Hole in the Wall Camps

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In the fall of 1988, actor Paul Newman’s dream of opening a camp for children with serious medical conditions became a reality. By the following summer, children whose lives had been interrupted by illness were able to put their worries aside and enjoy a carefree camp experience. Soon thereafter, the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps expanded into a growing worldwide movement enabling children to recapture their childhood through the simple, but profound understanding that laughter is the best medicine.

As the world’s largest family of camps for children with serious medical conditions, the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps offer campers the chance to restore hope and recapture their childhood through therapeutic recreation, intentional programming and year-round support that provides encouragement, motivation and confidence. Hole in the Wall Camps afford opportunities to regain inner strength, build self-confidence and help children reclaim control over their medical conditions, all of this is done free of charge.

Today, children across the globe who spend much of their time in hospitals and doctor’s offices are attending Hole in the Wall Camps free of charge. For more than 20 years, the family of Hole in the Wall Camps has given over 119,000 children the chance to be a kid again.

Ten camps in the United States and Europe, and a Global Partnership Initiative in Africa and Southeast Asia have opened their cabin doors to children all over the world. These camps will soon be joined by the first Hole in the Wall Camp in the Middle East, Jordan River Village. The camps are united by a Connecticut-based, nonprofit association whose mission is to extend an unforgettable camp experience to as many children as possible who are living with serious illnesses and life-threatening conditions.

The association was established in 2001, to ensure that the Hole in the Wall Camp model continues to expand to children everywhere and to provide programmatic and financial support to the existing camps. As the largest family of camps serving children with life-threatening illnesses, Hole in the Wall Camps are widely viewed as setting the standard for excellence, serving as a resource for organizations that offer children a new lease on life, one week at a time.