; Girls: Camp Somerset, Smithfield, ME

Contact:

P.O. Box 5099
Westport, CT 06881
Phone: (860)850-0397
Fax: (203)286-2886
info@experience.camp

Outward Bound

Grieving Teens (ages 14-17) Maine Appalachian Backpacking for Grieving Teens, 7-days

Location: Maine

Contact:

(866)467-7651
910 Jackson Street, Suite 140
Golden, CO 80401

Pine Tree Camps

Children with physical and or intellectual disabilities including but not limited to cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, Down Syndrome, and autism spectrum disorders along with their families (day and overnight camp options)

Location: North Pond in Rome, ME (Belgrade Lakes Region)

Contact:

114 Pine Tree Camp Road • Rome, Maine 04963 • 207-386-5990 • ptcamp@pinetreesociety.org