Tucked away from the outer roads, amid rural northeastern Connecticut's rapidly rising-and-falling hills and dense woods, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is almost undetectable. Turn off the main road on the border of Ashford and Eastford, enter through the camp gates, and a wonderland explodes in a kaleidoscopic burst of colors and architectural odes to the Old West. A sign with blue and purple letters painted by the campers declares: "Yippee, you're here!" 

Across the Camp's lake stand totem poles, teepees and wigwams, and the boathouse and gazebo. The tree-lined dirt road winds and edges its way around stables, barns, fields, and paths into the woods until the main complex is revealed: an Olympic-size swimming pool, log cabins circling a wide green, a theater, the OK Corral (the infirmary), craft-making areas disguised as Western-style shops, a towering round dining hall modeled on a Shaker barn, as well as a recreation center. 

It is here that children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses find camaraderie, joy and a renewed sense of being a kid. They also get to do things that no one knew they were capable of doing.

Camp Type:  Residential Year Established: 1995 Gender: Coed Age of Campers: 7 to 16 years old Cost/Week: less than $75.00/wk Religious Affiliation: None Camp Owner(s): The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Camp Director(s): James H. Canton Nearest Large City: New York, NY Off Season Rental: No Accreditations ? ACA

Camp Focus: Special Needs Camps: Asthma Special Needs Camps: Blood Disorder Special Needs Camps: Cancer Special Needs Camps: Diabetes Special Needs Camps: Other Special Needs Special Needs Camps: Spina Bifida Traditional Camps

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* Recruitment for these sessions is done separately.