Camp Barnabas

Camp Barnabas exists to offer childhood experiences to Nicky and many other children and young adults who have been robbed of them by disease or disability. For one week, these young people are able to shift their focus away from sterile medical environments and the language of their disability or illness to focus on activities that build their courage and expand their belief in themselves. Many people with special medical needs endure unthinkable pain and isolating treatments for diseases or disabilities such as cancer, hemophilia, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy and AIDS. Their need for acceptance is overwhelming!

Each summer, Camp Barnabas provides encouragement for Nicky and hundreds of campers, empowering them to live more fully through faith. This spiritual gift of encouragement is the hallmark of Barnabas, one of the least known of Christ’s latter disciples, and helps them face and challenge their disability or illness with courage.

As a non-profit 501.c.3 organization, we depend upon the generosity of individuals, foundations and corporations who believe, along with us, that children with life-threatening illnesses and desabilities deserve to experience the fun, restoration and inspiration of camp.