The Camps For Kids network is carefully selected. Each camp is screened annually. All are backed by professional organizations like The American Camp Association and The National Kidney Foundation.

For our campers, it’s all about fun, independence, friendships, and experiences that last a lifetime.

Visit the wonderful camps that your Camps For Kids’ donation supports.

AileyCamp: This unique summer program provides a platform for prevention and youth development before negative patterns become a consistent behavior. Dance is the primary inspiration for camp activities.

Boys and Girls Clubs Summer Camps: The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City served over 1,200 urban youth in 2010 at five Club locations with before, after, and all day care during most school holidays and the summer months.

Camp Carousel: Camp Carousel is a weekend camp for children (and their parents) between the ages of 5 and 18 who are grieving the loss of a loved one.

Camp ChiMer: Camp ChiMer is a summer camp for Kids with Kidney Disease. Vital signs, medications and dialysis treatments are monitored daily by on-site health professionals.

Camp Encourage: Camp Encourage offers a quality overnight camp opportunity involving relationship development, recreation, and relaxation for autistic children.

Camp Enterprise: Camp Enterprise will celebrate its 34th year in 2011 as Kansas City’s only “Business Camp” for urban and suburban youth. Eminent Business Leaders teach students what it's like to operate a business.

Camp Heartland: Heartland Center is a summer-long residential camp owned by the Presbyterian Church USA, it offers horseback riding, swimming, archery, music, creative arts, campfires, Bible study, and worship.

Camp MITIOG: MITIOG (Made In The Image Of God) is devoted to organizing and creating quality life experiences and lasting memories for children born with Spina Bifida.

Camp Quality: Camp Quality Greater Kansas City is a year-round support program and camping experience for children with cancer and their families.

Camp Shakespeare: The focus of Shakespeare Camp is to give campers a theatre experience that allows self-expression, builds confidence, inspires creativity, and teaches the value of teamwork.

Camp Shawnee: Camp Shawnee gives children a traditional camp experience. Children are taught outdoor skills to compliment the knowledge they gain about the natural world.

Camp WIN: Camp WIN is WIN for KC's flagship youth day camp where girls ages 6-12 are introduced to over 14 different sports. Each sport is taught by high school and collegiate coaches.

Camp Wood YMCA: Camp Wood YMCA offers traditional camp experiences along with specialty camps, such as garage band, horse camp, teen-leadership camps, skateboarding camp, and much more.

Don Bosco's CHAMPS: Don Bosco Centers provide crucial developmental programs for over 500 youth each year. Camp activities are focused on nutrition, leadership, life skills, and recreation.

Girl Scout Camps: The Girl Scouts counterbalance negative societal trends by providing a means and environment for girls to explore and discover their full potential.

Harmony: Harmony (formerly Anytown) is a residential 7 day camp that empowers high school youth to improve their communities by making them more inclusive and just.

Joshua Center Camp : Joshua Center Camp is for kids diagnosed with Tourette’s, Asperger’s, or OCD. For many of them, it is the first time they have met someone else with the same disorder.

KCUYC Summer Camp: Kansas City Urban Youth Center offers healthy meals, physical activity opportunities, swimming and field trips, as well as math, reading, and language arts classes.

Mattie Rhodes Summer Art Camp: Mattie Rhodes Center offers creative, educational opportunities for children with special emphasis on providing services to low-income and minority children.

Royal Family Kids' Camp of Lenexa: "Create Positive Memories in the Lives of the Abused, Neglected or Abandoned Child" is the mission of our camp. This local chapter of Royal Family Kids Camps is one of over 130 camps nationwide.

Whatsoever Youth Summer Program: Whatsoever Community Center partners with youth to provide opportunities for academic enrichment and social development, forming connections with the larger community.

Wildwood Summer Learning Program: 2011 marks the 31st summer that Wildwood will provide hundreds (typically 300-600) of youth from Kansas City’s Urban Core in an experiential outdoor education program.

Wonderland Camp: The mission of Wonderland Camp is to provide a fun, educational experience for children, teenagers and adults who are mentally and physically challenged.

YVC Summer Sensation: The YVC Summer Senation is an 8-week intensive volunteering program for youth, ages 11 to 18. There is a choice of five nonprofit agencies to serve with each week.