Medical Component

"...it's our privilege to hand out smiles on a daily basis
to campers. It's a great feeling to be part of that mission."
-A Camp Medical Director

More and more it's been shown that for seriously ill children, laughter really is the best medicine. To supplement the laughter, there is 24 hour state of the art medical care provided at each camp. Each facility is staffed by full-time, highly trained medical professionals. So, as Paul Newman put it: "kids can kick back, relax, raise a little hell and just be kids."

Children with cancer, HIV, sickle cell anemia and other life threatening conditions can feel safe and cared for. Every medical facility is capable of accommodating the full of array treatments for the disease groups they serve, whether it's a chemotherapy treatment, a dialysis procedure, or daily infusions.

Our medical facilities are designed to be as non-institutional as possible. For instance, at Camp Boggy Creek in Florida the medical center, is affectionately known as "The Patch." There's even an exam table shaped like a dinosaur and a camp nurse carries her meds in a fishing tackle box. When campers visit "The Well Shell" at The Painted Turtle, they will find colorful walls, windows overlooking the sparkling lake, and a giant domed turtle shell ceiling overhead.