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CAMP KEMO Programs

CAMP KEMO Family Programs · About this organization

What you get

Your child gets a free week of overnight camp each summer with the hospital's own doctors and nurses on site, and your family can join family camp weekends, teen retreats and sibling events. You pay nothing.

How to start

Your pediatric oncology team gives you the camp registration instructions. Ask them about the next session and its paperwork.

Good to know

  • Camp is for children treated at the hospital's Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, and their brothers and sisters.
  • The next summer's dates are not posted yet.

The details, as published

B-ALL is in scope Application Window Closed Care team starts the request

Free, medically supported summer, family, and teen camp experiences plus year-round connection for children treated by Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands for cancer or blood disorders and their siblings and families.

Go to the official program ↗

What help you may get

Camps And Retreats

CAMP KEMO camp experiences

A free weeklong overnight summer camp with the hospital's own physicians and nurses on site, plus family camp weekends, teen retreats and sibling events through the year.

Noncash help · Recurring

Can cover

  • summer camp
  • family camp
  • teen camps
  • medically supported recreation
  • Official hospital reporting describes camp as free of charge.
  • Current reporting describes repeat attendance.

Peer And Emotional Support

Patient and sibling peer connection

Camp and year-round programming connect pediatric cancer and blood-disorder patients, siblings, and families with peers.

Noncash help · Recurring

Can cover

  • peer connection
  • sibling participation
  • family programming

Check the main eligibility rules

Diagnosis

B-ALL is in scope. Pediatric B-ALL is cancer and is treated by pediatric hematology/oncology, matching the published scope.

Age

The program does not publish an age limit.

  • Current reporting describes child and teen camps but does not publish boundaries.

Treatment status

Active Treatment, Maintenance Treatment, Post Treatment, Survivorship

  • The published gate is treatment through Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands; exact treatment-status boundaries are not published.
  • The official hospital source describes CAMP KEMO as offered free of charge.

Where you live and where your child is treated

Where your family lives

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

  • South Carolina camp delivery is not interpreted as a residence rule.

Where your child is treated

Treatment must be connected to: Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.

  • Child must be treated at Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands.
Where the service, camp, stay, or experience happens
  • South Carolina camp venues — Camp destination only, not a residence rule. — CAMP KEMO events take place in South Carolina; current venue is not published accessibly.

How to get started

Does a social worker or care team need to start it? Yes. Ask your child’s social worker or care team to begin the request.

Who can start: Healthcare Team

  1. Ask the child's Prisma Health Midlands pediatric hematology/oncology team whether current CAMP KEMO registration is available.
  2. Provide the family with the current internal registration instructions and event-specific requirements.

Ways to apply or ask

  • Hospital Workflow · Open form or page — Ask the Prisma Health Midlands pediatric hematology/oncology team about current CAMP KEMO registration.

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 Published
Application windowSeasonal
Last checkedSep 29, 2026
  • The summer camp season has passed and the next dates are not posted; the program page (archived February 2026) presents the camp as ongoing and free.
  • A June 2026 Prisma Health patient story confirms campers attended in 2026.
  • The overnight camp runs once each summer. The program page does not post the next dates; your child's care team at the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders gives you the registration details.

Limitations and things to confirm

  • Hospital-internal program limited to children treated at Prisma Health Children's Hospital–Midlands.
  • Current ages, dates, application fields, documents, and capacity are not published accessibly.
  • A family outside the Midlands treating population should not assume eligibility from South Carolina residence alone.
  • Confirm current dates, ages, intake, application requirements, and capacity directly with the treating center.
  • GPT Pro run60 (2026-09-25): What current hospital program page or family registration document can be read to verify camp dates, ages, costs and participation rules?
  • GPT Pro run60 (2026-09-25): Must a care team member start and submit registration, or can a parent register after contacting the camp?
  • GPT Pro run60 (2026-09-25): Which current camps include siblings, and is there any residence condition separate from the treating-hospital requirement?

Official sources

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

Official program