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We believe that every child deserves to live a life rich with possibility.

Experience Camps is a nonprofit that champions the nation’s 5.3 million U.S. children who will experience the death of a parent or sibling by the time they reach 18. We run a network of no-cost camps that help grieving children thrive by building their coping resources, confidence, and resilience so they can experience a life rich with possibility. Our content addresses childhood grief as an urgent health issue while helping to establish a more grief-sensitive culture for all of us.

For media inquiries, please contact:

Michelle Cove, Sr. Communications Manager, michelle@experiencecamps.org

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In the news

CEO Sara Deren Featured in Authority Magazine

NY Times “Letter to the Editor” from Experience Camps

“The Gifts in Grief” with Experience Camps’ Sr. Communications Manager Michelle Cove

BTS of Grief Camp for Kids with Experience Camps CEO, Sara Deren

Supporting Grieving Students: Advice From Parents and Counselors

The Surprise Gifts from My Father’s Death

How to Help Kids Find Joy after the Loss of a Loved One

Thousands of young children lost parents to Covid. Who will help them?

When Grief Goes To Camp – Brie Overton

Make Space to #TalkAboutGrief

As Our Nation Grieves, Don’t Forget the Children

Pitching Magic: When Unresolved Grief Goes to Summer Camp

How to Support a Grieving Child During a Year That Makes No Sense

We Need to Talk About Grief

How to Look After Black Employees’ Grief in the Workplace

Grief Leadership Is Exactly What Americans Are Missing Right Now

We give grieving children
experiences that change
their lives forever.

At Experience Camps, everyone understands what it’s like to lose someone important. Here, kids can laugh, cry, play, honor the memory of the person who died, and forget the grief that weighs them down. At camp, they learn they are not alone.

Meet our campers

Tina

age 14

"Talking about my feelings is one great way for me personally to get out any negative emotions. When I started writing songs, though, is when I felt that I was truly coping. One thing that I swear by when dealing with any tough emotions is that you have an outlet of some sort."

Kaeli

age 12

"My family tries not to look at Father’s Day as a day to be sad and missing dad. Instead, it’s a day to remember how great he was and how proud he would be to see what young ladies we have grown up to be."

Carter

age 14

"Carter is smart, kind, and compassionate, and wise beyond his years for the challenges he’s had to overcome in his 14 years of living. And now he can continue to grow from those challenges with the support of friends and mentors in his Experience Camps community."

Henry

age 13

"I wish people knew that grief is something that you can not be prepared for, but you need to accept and have a positive mindset for your own life."

Noah

age 11

"He doesn’t feel alone in his grief anymore. As more and more kids come to camp each year, he knows “it just means there are more and more kids going through what I went through.”"

Sandy

age 10

"Even though Sandy and her brother miss their mother every day, it is a blessing that they are able to share their experience with their camp friends and see that they are not alone."

Lily