Camp Stories

The Camp community is filled with inspiring stories and heartwarming tales from their experiences with The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. Pull up a chair and settle in to discover "a different kind of healing"® in action.

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An Epic Adventure

On June 22, 2016, my daughter Genevieve was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She had turned double-digits in May and had just finished a great…

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Meet the Sarkis Family | Healing Feeling

As parents of a child with a serious illness, Angie and Tony Sarkis discovered a community of support at Hole in the Wall among other…

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Meet the Rodriquez Family | Healing Feeling

Michael is one of only 300 people worldwide with Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome and family time is often spent shuttling to doctor appointments and therapy. At Hole…

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Senior Reflections

I’m Zak, and I was born with severe hemophilia A. I have spent all my life learning to combat the possibility of bleeding internally into…

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CampOut Connections

For Kyleigh and her family, CampOut provides year-round connections to Camp and a boost during difficult times. Watch how CampOut events and home visits bring…

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Meet Dmitri and Lila | Healing Feeling

At Hole in the Wall, siblings Dmitri and Lila found a shared experience in song. Watch how creating music together brought them closer and helped…

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Lucky Me

“I wanted, I think, to acknowledge luck: the chance of it, the benevolence of it in my life, and the brutality of it in the…

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Stone Soup

Remember the story of stone soup, when people were tricked into bringing veggies and spices and dumping them into a big pot with a stone…

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