Dream Day on Cape Cod
Dream Day Family Camp · About this organization
What you get
A free week of family camp with a cabin, meals, activities, and other families who understand.
How to start
Fill in the current family application and choose session availability. Have diagnosis confirmation ready.
Good to know
- The 2026 application deadline has passed; ask about next year's dates.
- Every attendee signs a liability waiver and photo release.
The details, as published
A no-cost week of family camp with cabins, meals, recreation, and community for families of children with serious or life-threatening illnesses. Families may self-refer, and the application requires a physician-completed medical form plus waivers and releases.
What help you may get
Camps And Retreats
Free week of family camp
A weeklong family camp with lodging, meals, accessible activities, and respite.
Noncash help · One Time
1 weeks per award
Can cover
- family cabin
- meals
- camp activities
- accessibility accommodations
- No cost to the family.
- Two priority sessions in different years; later attendance is waitlist-only.
Peer And Emotional Support
Family peer connection
Families connect with others who understand serious childhood illness while sharing camp activities.
Noncash help · Per Event
Can cover
- family connection
- shared recreation
Why this may help
Peer And Emotional Support: Shared camp activities give you time with others who understand serious childhood illness.
Check the main eligibility rules
Diagnosis
B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL is a serious and life-threatening illness within the published scope.
Age
Age 2 to age 22, measured at application.
- The current official Jotform application hub publishes the age range.
Treatment status
No specific treatment status is published.
- The qualifying child's physician must complete the medical form and provide a recent medical history or face sheet.
- Families receive priority for two camp sessions; later attendance is waitlist-only.
- All programs are free to families.
Where you live and where your child is treated
Where your family lives
No residence restriction is published.
- Cape Cod and Islands residents receive priority, but this is not published as an exclusion and self-referrals are welcome.
Where your child is treated
Treatment-location rules are not published clearly; confirm with the program.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
- Camp Nan-Ke-Rafe — Camp venue only; it does not establish a residence restriction. — Dream Day family camp beside Nickerson State Park.
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, Social Worker, Healthcare Team, Community Referrer
- Complete the current family application and choose session availability.
- Complete and sign the qualifying-child medical form and provide recent medical history or face sheet.
- Complete a liability waiver and media/photo release for every attendee.
- Upload any completed paper files through the official upload form by the published deadline.
Ways to apply or ask
- Online Portal · Open form or page — The hub links the family application, electronic waivers and photo release, medical form, paper forms, and upload form.
Documents to prepare
- Physician-completed and signed qualifying-child medical form with recent medical history or face sheet.
- Liability waiver for every attending family member.
- Media/photo release for every attending family member.
Availability and timing
| Program | Active |
|---|---|
| Applications | Application Window Closed |
| Funding or space | Limited |
| Application window | Seasonal · deadline Jun 15, 2026 |
| Last checked | Aug 27, 2026 |
- The current hub is labeled 2026 and states June 15 as the deadline; a rolling cancellation waitlist is described, but next-year dates are not published.
- The 2026 deadline has passed; the application says the waitlist is rolling and cancellations may be offered up to camp day.
Limitations and things to confirm
- The standard 2026 deadline has passed and no 2027 dates are published.
- Cape Cod and Islands residents and first-time families receive priority.
- After two priority camp sessions, families are waitlist-only.
- A physician-completed medical form and attendee releases are required.
- When will the next summer camp dates and application deadline be published?
Official sources
Program details were last verified Aug 27, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.
- About Us - Dream Day on Cape Cod · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Accommodations - Dream Day on Cape Cod · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Dream Day Registration Application · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Camp Eligibility - Dream Day on Cape Cod · checked Aug 27, 2026
- Dream Day Family Application 2026 · checked Aug 27, 2026