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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 also offers youth-driven online content, including the GRIEF SUCKS digital-content platform for grieving teens, the Grief Quest virtual scavenger hunt on Roblox that teaches kids how to support grieving people, and ExperienceCraft, a now-closed virtual world of play for grieving kids on Minecraft. Beyond the summer sessions, the Beyond The Bunk initiative extends a community of support for grieving kids all year-round.
• 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. 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 also offers Leaders In Training, which focuses on building resilient youth leaders through mentorship, training, and peer support, and an Adults Grief Retreat, which is a weekend retreat for adults who are grieving. Experience Camps is made up of full-time staff, camp directors, Experience Camps volunteers, and licensed clinicians. The program’s mission is: “We give children experiences that change their lives forever.” Experience Camps also offers no-cost summer camps and other in-person programming for grieving children throughout the United States, along with youth-driven online content that 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 April 26, 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. 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 also offers Leaders In Training, which focuses on building resilient youth leaders through mentorship, training, and peer support, and an Adults Grief Retreat, which is a weekend retreat for adults who are grieving. Experience Camps is made up of full-time staff, camp directors, Experience Camps volunteers, and licensed clinicians. The program’s mission is: “We give children experiences that change their lives forever.” Experience Camps also offers no-cost summer camps and other in-person programming for grieving children throughout the United States, along with youth-driven online content that 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 April 26, 2026.
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