Who Can Attend
Camper eligibility for Connecticut Family Camps (Spring / Fall)
Families with a child(ren) between the ages of 5-15 who is affected by a serious illness that Camp is serving for that weekend. Families attend with their child.
Qualifying medical diagnosis of:
- Blood Disorders
- Aplastic Anemia
- Diamond Blackfan Anemia
- Factor X Deficiency
- Fanconi's Amenia
- Hemophilia
- Hereditary Elliptocytosis (HE)
- Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Thalassemia
- Thrombocytosis
- Von Willebrand Disease (VWD)
- Cancer
- Ewing Sarcoma
- Leukemia (AML, ALL)
- Lymphoma
- Myelofibrosis
- Nephroblastoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wilms Tumor
- Other cancers
- Immunologic Disorders
- Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID)
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EOE)
- Histiocytosis
- HIV/AIDS
- Primary Immunodeficiency: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
- Primary Immunodeficiency: IgG Subclass Deficiency/Hypogammaglobinemia
- Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
- Metabolic/Mitochondrial Disorders
- Glycogen Storage Disease
- Lysosomal storage (ie., Hurler Syndrome, Gaucher Disease)
- Mitochondrial Disease (ie., MELAS)
- Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTC Deficiency)
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Pyruvate Kinase Dificiency
- Tyrosinemia
- Very-long-chain acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (VLCAD)
- Neurofibromatosis
- NF 1
- NF 2
- Schwannomatosis
- Solid Organ & Multivisceral Transplant: Campers must be at least 1-year post-transplant
- Kidney Transplant
- Liver Transplant
- Multivisceral Transplantation (MVT)
- Other Rare Diseases (Please contact admissions@holeinthewallgang.org to confirm eligibility for rare diseases)
Note: Participation in a Family Camp does not make a camper eligible for summer sessions. Please see our list of eligible diagnosis for summer sessions.