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Camp Sunshine

Camp Sunshine Summer Camp · About this organization

What you get

Your child gets a free week of overnight camp with doctors and nurses who specialize in childhood cancer on site day and night.

How to start

Fill in the New Family Sign Up form, then register for summer camp when the next dates are posted, or call the camp office at 404-325-7979.

Good to know

  • Places go first come, first served, with priority for new campers and children on treatment.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Application Window Closed

Two free, medically supported overnight summer-camp sessions for Georgia children with cancer: ages 13–18 and ages 7–12. The June 2026 sessions have passed and no next cycle is published.

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What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

Camp Sunshine Summer Camp

Two free, medically supported overnight summer-camp sessions for Georgia children with cancer: ages 13–18 and ages 7–12. The June 2026 sessions have passed and no next cycle is published.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • overnight camp admission
  • lodging
  • meals
  • activities
  • 24-hour onsite pediatric oncology medical care
  • Camp Sunshine states that all programs are free for participating families.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is a childhood cancer and is within the published population.

Age

Age 7 to age 18, measured at service date.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • New campers and children currently on therapy receive precedence when capacity is limited.
  • No participation cost is charged.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: Georgia.

  • The family must live in Georgia or the child must be treated in Georgia.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be in: Georgia.

  • Treatment in Georgia independently satisfies the published geography rule.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Camp Twin Lakes-Rutledge East — Summer-camp venue only; it does not create the residence or treatment-location rule. — Approximately fifty miles east of Atlanta

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

  1. Complete the New Family Intake Form to begin receiving program information.
  2. Use the family portal, official calendar, or staff instructions to register for a specific program when its window opens.

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 spaceNot Published
Application windowSeasonal
Last checkedSep 29, 2026
  • The June 2026 sessions have ended; 2027 dates are not yet posted.
  • The 2026 sessions ran in June 2026; the next application window is not yet posted.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Current event-specific registration details are not published on the program page.
  • When will 2027 registration open and what authenticated portal documents and signatures will be required?
  • GPT Pro run55 (2026-09-25): Can staff confirm the current enrollment steps and required documents for this program, including whether the New Family form is the correct first step?
  • GPT Pro run55 (2026-09-25): What are the next summer-camp dates and medical forms? The public 2026 sessions were June 14–19 and June 21–26.

Official sources

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

Official program