About Camp YOLO


In 1998, The Periwinkle Foundation and the Texas Children's Cancer Center identified a need to provide emotional support for teenagers with cancer. There were no programs that focused exclusively on 13 to 18 year old patients who were struggling with adolescence as well as cancer. A teen camp was created and the first campers named it Camp YOLO for You Only Live Once.

 

Camp YOLO held twice a year has been so successful that it expanded to include teens from the cardiac, renal, and HIV services at Texas Children’s Hospital in 2000. Today more than 80 campers attend each

Camp YOLO.

The camp takes place two weekends each year, in April and September. Camp YOLO is provided free of charge and each camper may take one sibling in the same age range.

Camp YOLO News - April 2008

Camp YOLO News December 2008

 

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