Camp Stories

Why our Campers LOVE Camp Hobe'

Thank you for making it possible for our campers to say things like this! What I like most about Camp Hobe – Kids Wee...

Posted Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:31 AM

We really did heal as a family!

Thank you so much for making camp possible!! You have been instrumental in changing our lives through the relationships we have developed because of c...

Posted Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:43 PM

A Parents Thoughts

After spending two weeks in the hospital our son was diagonsed with Diamond Blackfan Anemia, and he was 5 months old at the time. Since DBA is s...

Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:52 AM

Excerpts from a Camp Sunshine Parents' letter

Dear KOA Care Camps, Thank you so much for your support of Camp Sunshine. Words cannot express how much this week has meant to our family. Our...

Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 7:41 AM

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

If I weren't sick" "I wonder what life would be like if I wasn't sick." Over the last twenty years, I have heard this sentiment expressed many ...

Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 10:25 AM

What do YOU love most about Camp Hobe' - by the Camp Hobe campers and volunteers

*Hobé Forever (our remembering program) because it reminds us how we are connected through our feelings and experiences. And if we remember ...

Posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:33 AM

Courage

COURAGE By Connie Miller Cancer Family Network of Montana volunteer (and former participant) ...

Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 12:53 PM

I love Camp Smile-A-Mile

We can't wait until next year! Steve has changed so much, especially after teen camp. Everything was wonderful and we appreciate your dedication...

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:15 AM

I love Camp Smile-A-Mile

I love camp and i like how you are able to do the things you can do for camp. I think camp would not be camp without you. I miss camp ever...

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:12 AM

Thoughts from a Camp Volunteer

I'm the outsider I'll never really understand the battles that these children fight Against dispair Against the pai...

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:26 AM

My Friend

You're... My friend, my companion, through good times and bad my friend, my buddy, through happy and sad, beside me you stand...

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 7:22 AM

Pledge to Parents

"Thank you Mom, Thank you Dad. For lending us your child when things are bad, We know it's so hard to let them go, You've been through so much, you...

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 6:43 AM

Until We Meet Again

A poem written by “Denise,” a camper from Camp Ukandu in Oregon.

Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:25 PM

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