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
Circle Camps for Grieving Children
Week long overnight camp for girls ages 9-14 who have experienced the death of a parent
Location: Camp Tapawingo, Sweden, ME
Contact:
5267 Holmes Street, #305
Pittsburgh, PA 15201-3070
Phone: (412)491-8151
info@circlecamps.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
NEHA - New England Hemophilia Association
Camp for families of individuals with hemophilia
Location: Lake Winnapesaukee, Lake Moultonborough, NH
Contact:
Heather Case (Camp Director)
347 Washington Street, Suite 401
Dedham, MA 02026
Phone: (781)326-7645
Fax:(781)329-5122
info@newenglandhemophilia.org
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
The Green Mountain Lions Camp (formerly Austine Green Mountain Lions Camp)
Camp for deaf and hard-of-hearing children (1 week sleep over for 8-12 yo; 2 week sleep over camp for 13+, until graduation)
Location: Cabot, VT
Contact:
Before Camp
Brian Steckley (Camp Chairman)
P.O. Box 491
Bennington, VT 05401
Telephone: (802)422-4937
GreenMtnLionsCamp@gmail.com
During Camp
246 Covenant Hills Road
Cabot, VT 05647