Camp Believe
Serving campers with bladder exstrophy
Serving campers with bladder exstrophy
Serving teens who have kidney disease
Camp Rheumies is a weekend camp for teenagers 13-17 years with a systemic rheumatologic diagnosis treated at Cook Children’s. The purpose of Camp Rheumies is to provide teenagers, who have a systemic rheumatic disease with a safe, engaging, and rewarding camp experience.
Camp RISE serves families from Cook Children’s Medical Center who have experienced a traumatic event. While at camp, families are given the opportunity to process their trauma, build coping skills and resiliency, meet other families who have experienced a traumatic event, and grow together as a family through fun activities. Camp is available for patients between 6 and 16 and their families.
Camp PHEnomenal serves campers with Phenylketonuria (PKU) and other alike disorders.
Camp Morning Star serves families of patient's who have died in the last year from Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, TX. Camp Morning Star provides families with an opportunity to process their experiences with grief, meet families who have experienced loss, and enjoy doing activities as a family.
Camp Reynal was started in 1992 by dedicated volunteers, parents and healthcare professionals, all of whom shared the common goal to create an exciting, challenging, encouraging, supportive, safe and healthy environment for children with renal and urology disease, and to foster fun, growth, exploration, discovery, friendship, self-esteem and independence.
Camp I-Thonka-Chi serves youth who have been hospitalized with burn injuries ages 6-18- years of age.
Camp TLC serves campers age 8-15 with Spina Bifida and congenital neural tube defects. The Spina Bifida Association of North Texas partners with Texas Scottish Rite Hospital to provide this week long experience in June.
Who Can Attend MDA Camp? Any child with a neuromuscular disease between the ages of 6-17. We accept campers on a first come first serve basis. MDA camp enables campers to stretch their comfort zones and grow in independence as they spend a week away from home; permit someone other than their parents to provide personal care; and make new friends.