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Camp Wapiyapi

Camp Wapiyapi Summer Camp · About this organization

What you get

A week of accessible camp activities, onsite meals, round-the-clock medical staff, and accommodations for medication needs.

How to start

Call 720-621-7030 and ask the camp director how to register for 2027 and arrange your child’s medical clearance.

Good to know

  • Camp is about 8,500 feet above sea level. Discuss any altitude-related concerns with the camp director.
  • Ask the director team to check any dietary needs beyond the vegetarian and vegan meals.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Application Window Closed

Your child and siblings ages 6–17 can attend a free, medically supported summer camp in the Colorado mountains during or after pediatric cancer treatment. Siblings can go even when your child with cancer cannot attend. Dates for 2027 are still to come, so call the camp director for registration instructions.

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What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

No-cost summer camp admission

A week of accessible camp activities, onsite meals, round-the-clock medical staff, and accommodations for medication needs.

Noncash help · Per Event

6 camp days per award

Can cover

  • camp admission
  • onsite meals
  • activities
  • round-the-clock medical staff
  • mobility adaptations
  • No cost to families.
  • Repeat limit not published.
  • The last published sessions ran Monday through Saturday in June 2025.

Peer And Emotional Support

Patient and sibling peer community

Patients and siblings participate together in an equal camp experience designed to foster friendships, confidence, and healing.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • peer friendship
  • sibling inclusion

Does not cover

  • licensed mental-health therapy

Why this may help

Peer And Emotional Support: Your child and siblings can make friends through the shared camp experience.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is a pediatric cancer and fits the stated population.

Age

Age 6 to age 17, measured at service date.

Treatment status

Newly Diagnosed, Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • Patient medical stability and altitude tolerance should be discussed with camp.
  • Camp operates at about 8,500 feet and asks families to consider physical conditions or limitations affected by altitude.
  • Camp is offered at no cost to families.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.

  • Site publishes no residence rule. It mentions children diagnosed "in Colorado" as mission context and runs camp in Colorado; neither is stated as a residence limit.

Where your child is treated

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

  • No partner-hospital or treating-facility restriction is published.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Quaker Ridge Campground — Published 2025 camp venue; not a residence rule. — Colorado mountain campground

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. Use the official contact form, email, or phone to ask for current session dates and registration instructions.
  2. Provide the current registration route, eligibility confirmation, and any medical-clearance requirements.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Web Form · Open form or page — The camper page directs families to connect for current registration, eligibility, and amenities.
  • Email · wapiyapi@wapiyapi.org — Official family contact route.
  • Phone · 720-621-7030 — Official family contact route.
  • Email · megan@wapiyapi.org — Camp Director Megan Blanc; the campers page tells families to reach out to the director team about dietary and other accommodations.

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 Applicable
Application windowSeasonal
Last checkedSep 26, 2026
  • Campers page read 2026-09-26: "Stay tuned for 2027 dates!"; no session dates or registration window are published, and families are told to contact camp to learn how to register.
  • Annual summer camp; the 2025 session dates are no longer on the campers page, which now says "Stay tuned for 2027 dates!" No opening date or deadline is published.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Ask the camp director for the next registration instructions and any medical-clearance requirements before planning your trip.
  • Camp is approximately 8,500 feet above sea level, so discuss any altitude-related limitations with camp.
  • Ask the director team whether it can accommodate dietary restrictions beyond vegetarian and vegan meals.
  • Confirm the next session and full registration/medical workflow.
  • Confirm residence and treating-facility eligibility.
  • GPT Pro run57 (2026-09-25): What are the 2027 session dates and deadline, required medical-clearance documents and any residence or treating-facility restrictions?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Sep 26, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program