About
Camp For All is a barrier-free camp where campers of all abilities take part in adaptive activities such as archery. All programming is adaptive, and activities can be done in multiple ways so that everyone can participate. The camp is nationally recognized as a truly barrier-free facility with cutting edge programming that adapts to the needs of each group that attends.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Camp For All opened in 1998 on 206 acres in Washington County as a camp uniquely designed to serve children and adults with multiple challenges. Each building was designed for ease of use by all, as well as for longevity, low maintenance, and flexibility. The camp is open all year around, closing briefly from the end of November to the first week of January during the holiday season.
In 1993, Paul Gerson, Robert Zeller and Larry Neuhaus, two Houston physicians who care for children with special needs and a parent who lost a child to cancer, teamed up with a dream to build this camp. Camp For All provides professional staff and special needs camping professionals with oversight of the camp programming. The organization works in collaboration with more than 65 different nonprofit organizations, which bring the campers, medical staff, and in-cabin counselors and provide half of the cost for each camper, while Camp For All raises $3.5 million annually to provide the other half.
Camp For All serves approximately nearly 9,000 children and adults throughout the year and has served nearly 200,000 campers since 1998. Camp For All was awarded the Eleanor P. Eells Award in 2017 by the American Camp Association for program excellence and excellence in research in practice at camps, recognizing its Camp For All 2U outreach program that takes camp activities into hospitals.
The mission of Camp For All is to transform the world for children and adults with challenging illnesses, disabilities, or special needs, in partnership with other not-for-profit organizations, and to make every single activity available to every single individual who comes to camp. Camp For All describes itself as the national leader in creating and providing proven life-changing experiences through passionate and professional staff, cutting edge facilities, and innovative programming, and states that the Camp For All experience is essential because it provides joyful and life changing opportunities for all.
One staff member shared, “I had a seizure at Camp. When I got through it, I said, ‘I guess I have to go home, now. And they said, No….Let’s go to archery!’ It made me realize that I wasn’t defined by having epilepsy.” Another staff member said, “If I’ve done anything right in my life, it’s Camp. Everything else can be crazy, but Camp makes you feel like you’ve done something right.” A Camp PHEver camper said, “I have never known anyone before who had PKU and am grateful to have made friends that do and go through the same things as me.” A camper parent described Camp For All as a “spectacular facility with such a great mission” and said, “It means the world to my boys.”
Last updated July 21, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
Camp For All opened in 1998 on 206 acres in Washington County as a camp uniquely designed to serve children and adults with multiple challenges. Each building was designed for ease of use by all, as well as for longevity, low maintenance, and flexibility. The camp is open all year around, closing briefly from the end of November to the first week of January during the holiday season.
In 1993, Paul Gerson, Robert Zeller and Larry Neuhaus, two Houston physicians who care for children with special needs and a parent who lost a child to cancer, teamed up with a dream to build this camp. Camp For All provides professional staff and special needs camping professionals with oversight of the camp programming. The organization works in collaboration with more than 65 different nonprofit organizations, which bring the campers, medical staff, and in-cabin counselors and provide half of the cost for each camper, while Camp For All raises $3.5 million annually to provide the other half.
Camp For All serves approximately nearly 9,000 children and adults throughout the year and has served nearly 200,000 campers since 1998. Camp For All was awarded the Eleanor P. Eells Award in 2017 by the American Camp Association for program excellence and excellence in research in practice at camps, recognizing its Camp For All 2U outreach program that takes camp activities into hospitals.
The mission of Camp For All is to transform the world for children and adults with challenging illnesses, disabilities, or special needs, in partnership with other not-for-profit organizations, and to make every single activity available to every single individual who comes to camp. Camp For All describes itself as the national leader in creating and providing proven life-changing experiences through passionate and professional staff, cutting edge facilities, and innovative programming, and states that the Camp For All experience is essential because it provides joyful and life changing opportunities for all.
One staff member shared, “I had a seizure at Camp. When I got through it, I said, ‘I guess I have to go home, now. And they said, No….Let’s go to archery!’ It made me realize that I wasn’t defined by having epilepsy.” Another staff member said, “If I’ve done anything right in my life, it’s Camp. Everything else can be crazy, but Camp makes you feel like you’ve done something right.” A Camp PHEver camper said, “I have never known anyone before who had PKU and am grateful to have made friends that do and go through the same things as me.” A camper parent described Camp For All as a “spectacular facility with such a great mission” and said, “It means the world to my boys.”
Last updated July 21, 2026.
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