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Camp Sonshine offers summer day camps, overnight camps, international camps, and leadership development programs. Its camp programs include a leadership program for campers entering 7th–9th grade and overnight camps for campers entering 3rd–9th grade. The program describes its approach as creating a unique environment where campers can experience authentic community, personal growth, and the love of God.
• Ages: 6–15 years old
• Schedule: Office Hours Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Camp Sonshine is a non-profit, Christian camp and events center with headquarters just minutes south of Lincoln, Nebraska. The founding directors are Jeff and Trisha Keiser. The Keiser family moved to Nebraska in 2006, and Camp Sonshine, Nebraska opened its doors to its first campers on July 9, 2007. Camp Sonshine has offered overnight camps since 2015. In 2024, Camp Sonshine reports serving over 4,000 campers between three sites in Nebraska and almost 1,000 campers at two international camps. Camp Sonshine hires and trains over 100 staff members each summer.
Camp Sonshine states that its mission is to offer families high-quality programs and a fun, faith-filled environment for campers, with a passion to “UNLOCK & UNLEASH Kingdom Builders” by leveraging camp experiences to provide a place to “BELONG & BECOME.” Its core values are summarized as BELONG, BECOME, BELIEVE, and GO BEYOND!, and its long-term mission (B.I.G. Picture) is to create 100,000 camp experiences annually through a network and association of Camp Sonshine camps throughout the world. Camp Sonshine describes its programming philosophy as creating a unique environment where campers can experience authentic community, personal growth, and the love of God, and states that “Whether you’re a camper, a parent, or someone who dreams of making an impact, Camp Sonshine is where adventure meets purpose.”
Camp Sonshine emphasizes active supervision, with campers placed into groups led by counselors who are engaged and actively involved all day. It emphasizes active imagination by providing a safe and accepting place for children to create, hope, and dream, and emphasizes active community, with each group functioning as a small community or family building relationships throughout the week. Camp Sonshine facilities are available year-round for families, churches, and organizations, with pricing and availability based on group needs. Camp Sonshine provides leadership development programs that it states empower youth and young adults with essential life skills and confidence.
Camp Sonshine partners with people and organizations locally and worldwide to help launch and support camp programs that inspire hope, joy, and transformation in their communities. It is on a stated mission to make a global difference by launching and supporting camp programs locally and worldwide.
Parent testimonials describe Camp Sonshine as a gift of living in Lincoln, with counselors who care and build into kids, and say that this is what kids need. Another parent says their boys have been going for a few years, love it, and that the staff and facilities are “nothing short of amazing,” with the positive influence on their boys described as priceless. A parent of a shy child who usually does not like camp reports that after his first day, when asked to rate his experience on a scale of 1–10, he answered “10,000.”
Last updated May 22, 2026.
• Ages: 6–15 years old
• Schedule: Office Hours Monday – Friday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Camp Sonshine is a non-profit, Christian camp and events center with headquarters just minutes south of Lincoln, Nebraska. The founding directors are Jeff and Trisha Keiser. The Keiser family moved to Nebraska in 2006, and Camp Sonshine, Nebraska opened its doors to its first campers on July 9, 2007. Camp Sonshine has offered overnight camps since 2015. In 2024, Camp Sonshine reports serving over 4,000 campers between three sites in Nebraska and almost 1,000 campers at two international camps. Camp Sonshine hires and trains over 100 staff members each summer.
Camp Sonshine states that its mission is to offer families high-quality programs and a fun, faith-filled environment for campers, with a passion to “UNLOCK & UNLEASH Kingdom Builders” by leveraging camp experiences to provide a place to “BELONG & BECOME.” Its core values are summarized as BELONG, BECOME, BELIEVE, and GO BEYOND!, and its long-term mission (B.I.G. Picture) is to create 100,000 camp experiences annually through a network and association of Camp Sonshine camps throughout the world. Camp Sonshine describes its programming philosophy as creating a unique environment where campers can experience authentic community, personal growth, and the love of God, and states that “Whether you’re a camper, a parent, or someone who dreams of making an impact, Camp Sonshine is where adventure meets purpose.”
Camp Sonshine emphasizes active supervision, with campers placed into groups led by counselors who are engaged and actively involved all day. It emphasizes active imagination by providing a safe and accepting place for children to create, hope, and dream, and emphasizes active community, with each group functioning as a small community or family building relationships throughout the week. Camp Sonshine facilities are available year-round for families, churches, and organizations, with pricing and availability based on group needs. Camp Sonshine provides leadership development programs that it states empower youth and young adults with essential life skills and confidence.
Camp Sonshine partners with people and organizations locally and worldwide to help launch and support camp programs that inspire hope, joy, and transformation in their communities. It is on a stated mission to make a global difference by launching and supporting camp programs locally and worldwide.
Parent testimonials describe Camp Sonshine as a gift of living in Lincoln, with counselors who care and build into kids, and say that this is what kids need. Another parent says their boys have been going for a few years, love it, and that the staff and facilities are “nothing short of amazing,” with the positive influence on their boys described as priceless. A parent of a shy child who usually does not like camp reports that after his first day, when asked to rate his experience on a scale of 1–10, he answered “10,000.”
Last updated May 22, 2026.
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