Camp Boggy Creek
Summer Camp (cancer session) · About this organization
What you get
Your child gets a free week of overnight camp with doctors and nurses on site, activities like fishing, archery and theater, and friends who have been through treatment too.
How to start
Fill in the online camper application, then have your child's cancer specialist return the medical forms with recent clinic notes and immunization records.
Good to know
- Summer camp is for your child only; brothers and sisters don't attend.
- Dates for next summer aren't posted yet.
The details, as published
Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, Florida runs free, week-long overnight summer sessions for children ages 7-17 with serious illnesses, including cancer; each session hosts one illness group and has full medical coverage with on-site professionals in that specialty. Summer camp is for the diagnosed child only. Families complete the online camper application, and the child's specialist returns the medical forms with recent clinic notes and immunization records. Next summer's dates are not yet on the site.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Free week of overnight medical camp
A free week-long overnight summer session for children with cancer, with full medical coverage by on-site professionals in the illness specialty, and activities such as fishing, archery, woodshop and theater.
Noncash help · Per Event
1 weeks per award
Can cover
- overnight camp
- on-site medical coverage
- activities
- Campers and families do not pay.
- Weekly summer sessions, one illness group per session.
- Week-long summer session.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Cancer is one of the illness groups Camp Boggy Creek serves, and each summer session hosts one illness group; a child with B-ALL fits the cancer session.
Age
Age 7 to age 17, measured at service date.
- Both developmental and chronological age must fit.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- The child's specialist or treatment center completes, signs and returns the medical forms and sends current clinic notes.
- Summer camp is for the child with the diagnosis only.
- Campers and their families do not pay.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
- No residence boundary is printed on the camper, FAQ, summer camp or application pages.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Camp Boggy Creek — Camp venue only; it does not establish residence eligibility. — 30500 Brantley Branch Road, Eustis, Florida
How to get started
Does a social worker or care team need to start it? No. A required care-team start is not published; the family can use the available route below.
Who can start: Parent Or Guardian
- Submit the online camper application for the cancer summer session.
- The specialist signs and returns the medical forms and current clinic notes.
- Send the child's immunization records.
- Camp reviews the complete file and tells you whether your child is accepted.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page — Online camper application (UltraCamp), linked from the camper application page.
- Email · camperrecruiter@campboggycreek.org — Camper recruiter.
- Phone · 352-483-4200 ext. 4632 — Camper recruiter.
Documents to prepare
- Online camper application
- Camp and disease-specific medical forms signed by the specialist, with current clinic notes
- Immunization records
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Application Window Closed |
| Funding or space | Not Applicable |
| Application window | Seasonal |
| Last checked | Sep 29, 2026 |
- Pages read 2026-09-29 list only fall family retreats; no summer 2027 session dates are posted yet. Treated as between seasons.
- Summer sessions run each summer; next summer's cancer session dates are not yet listed. Applications are not first come, first served.
Limitations and things to confirm
- Summer camp is for the diagnosed child only.
- Acceptance is not guaranteed.
- When is the next cancer summer session and when does its application open?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Sep 29, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Camp Application · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Camper Corner — Camp Boggy Creek · checked Sep 29, 2026
- Have Questions About Camp? We've Got Answers! — Camp Boggy Creek · checked Sep 29, 2026
- Camp Boggy Creek · checked Aug 27, 2026
- FREE Summer Camp For Children with Serious Medical Illnesses — Camp Boggy Creek · checked Sep 29, 2026