Parents & Campers

Prospective Campers

Camper applications are now live! Click the green “Register a Camper” box in the upper right corner.

Eligibility:

Camp Kesem is available to children in the greater Los Angeles area (Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Orange counties) between the ages of 6-16 who have or have had a parent with cancer. Camp Kesem at UCLA is a secular camp and is open to all children regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, or financial status. Due to the financial burden experienced by families coping with cancer, Camp Kesem is provided free of charge to the families it serves.

If you require more information about the enrollment process, please contact our Camper Care committee at ucla@campkesem.org.

Camp Activities:

At camp we create a safe, supportive, FUN environment in which campers support each other and emerge from the week with increased self-esteem and understanding that they are not alone.

To give you an idea of what Camp Kesem at UCLA is like, here are a few of our camp activities:

- Science experiments
- Nature hikes
- Rock-climbing
- Swimming at the pool
- Sports
- Fishing
- Archery
- Performing skits
- Arts and Crafts

Our Campsite:

Camp Kesem at UCLA will be held at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times in Idyllwild, CA in the San Bernardino Mountains.  Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times boasts a wide range of amenities like a rock wall/high ropes course, archery, pool facility, heated cabins, and surrounding nature trails.  Camp dates this year will be June 23rd – June 29th 2013 with a maximum enrollment of 115 regular campers (6-16 years old).  We will additionally be accepting 30 teen campers (ages 14-16).