About Our Camp

We strive to foster a spirit of joy in a fun, safe and medically sound, urban recreational environment that builds self esteem, independence and friendships for children living with cancer.

Camp Kids Are Kids Chicago (CKAKC) is a nonprofit organization. We provide a camp for kids living with and beyond cancer and their siblings in a fun, safe and medically sound urban recreational environment and with no financial cost to campers families.

We are proud members of KOA Care Camps and Children’s Oncology Camping Association-International (COCA-I), an organization of 125 member camps, founded in 1982, which served the needs of 35,500 campers in 2014

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Group of children sitting on a curved concrete bench outdoors, with an urban skyline in the background, wearing white T-shirts with colorful designs and lanyards.
Young girl blowing bubbles indoors with bubble wand, with colorful orbs floating around her.

Photography by Eric Michael Clarke - eClarkePhoto.com

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Children's oncology camping association

COCA’s mission is to strengthen, support and connect the international community of camps serving individuals and families affected by childhood cancer.

Care Camps

Care Camps make a difference in the lives of children with cancer by supporting our camp and camps like ours through their generous grants.

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