Program
Happiness Is Camping, for children with cancer, was founded in 1980. About 400 children, girls and boys aged 6-14 years, attend the overnight camp, staying from one to four weeks, depending on their health. The camp is free to all, supported by donations and volunteer staff members. The medical staff, doctors and nurses, from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Montefiore and other fine facilities, provide medical supervision of the highest quality, with facilities for kids requiring chemotherapy, children at risk of bleeding and infection or with significant physical disabilities. Happiness Is Camping is a special place where the remarkable is routine. We're a regular sleepaway camp for normal kids; girls and boys who just happen to have cancer.
All Ages
School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
English
Each child has to produce evidence of health insurance and a letter from their physician to determine that they are well enough to attend. This camp is for children with cancer and their siblings ages 6 to 16 with cancer. Children may attend for all or any sessions depending on age, availability, their health and doctors recommendation.
The camp is free and includes all medical care, food, activities and transportation.
Kurt Struver
Happiness Is Camping
2169 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10453
Phone: 718-295-3100
Fax: 718-295-0406
hicoffice@happinessiscamping.org
http://www.happinessiscamping.org
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