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Camp Millennium

Camp Millennium Family Programs · About this organization

What you get

Your child with cancer, or a brother or sister, gets a free week of overnight camp with medical staff on hand. You are never charged.

How to start

Use the new-camper or returning-camper registration link on the Camp M page, or call the camp office at 541-677-0600.

Good to know

  • Camp M 2026 ran July 12 to 19; watch the camp site for 2027 registration.
  • Places go first come, first served, with spaces held for newly diagnosed children.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Application Window Closed

Free Camp M residential camp plus family days and parent retreats for Oregon and southwest Washington families affected by a child’s or parent’s cancer diagnosis, including ongoing participation after remission or bereavement.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

Free week-long Camp M admission

A free week-long residential camp with recreation and onsite medical staff for eligible children affected by cancer.

Noncash help · Once Per 12 Months

1 weeks per award

Can cover

  • camp admission
  • activities
  • onsite medical staff
  • Families are not charged or solicited.

Peer And Emotional Support

Cancer-family peer community

Children and families connect with other families experiencing the effects of cancer.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • peer connection
  • family connection

Wishes And Family Experiences

Family days and parent retreats

The organization names Family Day Events, Mom's Weekends, and Dad's Retreats, but current dates, intake, and exact included items are not published accessibly.

Amount not published

Can cover

  • family day experiences
  • mother retreats
  • father retreats

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL is cancer and falls within the patient, sibling, and affected-child family roles published by the organization.

Age

Age 5 to age 16, measured at service date.

  • The published 5–16 rule is for children in the program; parent-retreat ages are not published.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship, Bereavement

  • A parent or guardian cancer role is described as active treatment; the organization encourages continued participation after remission or death.
  • The 2026 page separates new families or those absent five years from campers who attended within the last four years.
  • No income test is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Oregon; Southwest Washington; exact counties are not published..

  • Family must be within Oregon or southwest Washington; the exact southwest Washington boundary is not published.

Where your child is treated

Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.

Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Oregon Outdoor Education Center — Published venue for Camp M 2026; not a residence or treatment-location rule. — 5390 4H Rd NW, Salem, Oregon 97304

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, Physician, Community Referrer

  1. Contact Camp Millennium to confirm the next live camper cycle and correct portal.
  2. When staff confirms intake is open, complete and submit the parent application for approval.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsApplication Window Closed
Funding or spaceCall To Confirm
Application windowSeasonal
Last checkedSep 29, 2026
  • Camp M 2026 ran July 12–19, 2026; the next registration links are not yet posted.
  • The Camp M 2026 page carried separate registration links for new and returning campers; the 2027 links are not yet posted.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Exact southwest Washington residence boundary is not published.
  • The 2026 camp dates have passed, and the linked new-family portal still labels its session as 2025.
  • Current family-day and parent-retreat application details are not published accessibly.
  • Which camp cycle, if any, is currently accepting family applications?
  • Which southwest Washington counties or localities are eligible?
  • GPT Pro run57 (2026-09-25): What is the correct next Camp M enrollment cycle given the public form’s mixed 2025 and 2026 labels?
  • GPT Pro run57 (2026-09-25): What are the application and health requirements for the October 2–4, 2026 Moms Weekend, and is the announced dads retreat now taking requests?
  • GPT Pro run57 (2026-09-25): What boundary does southwest Washington mean for Camp M, and which family programs share it?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program