Camp sunshine is an amazing camp for kids with life threatening illnesses and their familes. I have never gone as a family but have been many times as a volunteer. I love volunteering at camp. I have been doing it for 5 years now. Accommodations are nothing like you would expect from a "camp". You and the families are housed in motel style apartments and they are beautiful. Camp is my home away from home and I would recommend anyone who love people and children should go at least once. read more

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the other awesome thing worth mentioning about camp sunshine is that this is a camp for kids with life-threatening illnesses AND their families. so it's a chance for the entire family to just be a family, for the parents to spend some time reconnecting with each other (and other parents in similar situations) and for the siblings to also shine during a time when they may be feeling left in the background. as a volunteer, being at camp sunshine is a wonderfully exhausting and liberating time. it's amazing how tiring, though stress-relieving it can be to spend such full days with one focused goal: it's about the kids having fun. the sessions here range from week-long to long-weekends (if you go on a holiday weekend you can get away with only having to take one day off work), so check the schedule. i've been twice with a few friends, which is fun because you stay in cabins of five beds and can cozy up at night with some knitting (both times i went were in the winter, when knitting is big amongst the campers). it's also therapeutic being away from the city. there's not much else in the area, but for free time entertainment, we hit friendly's and this cute winery, blacksmiths. portland is sort of close by if you have the energy, but after playing with those kids all day, i never did. read more

Camp sunshine is great for younger kids, everyone is so friendly and they make you feel right at home. My only reccomendation is that if you've been there over 5 times, is to give others a chance, and if you have kids about 13 years age or older, this is not the camp for them, as my 15 year old son did not like it at all. He said they didn't have a lot of choice for activites and such in their teen group. Overall, great camp for young or mentally challenged kids, not for teens. read more