Experience Camps

Experience Camps offers one-week, overnight summer grief camps for children and teens whose parent, sibling, or primary caregiver has died. The program also offers year-round programs and content that reframe the experience of grief and provide coping skills, along with youth-driven online content such as GRIEF SUCKS for grieving teens, Grief Quest on Roblox, and the now-closed ExperienceCraft world on Minecraft.

• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Schedule: One-week overnight summer camp programs, with Georgia session dates July 26–31, 2026.
• Price: Experience Camps is a national, no-cost program for grieving children.

Experience Camps, founded in 2009, is an award-winning national nonprofit that offers no-cost summer camps and other in-person programming for grieving children throughout the United States. The program’s mission is: “We give children experiences that change their lives forever.” Experience Camps is made up of full-time staff, camp directors, Experience Camps volunteers, and licensed clinicians. Additional offerings include a Leaders In Training program for youth, and an Adults Grief Retreat, which is a weekend retreat for adults who are grieving. A parent described the impact on their child by saying, “Yes, they lost their loved one, but they have gained a family, a band of brothers.” — Lori Lane (mom of Trevor, age 13).

Last updated April 22, 2026.