Camps
Out of concern for our patients, families and staff, camps are cancelled until further notice. As things change, we will reevaluate the situation and adjust meeting schedules accordingly. Please check back soon for updates. Thank you for understanding.
Camps for Kids is a Cook Children's program that offers patients and families the opportunity to experience the power of camp. While engaged in camps that are operated by camp staff as well as hospital staff, patients and families get the opportunity to get outside, participate in arts and crafts, receive medical education, and most importantly, build supportive, lasting relationships with others who shared similar life experiences. We know that due to medical challenges, many of our patients and families would not have the opportunity to participate in traditional camp experiences without Camps for Kids. That's why Cook Children's is proud to provide this service for eligible patients and families, in a safe and nurturing environment, at no cost to the family.
Camps for Kids offers several diagnosis-specific weeklong summer camps as well as many weekend retreats for families and teens throughout the fall and spring. The following are some of the camps we offer.
Summer Camps
Camp Ailihpomeh
Who: For kids with hemophilia.
When: July 13-19
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Erin.Loftus@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Broncho
Who: For kids with severe asthma.
When: August 3-9
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Katie.Campbell@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Can Do
Who: For kids with vision impairments.
When: June 18-22 - DAY CAMP
Where: Camp Carter
Email Olga.Uriegas@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Discovery
Who: For kids with ADHD.
When: June 3-7 - DAY CAMP
Where: Camp Carter
Email Valerie.Lohmar@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp El Tesoro de la Vida
Who: For kids who have experienced the death of a loved one.
When: July 22-28
Where: Camp El Tesoro
Email Elise.Rowsell@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Hope
Who: For kids with HIV.
When: July 14-19
Where: Camp For All, Brenham, TX
Email Sylvia.Martinez@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Jubilee
Who: For kids with sickle cell anemia.
When: July 6-12
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Laura.Sonefeld@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Stephanie.Wright@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Lancelot
Who: For kids with Type 1 Diabetes.
New camp dates will post here in early 2020
Email Kelli.Gore@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Brenda.Sonnier@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp MDA
Who: For kids with muscular dystrophy.
When: June 15-21
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Erin.Reid@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Kat.Davitt@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Moss
Who: For kids with heart disease.
When: June 22-28
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Julia.Smeltzer@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Neuron
Who: For kids with epilepsy.
When: June 30-July 6
Where: Texas Lions Camp, Kerville, TX
Email Zoe.Growald@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Oasis
Who: For kids with Crohn's and Colitis.
When: June 6-10
Where:Greene Family Camp
Email Brenda.Sonnier@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Kate.Jennings@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Reynal
Who: For kids with kidney disease.
When: May 25-31
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Beverly.Carr@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Sanguinity
Who: For kids with cancer and their siblings.
When: June 30-July 6
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Jill.Koss@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp TLC
Who: For kids with spina bifida.
When: June 8-14
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Anne.Stankus@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Weekend Camps
Camp Believe
Who: For teens with bladder exstrophy.
When: April 20-22
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Emily.Haddad@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Courage
Who: For teen siblings.
When: March 29-31
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Kat.Davitt@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp ID
Who: For families from ID.
When: March 1-3
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Christine.Curtis@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Amy.Collins@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Kindred
Who: For teen siblings of kids with Cystic Fibrosis.
When: April 12-14
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Heather.Bayers@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Light
Who: For teens with cancer.
When: September 27-29
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Laura.Sonefeld@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Jessica.Munger@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Morning Star
Who: For families who have lost a child.
When: May 10-12
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Katie.Campbell@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp NOW
Who: For families from Neuro-Oncology.
When: September 6-8
Where: Camp John Marc
Email amy.collins@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp O'Hana
Who: For families of cancer survivors.
When: March 15-17
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Stefani.Rapisand@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email vickie.knight@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Rise
Who: For teens with Type 1 Diabetes.
When: March 22-24
Where: Camp Sweeny
Email Brenda.Sonnier@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Khadija.Cheeks@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp STAR
Who: For teens from RCU/TCU.
When: September 27-29
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Amber.Lafferty@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Strong
Who: For families from 4NT.
When: April 5-7
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Leanna.Barton@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Email Nicole.Berner@cookchildrens.org for camp information
Camp Tecumseh
Who: For families from ID.
When: November 8-10
Where: Camp John Marc
Email Sylvia.Martinez@cookchildrens.org for camp information