Summer Camps
PWSA (USA) does not endorse any of the camps listed below. It is your
responsibility to inquire about their programs for people with Prader-Willi syndrome.
Comments below were provided by parents and may or may not be accurate this
year. Please verify all information using the resources below.
Resources for Parents
Colorado
National Sports Center for the Disabled
help with winter skiing to summer river
rafting.
Adams’ Camp- Greenwood Triangle for disabled children
Has experience with PWS
5251 South Quebec, Suite #150
Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
(303) 563-8290
(303) 563-8291 fax
contact@adamscamp.org
Kansas
Camp Barnabas
www.campbarnabas.org
White Memorial Camp
http://www.kocucc.com
Indiana
Camp Millhouse
Has experience with working with campers w/PWS
256000 Kelly Rd.
South Bend IN 46614
574-233-2202
Maryland
Camp Akomplish
Phone: 301-870-3226
Inclusive Camp for 8-16 year olds with 1:1, 1:2 aides available
Missouri
Wonderland camp
Has two separate weeks dedicated to PWS.
Click here for more information
Minnesota
Camp Friendship
has had camper with PWS, and they are willing to make
accommodations. The age starts a 5 and goes up through seniors. They have 3 camps in
Minnesota.
New Jersey
New Jersey Camp Jaycee
Effort, Pennsylvania, USA
Phone: 609-443-1200
Residential camp for children & adults with developmental disabilities. Located
in the beautiful Pocono Mountains of PA.
Camp Farima
PO Box 1187
Maywood NJ 07607
1-2 week overnight camp for children with developmental disabilities.
Elks Camp Moore
Application through a local Elks Club
New Jersey Camp
Jaycee ARC of NJ 732-246-2525
Overnight camp
New York
OMRDD-NY State adult overnight summer camps
North Carolina
Camp Sky Ranch
634 Sky Ranch Road
Blowing Rock NC 28605-9738
Phone
828-264-8600.
Ohio
Fall Weekend camp
This camp is sponsored by PWSA of Ohio , Friday, October 17 to Sunday,
October 19 at Recreation Unlimited in Ashley, Ohio. It is also exclusively for
adults and children ages 8 and up who have PWS.
For information contact Sandy Giusti at
juicete@aol.com or 614-876-1732.
PWS Summer Residential Camp
Recreation Unlimited July 6 through 11, 2008
http://www.recreationunlimited.org/
Click on Camps and Programs.
Scroll down to Specialty Camps and click.
Or, you may call Laura Smith at the camp (740) 548-7006.
Recreation Unlimited
7700 Piper Road
Ashley, Ohio 43003
Oregon
Upward Bound Camp
Have served campers with PWS. Have locked refrigerator and kitchen for them.
PO Box C
Stayton, OR97383
Phone: 503-897-2447
Website: http://www.upwardboundcamp.org
Oregon
Upward Bound Camp
Have served campers with PWS. Have locked refrigerator and kitchen for
them.
PO Box C
Stayton, OR97383
Phone: 503-897-2447
Website: http://www.upwardboundcamp.org
Pennsylvania
Yachad, The National Jewish Council for Disabilities
has a number of camps, Pennsylvania, USA
Phone: 212-613-8369
We offer a variety of sleep-away camp programs within mainstream Jewish camps.
In addition we have many other programs such as work programs in sleep away
camps, tours of Israel and the East Coast
Easter Seals of Southeastern PA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Phone: 215-879-9372
The American Camping Association accredits all five week summer day camps. They
are adaptive recreation programs designed to offer new challenges, new
experiences, social events and fun times. Has served persons with PWS.
Camp Lee Mar
Has served persons with PWS
450 Route 590
Lackawaxen, PA 18435
Phone: 570-685-7188 Off Season: 215-658-1708
Camp Jotoni
Phone: 908-725-8544
Camp Hope - Day Camp
Phone: 973-535-1181
www.arcessex.org
Texas
Camp C.A.M.P.
San Antonio TX Phone: 210-292-3566
Residential Overnight camp for children and adults with disabilities. Co-ed.
Offers separate week for adults. Has experience in working with campers with PWS.
www.campcamp.org
Camp Summit
Dallas TX Phone: 972-484-8900
Residential overnight camp for people with disabilities ages 6- adult. Has
experience in working with campers with PWS.
www.campsummittx.org
Southern Concept Inc. Summer Camp
3-day camp held at Glen Lake Methodist Church Camp in Glen Rose TX
Contact Southern Concepts Inc. Phone: 817-579-9678 (Granbury, TX)
www.southernconceptstx.com/camp.htm
Badger Camp
PO Box 723
Platteville, WI 53818
(608) 348-9689 or (608) 988-4558
Utah
Camp Kostopolus
2500 East Emigration
Canyon Road
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108
Wisconsin
Summer Camps in
Wisconsin
edited:
08/19/2008
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