Camp Rainbow Gold
Camp Rainbow Gold
2676 S. Vista Avenue
Boise ID 83705
Telephone: 208-422-0176
Experience the magic of what happens when people come together to create emotionally empowering experiences for Idaho children diagnosed with cancer and their families.
Camp Rainbow Gold is an oncology camp, a sibling camp and a family camp. It's a hockey night, a ski day and a college scholarship program. Camp Rainbow Gold is a celebration of life.
Oncology camp
Who: Children ages 6-17
When: August 2-7, 2009
Where: Cathedral Pines
The Camp Rainbow Gold oncology camp hosts 85 children each August at Cathedral Pines in Ketchum, Idaho, for a week of discovery and outdoor fun. Swimming. Sharing. Singing. Hiking. Playing. Fishing. Horseback riding. Dancing. Storytelling. Laughing. Painting. Biking. Memory making. Creating. Dreaming. Living.
Administered by the American Cancer Society and established in 1984, Camp Rainbow Gold is one of the nation's first children's oncology camps.
The generosity of many Idaho residents and major fundraising events orchestrated by 220 volunteers brings Camp Rainbow Gold to life and makes this unique camp available without cost to campers and their families.
A full medical staff and a licensed social worker keep a careful and nurturing watch over the medical and emotional needs of every camper. Highly trained camp staff and volunteers aim to provide a fun, safe and caring community for the children.
Children meet other children undergoing similar experiences who can share a bond only found here. Most campers return year after year, building on old friendships, adding new ones and eagerly welcoming first-time campers into the Camp Rainbow Gold family.
As the campers get older, they still want to come back. And they can. The Junior Counselor program brings them back to the camp to mentor their young friends.
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