Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada
Camp Firefly · About this organization
What you get
Free overnight camp with medical supervision for children affected by cancer and siblings.
How to start
Ask camp staff for the camper packet. Gather a camper photo, insurance-card images, doctor contact details, and immunization records.
Good to know
- Confirm your session dates with camp staff before making travel plans.
The details, as published
Camp Firefly is a free, medically supervised residential camp for Candlelighters patients, survivors, and siblings ages 9–17. The official enrollment portal lists the June 9–13, 2026 camp at YMCA Camp Whittle in Big Bear, California as past; the portal remains visible, but no future cycle or deadline is published, so families should contact Candlelighters before enrolling.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Camp Firefly — camps and retreats
Camp Firefly is a free, medically supervised residential camp for Candlelighters patients, survivors, and siblings ages 9–17. The official enrollment portal lists the June 9–13, 2026 camp at YMCA Camp Whittle in Big Bear, California as past; the portal remains visible, but no future cycle or deadline is published, so families should contact Candlelighters before enrolling.
Amount not published
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. The program serves children or families affected by pediatric cancer, including B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Age
Age 9 to age 17, measured at service date.
- Camp Firefly is for patients, survivors, and siblings ages 9–17.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
Residence coverage is not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where your child is treated
Treatment must be in: Nevada.
- Child diagnosed with cancer and treated in Nevada for Candlelighters family enrollment
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.
- Contact Candlelighters to confirm whether the visible past-cycle portal is accepting a future camp registration.
- Enroll each eligible child separately.
- Provide a clear camper photo, health-insurance card images, primary doctor or oncologist contact, and immunization records.
- Use the new-family enrollment portal or returning-family Parent Dashboard linked from the official Camp Firefly page.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal · Open form or page
- Online Portal
- Web Form
Documents to prepare
The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Call To Confirm |
| Funding or space | Not Published |
| Application window | Not Published |
| Last checked | Aug 24, 2026 |
- The homepage says camper applications are available, but does not identify a future cycle.
- The portal labels the visible enrollment Camp Firefly 2026 and lists dates that are past.
Limitations and things to confirm
- The 2026 camp is past and no future dates, deadline, capacity, waitlist, or notification schedule are published.
- The enrollment portal's June 9–13 dates conflict with a previously recorded official date range and should be reconfirmed before reuse.
- Are the visible links accepting a future cycle or merely stale after the past 2026 dates?
- Confirm future dates, deadline, capacity, waitlist, notification, medical-clearance rules, and the current age split.
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- Camp Firefly Jr. · checked Aug 24, 2026
- Camp Firefly Jr. · checked Aug 24, 2026