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Camp Casco

Camp Casco Summer Camps

What you get

Your child with cancer, or a brother or sister, gets free summer camp with medical staff on site: a day camp, a sibling week or an oncology week, with buses to the overnight camps. Applications are closed for now. It opens by season, so ask when the next round starts.

Who starts it
You, with a signature from your doctor
How it’s sent
Fax to 857-453-4568
Your time
About 15 minutes, plus waiting for the signature
Last checked
Aug 27, 2026

Before you start, check you fit

  • Your child is between 6 and 17.
  • The 2026 camps ran from late June to late August; sign up on the camps page to hear about 2027.
  • Send one application for each child.

  1. Ask your doctor for the signed formStart here. This is the part that takes the longest.

    Camp Casco needs a signature on the form from your doctor. Copy this message, or say it in person at the next visit.

    Hi [doctor’s name],

We’d like to apply to Camp Casco’s Camp Casco Summer Camps. They offer our child with cancer, or a brother or sister, gets free summer camp with medical staff on site: a day camp, a sibling week or an oncology week, with buses to the overnight camps, and we want to be ready when the next round opens.

They need a signature on the form from you. Their form and instructions are here: https://www.campcasco.org/camps

Could you sign that when you have a chance? I can send you the link, or bring a printout to our next visit. Thank you for everything you do for us.

[your name] · [phone]
    Copying is the only thing this page does with your text. Nothing is saved.

  2. Fill in their applicationIt is on their website.

    Open their application ↗ Checked Aug 27, 2026

    What the form asks for

    Camper information
    Camper NameDate of BirthDiagnosis

  3. Fax your application and the signed form togetherTo 857-453-4568.

    • Submit online, or fax the completed paper application to 857-453-4568, or mail it to Camp Casco, PO Box 330, Sudbury, MA 01776.

    Fax: 857-453-4568

After you send

Watch for the confirmation email with next steps; contact attend@campcasco.org for portal help. If you have not heard back in two weeks, write and ask whether it arrived.

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