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Playing, creating, exploring and smiling: These are activities every child should focus on. But for children of parents who have cancer, or who have had cancer their days can be filled with worry about the health of their loved ones.

Camp Kesem Chapter at the University of Pennsylvania provides kids whose parents have or have had cancer with an overnight summer camp experience that gives them a chance to be kids. To us, this means doing everything in our power to provide as much fun for the kids as humanly possible in the span of one week.

Camp Kesem be welcoming campers for Summer 2013, our second session of camp.

• Camp is for children ages 6-16 and free of charge to all families
• A five night sleep away camp that provides transportation to and from our facilities in Oxford, PA
• A 3:1 camper-to-counselor ratio
• Fully planned and staffed by UPenn students, all of whom are thoroughly trained before camp
• Professional staff includes a nurse and mental health professional who stay on-site all week
• Camp Kesem is open to all families, regardless of race, religion, nationality.

How to Apply for Camp Kesem

If you are interested in Camp Kesem for your child, please contact the Camp Kesem
Camper Care Coordinators, Alex Smith and Molly Blais, at upenn@campkesem.org
or find the application link on our website at http://campkesem.org/upenn.

Learn more about Camp Kesem, and ways to get involved with its mission.

Help provide this meaningful experience to even more kids by making donation to Camp Kesem today.