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Who Can Attend

In order for a child to be eligible for the summer program, applicants must:

• Have a qualifying medical diagnosis (see below)
• Be between the ages of 7-15 years old (Participants aged 16-18 may be eligible for our AYA Programming)
• Exhibits understanding and reasoning typical of a 6-year-old child
• Live in the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic region (Campers from other locations are considered)
• Provide a current Camp physical form, immunization records and application

Qualifying Medical Diagnosis

• Blood Disorders
  • Diamond Blackfan Anemia
  • Factor X Deficiency
  • Fanconi's Amenia
  • Hemophilia
  • Hemolytic Anemia
  • Hereditary Elliptocytosis (HE)
  • Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
  • Severe Aplastic Anemia
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Thalassemia
  • Thrombocytosis
  • Von Willebrand Disease (VWD)
• Cancer
  • Ewing Sarcoma
  • Leukemia (AML, ALL)
  • Lymphoma
  • Myelofibrosis
  • Nephroblastoma
  • Neuroblastoma
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Wilms Tumor
  • Other cancers
• Immunologic Disorders
  • Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID)
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EOE)
  • Histiocytosis
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Primary Immunodeficiency: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
  • Primary Immunodeficiency: IgG Subclass Deficiency/Hypogammaglobinemia
  • Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)
• Metabolic/Mitochondrial Disorders
  • Glycogen Storage Disease
  • Mitochondrial Disease
  • Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTC Deficiency)
  • Phenylketonuria (PKU)
  • Pyruvate Kinase Dificiency
  • Tyrosinemia
  • Very-long-chain acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (VLCAD)
• Neurofibromatosis
  • NF 1
  • NF 2
  • Schwannomatosis
• Solid Organ & Multivisceral Transplant: Campers must be at least 1-year post-transplant
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Liver Transplant
  • Multivisceral Transplantation (MVT)

Sibling Program Eligibility

The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp offers an opportunity for the siblings of diagnosed campers, aged 7 - 15, to apply for a session at Camp. This is available if the diagnosed camper is accepted into a summer session during the same year. Contact us if you have any questions.