Written by a parent, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice.

HUGS

SibCamp · About this organization

What you get

Camp activities and time with other siblings who understand serious childhood illness.

How to start

Fill out HUGS family enrollment, ask your doctor to verify the diagnosis, then contact Family Services about the next sibling camp.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Call To Confirm

HUGS SibCamp is a sibling-focused camp or retreat component for brothers and sisters of children with life-threatening illness, providing recreation and peer connection; the current cycle, age range, cost, capacity, and application window are not published.

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

SibCamp — camps and retreats

HUGS SibCamp is a sibling-focused camp or retreat component for brothers and sisters of children with life-threatening illness, providing recreation and peer connection; the current cycle, age range, cost, capacity, and application window are not published.

Amount not published

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. HUGS expressly includes cancer in its life-threatening-illness eligibility for Hawaii children through age 21.

Age

Age 0 to age 21, measured at application.

Treatment status

No specific treatment status is published.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

You must live in: HI.

Where your child is treated

No treatment-location restriction is published.

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.

  1. Complete HUGS family enrollment and physician diagnosis verification.
  2. Contact the family-services team for the current component schedule or request process.

Ways to apply or ask

Documents to prepare

The program does not publish a document checklist. Ask before gathering paperwork.

Availability and timing

ProgramActive
ApplicationsCall To Confirm
Funding or spaceNot Published
Application windowNot Published
Last checkedAug 24, 2026

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Current dates, capacity, benefit frequency, and component-level requirements are not fully published.
  • Confirm current schedule, capacity, cost, and exact access rules.

Official sources

Program details were last verified Aug 24, 2026. Availability can change, so check the official program before applying.

Official program