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Camp ChiMer

Camp ChiMer

Overnight Camp | Specialty Camp

The mission of Camp ChiMer is to provide an opportunity for children with end stage renal disease to participate in an overnight summer camp experience and develop peer relationships, regardless of their medical needs.

Friday 8/02/24 1:00PM CT – Sunday 8/04/24 3:00PM CT

Three Trails Camp & Retreat Center
16200 E US Hwy 40, Kansas City, MO 64136

Camp ChiMer is for children ages 9 to 18 who are undergoing peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis, or have had a renal transplant. Here, campers will have the chance to participate in exciting activities, including swimming in our filtered pool.

Camp ChiMer was started in 1986 by Dr. Brad Warady, dedicated volunteers, and health care professionals, all of whom shared a common goal to create an opportunity for children with end stage renal disease to participate in a camp experience and develop peer relationships, regardless of their medical needs.

The National Kidney Foundation, with medical support from Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, is excited to host this fun and unique overnight summer camp experience. Camp ChiMer is located in a beautiful 100-acre privately owned facility in Kansas City, Missouri.

Camp will be staffed by physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, social workers, and volunteers. Campers are medically supervised. Campers form friendships and share common bonds and experiences with others who are “just like them”, all while enjoying the therapeutic benefits of the great outdoors.

Please visit our website for more details and registration: www.kidney.org/campchimer

Testimonials

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“As we expected camp has been WONDERFUL. The genuine smile on (my daughter’s) face in the pictures I took at drop off and the ones the counselors are sending me are testament to what an amazing thing you are doing. Thank you so very, very much! ”

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“I can see what other kids have gone through and how they survived. It helps me get through & conquer. We are all survivors. That’s a gift.”

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“When I'm at camp, I feel like a normal kid. Some kids don't get to go outside because our parents are just working too much and too hard. At home, I'm just watching movies all day. I don't want to get too old to come to Wildwood.”

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“Without the support of Camps for Kids and the matching fund, CHD Families would be unable to provide a free medically supervised summer camp for kids with Congenital Heart Defects.”

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“I look back on the struggle of my childhood and one of the most important and best childhood memories I have include the time spent at camp with the amazing men and women who treated me like I was normal despite my struggle”

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