Camp YOLO
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 and 90 volunteers 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.
