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Experience Camps offers one-week, overnight summer grief camps for children and teens who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. The program includes summer camp programs and year-round initiatives, along with youth-driven online content, a digital-content platform for grieving teens called GRIEF SUCKS, and Grief Quest, a virtual scavenger hunt on Roblox that teaches kids how to support grieving people. Experience Camps also offers a Leaders In Training program for youth, an Adults Grief Retreat weekend for grieving adults, and previously offered ExperienceCraft, a virtual world of play for grieving kids on Minecraft that is now closed.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: One-week, overnight summer grief camps, including a session scheduled for July 26–31, 2026
• Price: Experience Camps offers no-cost summer camps and other in-person programming for grieving children throughout the United States.
Experience Camps, founded in 2009, is a national, no-cost program for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. Its mission is: “We give children experiences that change their lives forever.” Experience Camps is an award-winning national nonprofit that transforms the lives of grieving children through summer camp programs and innovative, year-round initiatives. The organization is made up of full-time staff, camp directors, Experience Camps volunteers, and licensed clinicians. Experience Camps also offers no-cost summer camps and other in-person programming for grieving children throughout the United States, and its youth-driven online content allows thousands more grieving kids the chance to play together and learn how to navigate their grief. One parent shared, “Yes, they lost their loved one, but they have gained a family, a band of brothers.”
Last updated July 30, 2026.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: One-week, overnight summer grief camps, including a session scheduled for July 26–31, 2026
• Price: Experience Camps offers no-cost summer camps and other in-person programming for grieving children throughout the United States.
Experience Camps, founded in 2009, is a national, no-cost program for grieving children who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. Its mission is: “We give children experiences that change their lives forever.” Experience Camps is an award-winning national nonprofit that transforms the lives of grieving children through summer camp programs and innovative, year-round initiatives. The organization is made up of full-time staff, camp directors, Experience Camps volunteers, and licensed clinicians. Experience Camps also offers no-cost summer camps and other in-person programming for grieving children throughout the United States, and its youth-driven online content allows thousands more grieving kids the chance to play together and learn how to navigate their grief. One parent shared, “Yes, they lost their loved one, but they have gained a family, a band of brothers.”
Last updated July 30, 2026.
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