Camps & Programs
Each summer, a number of camp programs in Massachusetts and beyond offer meaningful experiences for children, teens, and families who are grieving the death of a family member. While these programs are not affiliated with The Children’s Room, many are free or low-cost and may be a helpful resource for your family..
Camp Angel Wings
Southcoast VNA
Assonet, MA
(800) 698-6877
Camp Angel Wings is a two-day bereavement camp experience for children and teens ages 6-15 who are grieving the death of a loved one.
2026 Camp Dates: July 11th – 12th
2026 Camp Registration: Applications due by June 19th
Register: Apply Here
Camp BraveHeart
HopeHealth
North Attleboro, MA & South Kingstown, RI
(888) 528-9077, campbraveheart@hopehealthco.org
Camp BraveHeart, HopeHealth’s summer grief support program for children and teens ages 5-17, offers a nurturing place to navigate the complexities of grief stemming from the death of a loved one. This compassionate day camp provides a safe haven where participants can openly express their emotions, fostering hope and facilitating healing.
2026 Camp Dates: July 16th – 17th (MA), August 20th – 21st (RI)
Details: Visit website or call / email for updates.
Camp by the Sea
Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard
Martha’s Vineyard, MA
(508) 693-0189, campbythesea@hospiceofmv.org
Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard’s (HPCMV) family grief camp, Camp by the Sea, supports children in grades K-8 who have experienced the death of a loved one and their families. Camp by the Sea is offered at no cost to participants and combines grief support and education with fun activities such as face painting, arts & crafts, yoga class, pottery workshop, visiting farm animals, a meditative sound bath, and more to provide a safe place to explore grief, share memories, and make connections.
2026 Camp Date: Sunday, September 27th
2026 Camp Location: Slough Farm, Edgartown, MA
Details: Visit website or call / email for updates.
Camp COPE
The COPE Foundation
Preston Park, PA
(914) 552-6919, afuchs@copefoundation.com
Camp COPE is a free, weekend bereavement camp in PA for children and teens ages 7-17 who are grieving the death of someone close to them. It is a fun, traditional camp combined with grief education, peer bonding, and emotional support led by grief support professionals and trained volunteers. There is a simultaneous retreat offered for parents/caregivers at the same location.
2026 Camp Dates: August 21st – 23rd
Details: Visit website or call / email for updates.
Camp Dragonfly
Andwell Health Partners
Tripp Lake Camp in Poland, ME
207-777-7740
A day-long grief camp for children ages 6-17 and their family members who have lost a loved one or are anticipating a death. The day includes music, art, activities, coping skills and a healthy dose of sharing.
2026 Camp Date: Saturday, June 13th
Register: Apply Here
Camp Erin Boston
Heartplay | Good Shepherd Community Care
Middleborough, MA
(508) 309-5107; infocamperinboston@gmail.com
Camp Erin is a free one-day bereavement camp for youth who are grieving the death of a significant person in their lives. This experience combines grief education and emotional support with fun, traditional camp activities.
2026 Camp Date: Saturday, August 15th
Register: Apply Here
Camp Erin Albany
The Community Hospice
Speculator, NY
(518) 724-0200
Camp Erin is a free, weekend bereavement camp for children and teens ages 6-17 who are grieving the death of someone close to them. It is a fun, traditional camp combined with grief education, peer bonding, and emotional support led by grief support professionals and trained volunteers.
2026 Camp Date: September 18th – 20th
Details: Visit website or call / email for updates.
Camp Good Grief
East End Hospice
Center Moriches, NY
631.288.8400
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A therapeutic bereavement day camp for children, ages 4-17, who have experienced a loss.
2026 Camp Dates: July 20th – 23rd
2026 Registration Begins April 15th
Camp Good Mourning!
Center Moriches, NY
631-772-9115, info.campgoodmourning@gmail.com
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Camp Good Mourning! provides free bereavement camp programs for Long Island children, ages 7 – 17, who are coping with the death of a parent or sibling. The program takes place at Camp Quinipet on Shelter Island.
Spring 2026 Dates: May 1st – 3rd
Spring 2026 Camper Application: Apply Here
Fall 2026 Dates: October 23rd-25th
Fall 2026 Camper Application: TBA
Camp Kangaroo
Seasons Hospice Foundation, AccentCare Hospice
CA, FL, IL, MD, MI and TX
Camp Kangaroo is a bereavement camp experience offered free of charge to children in the community who have suffered the death of a loved one. Participants receive grief education and emotional support combined with fun camp activities.
Register: Apply Here
No camp offered in MA for 2026
Camp Kesem
Boston, MA, Newton, MA, Cambridge, MA, Providence, RI, and Hanover, NH
253-736-3821
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Camp Kesem is a nationwide community, driven by passionate college student leaders, that supports children through and beyond their parent’s cancer (including bereavement support). Camp Kesem serves children who have lost a parent to cancer, have a parent undergoing cancer treatment, or whose parent is a cancer survivor.
Camp Kesem at MIT Session 1 Dates: August 10–15, 2026
Camp Kesem at MIT Session 2 Dates: August 17–22, 2026
Camp Kesem at MIT Location: Camp Watitoh (Becket, MA)
Contact mit.outreach@kesem.org with any questions
Register: Apply Here
Camp Kita
Belgrade, ME
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Camp Kita is a summer bereavement camp, located in Maine. Open to children ages 8-17 who are survivors of a loved one’s suicide, Camp Kita provides all of the quintessential experiences of a rural summer camp. In addition, the camp provides clinical professionals who lead small peer support sessions and offer 24/7 trauma support. The camp is tuition-free for all campers.
Summer 2026 Dates: July 12th – 18th
Register: Apply Here
Camp Mariposa
Camp Mariposa is a free year-round addiction prevention and mentoring program for youth ages 9-17 affected by the substance use disorder of a family member. The camp is offered 6 weekends a year at multiple locations around the U.S. It offers traditional camp activities along with education and support sessions led by mental health professionals and trained adult mentors. Additional social activities are offered for youth and their families throughout the year.
Camp Ramah Sasson
Palmer MA
Contact: Riki Wiederhorn, rikiw@campramahne.org
Camp Ramah Sasson (a program of Ramah New England) provides immersive Jewish experiences to families, children and young adults affected by serious illness, loss and its after effects. In each targeted weekend, we take a multi-prong approach combining Shabbat celebration, outdoor fun and support activities, to create a nurturing environment for participants to process, heal, or grieve and form lasting connections with each other and the greater Jewish Community. All camps are offered free of charge.
Spring 2026 Pediatric Oncology Family Weekend: April 17th – 19th, Apply Here
For families of children who are in or have recently completed cancer treatment.
Fall 2026 Family Weekend for Bereaved Children: November 6th – 8th, Request Information
For families with children ages 6-17 who have experienced the death of a parent.
Camp Stepping Stones
Care Dimensions Hospice
Beverly, MA
(855) 774-5100
A one-day family retreat for children ages 4-18 and their families who have experienced the death of someone important. It is a space for parents/caregivers and kids to connect with other grieving families, to
honor and remember those who have died, and have some fun.Camp Stepping Stones is free for all participants. Limited to residents of Massachusetts.
2026 Camp Date: Saturday, July 18th
2026 Camp Registration Opens March 30th
Camp Sunshine
Casco, ME
(207) 655-3800; info@campsunshine.org
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Contact: Karla Moore, kmoore@campsunshine.org, (207) 655-1817
Camp Sunshine provides retreats combining respite, recreation and support, while enabling hope and promoting joy, for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families through the various stages of a child’s illness. Camp Sunshine’s program is offered year-round at its campus on Sebago Lake and has the distinction of having been designed to serve the entire family in a retreat model. The program is free of charge to families and includes on-site medical support. A bereavement session is also offered for families who have experienced the death of a child from a supported illness. Camps are offered by type of illness.
2026 Family Bereavement Program Dates: October 8th – 12th
Complete 2026 Program Schedule
Register: Apply Here
Circle Camps for Grieving Children
980-250-5457, info@circlecamps.org
Circle Camps is a free, week-long overnight camp program for girls ages 9-16 who have experienced the death of a parent. Our mission is twofold: to offer our campers the adventures and fun of living and playing together at a beautiful, traditional overnight camp while offering them a supportive place in which to share their grief.
Circle at Tapawingo 2026 Dates: August 24th – 29th (Sweden, ME – transportation provided from Newton, MA)
Circle at Camp Twin Lakes 2026 Dates: June 28th – July 3rd (Rutledge, GA)
Circle at Emma Kaufmann Camp 2026 Dates: August 17th – 22nd (Morgantown, WV)
Register: Apply Here
Comfort Zone Camp
MA and other locations
(804) 377-3430, info@comfortzonecamp.org
Comfort Zone Camp is a nonprofit bereavement organization that transforms the lives of children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. Our programs are free of charge and include trust building activities and age-based support groups that break the emotional isolation grief often brings. Comfort Zone’s programs are offered to children ages 7-17 and their families for the family programs, plus we offer young adult programs for 18-25 year olds. Specific camps include suicide and overdose loss.
Camp Burgess, Sandwich, MA: May 29th – May 31st
Camp Ramah, Palmer, MA: October 2nd- 4th
Suicide Loss Camp for Children, Teens & Young Adults: May 15th – 17th (Johnsonburg, NJ)
Overdose Loss Camp for Children & Parents: September 18th – 20th (Copake, NY)
Register: Apply Here
Experience Camps
ME, CT and other states
(833) 226-7385, campers@experiencecamps.org
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Experience Camps is a national, no-cost program for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary caregiver. Our one-week, overnight summer camp programs help to reframe the experience of grief and empower kids to develop invaluable coping skills that enable them to move forward with their lives. Through compassion, connection, and play, Experience Camps empowers grieving children to embody a life full of hope and possibility. For children entering grades 4-12.
2026 Maine Boys’ Summer Camp Dates: August 24th – 29th (Camp Manitou, Oakland, ME)
2026 Maine Girls’ Summer Camp Dates: August 24th – 29th (Camp Somerset, Smithfield, ME)
2026 CT Summer Camp Dates: August 18th – 23rd (Kenmont & Kenwood Camps, Kent, CT)
Register: Apply Here
Experience Camps Family Weekend Camp
CT, NJ, TX, MD and MI
Family Camps are free weekend programs for a family in which a child has experienced the death of a parent or primary caregiver and their immediate family. Family Camp creates a memorable and fun experience for three days and two nights. Family members can connect around their grief as a family unit and bond with other families who “get it” about grief.
2026 CT Family Camp Dates: June 12th – 14th (Kenmont & Kenwood Camps, Kent, CT)
Register: Apply Here
Fleur de Lis Camp: Circle Week
Fitzwilliam, NH
(603) 585-7751, claudia@fleurdeliscamp.org
Fleur de Lis Camp’s Circle Week is a free week of overnight summer camp for girls who have experienced the death of a parent. It integrates traditional overnight camp activities and fun with the opportunity to do some “grief work” in a safe and caring setting, under the guidance of an experienced Grief Team, surrounded by supportive peers. The program is open to campers ages 8 (summer before 3rd grade) to 15 (summer before 10th grade), and free transportation will be provided from one location in MA and one in NH.
2026 Camp Dates: August 23rd – 28th
Details: Visit website or call / email for updates.
Rett’s Roost: Open to Healing Retreat
Ogunquit, ME, Saco, ME, North Andover,MA
info@rettsroost.org
Rett’s Roost retreats offer a free, intimate, immersive experience to connect families touched by childhood cancer and loss.
2026 Open to Healing Retreat: August 9th – 13th (Rolling Ridge Retreat Center, No. Andover, MA)
For families that have lost a child to pediatric cancer or other chronic medical illness.
2026 Forever Healing Grief Retreat: April 24th – 26th (Saco, ME)
For bereaved parents.
2026 Healing Nest Retreat: October 9th – 12th (Saco, ME)
A smaller retreat for families that have lost a child to pediatric cancer or other medical illness.
Details: Visit website or call / email for updates.
TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camps for Survivors
Scottsdale, AZ
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(800) 959-TAPS (8277), youthprograms@taps.org
The TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) Good Grief Camp for children and teens provides support and comfort for children and teens facing the death of a loved one who served in the military. The safe and supportive atmosphere offers opportunities to learn coping skills, establish and identify support systems and create awareness that they are not alone in the grief of their loved one. Children and teens meet others of their own age to share and learn together. Each Good Grief Camp participant has a military mentor who serves as a companion throughout the weekend, providing them with special one-on-one attention and showing them that the military has not forgotten about them. Other summer camps are offered across the US.
Annual National Military Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp: May 21st – 26th (Arlington, VA)
NE Regional Military Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp: November 20th – 22nd (Buffalo, NY)
The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
Ashford, CT
(860) 429-3444, admissions@holeinthewallgang.org
Our signature summer program includes 7 sessions for children with serious illnesses and one session for their healthy siblings. Campers ages 7-15 ride horses, create crafts, swim and so much
more, as they bond with other children facing similar challenges and learn they are capable of so much more than they ever thought possible. Hole in the Wall Gang also offers weekend sessions for the entire family as well as a bereavement program for families who have experienced the death of a child due to illness.
2026 Family Bereavement Program Dates: April 9th – 12th and Fall 2026 TBA
Register: Apply Here
Wildflower for Kids
Lexington, MA
(781)861-1413, info@wildflowerforkids.org
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Wildflower is dedicated to serving children and families who have experienced the death of a parent. We provide the gifts of camp, enriching experiences, and consistent, long-term support to help families strengthen their resilience and create positive opportunities for the future. Wildflower considers applications from families in the Greater Boston area with children between 5-18 years of age who have lost one or both parents.As part of our application process, we consider numerous factors, including a family’s need for, and interest in, summer programming, interest in being part of the Wildflower community, and financial need.
Register: Apply Here
