Camp Dream Street

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Camp Dream Street
The Tomorrows Children's Institute

30 Prospect Avenue
Hackensack, NJ 07601

tel: (201) 996-5437 / fax: (201) 487-7340

Camp Dream Street is a week-long day camp for patients of The Tomorrows Children's Institute, their siblings and patients at other healthcare facilities. Cindy Steele, M.D., associate director of TCI, serves as medical director of the camp.

Since the program's inception in 1990, children have enjoyed a variety of camping activities in the warm, open environment of The Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Tenafly.

Recent participants have enjoyed cooking, arts and crafts, yoga, karate, and their favorite pastime – swimming. For many of our participants, this was their first or only day camp experience.

Camp Dream Street is a valuable experience for caregivers as well as children, as it provides respite for many parents who need time to recharge after taking care of their sick children.

The day camp experience is always filled with fun and laughter, as our counselors and volunteers from area high schools and colleges bond with the campers. The staff of Camp Dream Street, the doctors, nurses, social workers, and child life therapists, all look forward to this special week to see their patients and patients' siblings in a new light – as youngsters enjoying camp.