With another $33,000 raised during its spring conference in New Orleans, Southeast Publications has now donated more than $630,000 plus in kind to KOA Care Camps since 1994. The funding support for the camps came from Southeast Publications sales associates … Read more
TV Reports On Seattle-Area Camp Focus On Funding Challenges, Program Benefits June 20, 2014 One of the more than 90 KOA Care Camps was featured on Seattle’s KOMO-TV and ABC’s Good Morning America this week in stories explaining the funding … Read more
Generous 2013 Donors Boost KOA Care Camps Trust June 16, 2014 Hundreds of generous individuals, KOA campgrounds, businesses and other organizations donated to KOA Care Camps in 2013. The largest contributor is Howard Livingston, who gave $90,000 in 2013 and … Read more
For the last 4 years, Darby and her siblings have been attending Camp Hobe’, located in Settlement Canyon about an hour outside of Salt Lake City. She first came to the camp after having been diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma, which … Read more
Located in beautiful Novato, California, Okizu has been helping kids with cancer and their families find comfort and hope through specialized summer camps and other programs for over 30 years. At Okizu, 670 individual volunteer each year, over half of … Read more
The unbelievable generosity of supporters of KOA Care Camps was on full display throughout 2014. For the first time, donations topped $1 million, and the number of Care Camps jumped from 56 to 94, allowing more kids with cancer to … Read more
Barry Stern wants your old RV, car, motorcycle or boat. Last year, he launched a new fundraising opportunity for KOA Care Camps. He sells used vehicles donated to Care Camps, and with his experience, he knows how to get top … Read more
While summer camp holds just about everything a child could want – fun, games, new friendships, arts and crafts – Care Camps directors know that children living with cancer need more, and not just more in the way of safety … Read more
Jerry Dale’s first visit to a KOA Care Camp sponsored camp gave him a wild rollercoaster ride of emotions from tears from laughter to tears from pain surrounding childhood cancer. He soon realized that the fundraising that he did at … Read more
When asked how much it costs to send a child to Camp Mak-A-Dream, near Gold Creek, Mont. Laura Bianco-Adams has a difficult time answering. She’s the Executive Director of Camp Mak-A-Dream, and her first answer is about $800 per child … Read more
Jerry Dale’s first visit to a KOA Care Camp sponsored camp gave him a wild rollercoaster ride of emotions from tears from laughter to tears from pain surrounding childhood cancer. He soon realized that the fundraising that he did at … Read more
It is hard to believe that this is the 25th year of Camp Rainbow …we have definitely come a long way since 1988! We have provided free camping experiences to 3,349 children undergoing treatment for, and survivors of, cancer and … Read more