Camp Kesem Camp Kesem provides a safe, supportive and exciting camp experience for children who have a parent who has died from cancer, is currently in treatment for cancer, or is in remission from cancer. Campers have the unique opportunity to build friendships and gain strength from peers facing similar challenges. Students and staff assessed the needs of children in Northern California and found that children who have a parent with cancer have unique needs and are under-served. Camp Kesem was founded to help fill those needs. Summer 2001 will mark our first year of Camp Kesem.
All donations are tax-deductible.
Camp activities are in many ways similar to those of a general summer camp for children and will include arts and crafts, drama, swimming, nature activities, sports, music, and a ropes course. Special activities will include visits by clowns, magicians, musicians, and martial artists. Camp Kesem is open to all children in the greater San Francisco Bay Area between the ages of 6 and 12 who have a parent who has or had cancer, regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, or financial status. Due to the financial burden experienced by families coping with cancer, Camp Kesem is provided free of charge to the families it serves. Twenty-five volunteer counselors from Stanford University will staff the camp and will undergo extensive training prior to camp.