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Camp Sunrise, Inc.

Camp at Hopkins · About this organization

What you get

Free camp activities at the hospital for your child and siblings, with time to meet other children. A daily newsletter connects you with the outdoor camp.

How to start

Ask your child’s hospital or clinic team when Camp at Hopkins activities next run and how your child and siblings can join.

Good to know

  • Activities run during the summer camp week rather than throughout the year. Ask your child’s hospital team about the next dates.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Hospital Mediated

Your child can join hospital-based camp activities at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center during pediatric oncology or hematology hospitalization or clinic visits. Children of all ages can take part with siblings and other family members during the Camp Sunrise week. Ask your child’s hospital or clinic team when the next activities will run.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

Hospital-based camp activities

Camp-style arts, games, sports, food activities, talent shows, and daily connections delivered to pediatric oncology/hematology patients and families at the hospital.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • hospital-based camp activities
  • family and sibling participation
  • Held during the Camp Sunrise week.

Peer And Emotional Support

Hospital oncology peer community

Patients and siblings socialize with peers sharing childhood-cancer experiences and connect with offsite Camp Sunrise campers through a daily newsletter.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • peer socialization
  • family respite
  • daily camp newsletter connection

Why this may help

Peer And Emotional Support: Camp social time and the daily newsletter keep your child connected while giving you a little respite.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is both an oncology and hematology diagnosis within the named Johns Hopkins department population.

Age

Age 0 to no published upper limit, measured at service date.

  • The official page says children of all ages but does not publish an upper limit.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment

  • The child must be hospitalized or attending an appointment in the pediatric oncology/hematology clinic during camp.
  • Participation occurs during hospitalization or a clinic appointment at Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

No residence restriction is published.

  • Residence is not the eligibility mechanism; the child must be present at the named hospital/clinic.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be connected to: Johns Hopkins Children's Center.

  • Child is hospitalized or attending appointments in the Pediatric Oncology and Hematology department.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Johns Hopkins Children's Center — Hospital-based delivery location; eligibility is separately captured as a treatment-location requirement.

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.

  1. Offer camp activities to eligible pediatric oncology and hematology patients and families present at the hospital or clinic.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Automatic Distribution — Activities are brought to hospitalized patients and clinic attendees during the event.

Documents to prepare

No documents are listed.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsHospital Mediated
Funding or spaceNot Applicable
Application windowNot Applicable
Last checkedSep 25, 2026
  • The 2026 event dates have passed; the program remains described as one of the organization's three annual camps.
  • No separate application is published.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Your child or family must be present in the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center pediatric oncology/hematology hospital or clinic setting during the event.
  • The hospital activities run during the Camp Sunrise week, so ask the hospital team about the next event dates.
  • What are the next Camp at Hopkins event dates and onsite participation details?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Sep 25, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program