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Camp Rainbow · About this organization

What you get

A free one-week camp stay with meals, 24-hour medical staffing and activities with other children. Your child can make friends while taking a break from the hospital.

How to start

Email or call Camp Rainbow for the next camper application. Check the program page from mid-December.

Good to know

  • For the annual summer camp, check the program page from mid-December and send the camper application by April 1.
  • Ask the camp team about your child’s medical needs before planning for the week away.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Application Window Closed

A free, one-week annual summer camp at Lost Canyon in Williams, Arizona, for your child ages 7–17 who is a Phoenix Children’s CCBD patient and has or has had cancer or a chronic blood disorder. Your child joins age-grouped activities with 24-hour medical staffing.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

Free one-week residential camp

One week of lodging, food, supplies, professional supervision, activities, and 24-hour medical staffing at Lost Canyon.

Noncash help · Per Event

1 weeks per award

Can cover

  • camp admission
  • housing
  • food
  • supplies
  • professional supervision
  • 24-hour medical staffing
  • recreational activities
  • No cost to participating children and families.
  • Annual event.

Peer And Emotional Support

Peer community and friendships

Your child joins other CCBD children in age-grouped camp activities to share experiences and make friends in a supportive setting.

Noncash help · Per Event

Can cover

  • peer connection
  • supportive recreation

Does not cover

  • outpatient mental-health therapy
  • Annual event.

Why this may help

Peer And Emotional Support: Camp activities give your child opportunities to make friends with other children receiving cancer or blood-disorder care.

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. B-ALL is cancer and is within the published cancer scope for Phoenix Children’s CCBD patients.

Age

Age 7 to age 17, measured at service date.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • Current and former cancer patients are eligible; individual medical-clearance rules are not published.
  • Provided at no cost to children and 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; eligibility rests on being a patient of Phoenix Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders (see treatment location).

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be connected to: Phoenix Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.

  • Every camper must have been a patient of Phoenix Children’s Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • Lost Canyon Young Life Camp — Annual camp venue; not a residence rule. — Camp venue in Williams, Arizona.

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. Monitor the official page from mid-December and contact Camp Rainbow for the current camper application.

Ways to apply or ask

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
  • The annual program is active, but the published April 1 deadline has passed and the next window is expected in mid-December.
  • The page says the application opens in mid-December for the following summer and closes April 1; no current application link is posted.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Your child must be a Phoenix Children’s CCBD patient ages 7–17.
  • Request the current camper application and medical paperwork from Camp Rainbow before preparing for the next summer session.
  • Ask Camp Rainbow whether where you live affects attendance before making travel plans.
  • What forms, fields, medical documents, signatures, and acceptance steps will the next camper application require?
  • Does any residence restriction apply beyond the Phoenix Children’s CCBD patient requirement?

Official sources

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

Official program