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Flying Horse Farms

Flying Horse Farms Summer and Family Camps · About this organization

What you get

A free week at a medically staffed summer camp for your child, with a session just for children with cancer and blood disorders, plus free family camp weekends. Lodging and meals are included.

How to start

Create an account on the Flying Horse Farms camper portal and fill in an application for each family member, or email campers@flyinghorsefarms.org with questions.

Good to know

  • You get yourselves to camp in Mt. Gilead; the camp can suggest outside help with transport.
  • Applying before the priority deadline gives you the best chance of a place.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

Free medically supported camp at Flying Horse Farms in Mt. Gilead, Ohio: week-long summer residential sessions by diagnosis group, including a Hematology and Oncology session, plus weekend family camps in spring, summer and fall. Lodging and meals are provided.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

Free summer and family camp sessions

Week-long summer residential camp by diagnosis group (a Hematology and Oncology session and a Siblings Camp in 2026) and Friday-to-Sunday family camp weekends, with medical care, lodging and meals at no cost.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • camp admission
  • lodging
  • meals
  • on-site medical care
  • family camp weekends
  • siblings camp

Does not cover

  • transportation to camp
  • No cost to attend.
  • 2026 family camps ran in April, August, October and November; summer sessions ran June and July.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Cancer is a listed camper diagnosis and there is a dedicated Hematology and Oncology summer session.

Age

Age 7 to age 21, measured at service date.

  • The 2026 schedule says summer camps begin at age 8; family camps include younger siblings with a caregiver.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

  • All applications are reviewed for medical eligibility; the Medical Team answers diagnosis questions.
  • Each application is reviewed for medical eligibility; required vaccines apply unless a medical contraindication form is approved.
  • Camp sessions are free; lodging and meals are provided.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

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

  • No residence rule is published; the FAQ says campers come "from Ohio and beyond." Camp does not provide transportation.

Where your child is treated

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

  • No treating-hospital rule is published.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Flying Horse Farms — Camp venue; not a residence rule. — Mt. Gilead, Ohio

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. Create an account on the camper portal and fill in an application for each family member who wants to attend.
  2. Upload every form listed on the portal’s Forms page before the priority deadline.
  3. The camp team reviews eligibility and places your child or family into a session.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

No documents are listed.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceLimited
Application windowSeasonal
Last checkedSep 29, 2026
  • Fall 2026 family camps run in October and November; the last priority deadline (August 10) has passed, and the camp considers applications through the season with a possible wait list.
  • 2026 priority deadlines: spring family camps March 2, summer and Rangers March 16, AYA April 27, summer family camp June 15, fall family camps August 10. Later applications may go on a wait list.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Camp does not provide transportation to Mt. Gilead.
  • Applications after the priority deadline may go on a wait list.
  • When do 2027 camp dates and priority deadlines post?

Official sources

Program details were last verified Sep 29, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program