Medical and Family Camps

Camp Joy partners with organizations and hospitals to help children and their families manage a medical condition/illness through summer camp and family camp experiences.  Some of the benefits of these camps include:

Patient Self-Care: Enhances the self-care and self-sufficiency of children/families managing a chronic illness/condition.
Education: Educates children/families about the illness in a non-medical setting.
Relationship Building: Provides an opportunity for children/families to learn and bond with others managing a similar condition.
Respite: Provides a time of relief for family members.
Self-awareness: Builds self-esteem and enhances goal-setting and problem-solving skills.
Fun!: Provides wholesome outdoor recreation, creative, arts and adventure education.

Camp Joyful Hearts
Camp program for youth with heart conditions, sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
July 6-11, 2008

Joyful Hearts Family Camp
Weekend camp experience for children with and families of children with heart conditions, sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
May 16-18, 2008

Camp Njoyitall
Designed for youth with Hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
July 13-18, 2008

Teen Leadership Weekend
A weekend for teens to learn and practice leadership skills, sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
May 2-4, 2008

Tri-state Bleeding Disorders Family Camp
Weekend camp experience for children with and families of children with bleeding disorders, sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Fall dates TBA

Camp Dreamacres
Designed for youth with cancer, sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
July 13-18, 2008

Camp Wishastar
Designed for youth with sickle cell, sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
July 13-18, 2008

Camp Wekandu
Designed for youth with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis,
sponsored by Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
July 20-25

Arthritis Foundation Fall Family Camp
Weekend camp experience for children with and families of children with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation Ohio River Valley Chapter.
October 4-5, 2008

Amputee Coalition of America Youth Camp
Camp provides youth with limb loss and limb differences (ages 10 to 16) educational outings, team-building exercises, sports and opportunities to learn from peers and adult amputee mentors, sponsored by the Amputee Coalition of America.
July 19-24, 2008

OSU Medical Center Burn Survivors Family Camp
Weekend camp experience for families of Burn Survivors, sponsored by OSU Medical Center.
August dates TBA

Call 1-800-300-7094 ext.234 or email kevin.hackman@joec.org for more information.