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Camp Boggy Creek offers campers the chance to catch their first fish, go horseback riding, and climb a ropes tower as part of its activity-packed camp programs. The program operates as a magical year round camp and year-round retreat with weekly and weekend camp programs for children with serious medical illnesses.
• Ages: 7–16 years old
• Price: This entire experience is provided free of cost to every camper and their family, offering a free life-changing Camp experience.
Camp Boggy Creek was founded in 1996 by actor Paul Newman and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Since opening in 1996, it has served children from throughout Florida who have been diagnosed with specified disease groups, including Asthma, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Craniofacial conditions, Diabetes (Family camp only), Epilepsy, Heart conditions, Hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, Immune Deficiency, Gastrointestinal illnesses, Kidney conditions, Sickle Cell, Spina Bifida, and Transplant. For 30 years, it has provided joy and belonging to 100,000 campers and families as a year-round retreat serving thousands of campers and their families through weekly and weekend camp programs. The camp serves children ages 7–16 who have been diagnosed with a serious illness and provides a medically safe and exciting camp experience where children with serious medical conditions receive top-tier medical care at camp. Camp Boggy Creek’s mission statement is that it makes it possible for children with serious illnesses and their families to experience a free, life-changing camp where safety, respect, love, and joy come together to enrich their physical and behavioral health. One camper, Lynn, shared, “My first visit to Boggy Creek helped me so much because until then I had never been with kids with the same disease. This was the first time I had ever been away from home. Everyone was so wonderful and I had so much fun I didn’t want to leave.”
Last updated May 31, 2026.
• Ages: 7–16 years old
• Price: This entire experience is provided free of cost to every camper and their family, offering a free life-changing Camp experience.
Camp Boggy Creek was founded in 1996 by actor Paul Newman and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Since opening in 1996, it has served children from throughout Florida who have been diagnosed with specified disease groups, including Asthma, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Craniofacial conditions, Diabetes (Family camp only), Epilepsy, Heart conditions, Hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, Immune Deficiency, Gastrointestinal illnesses, Kidney conditions, Sickle Cell, Spina Bifida, and Transplant. For 30 years, it has provided joy and belonging to 100,000 campers and families as a year-round retreat serving thousands of campers and their families through weekly and weekend camp programs. The camp serves children ages 7–16 who have been diagnosed with a serious illness and provides a medically safe and exciting camp experience where children with serious medical conditions receive top-tier medical care at camp. Camp Boggy Creek’s mission statement is that it makes it possible for children with serious illnesses and their families to experience a free, life-changing camp where safety, respect, love, and joy come together to enrich their physical and behavioral health. One camper, Lynn, shared, “My first visit to Boggy Creek helped me so much because until then I had never been with kids with the same disease. This was the first time I had ever been away from home. Everyone was so wonderful and I had so much fun I didn’t want to leave.”
Last updated May 31, 2026.
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