Carolyn Wright

With a mission to transform the world for children and adults with challenging illnesses, disabilities, or special needs, Camp For All collaborates with more than 65 nonprofit organizations throughout the year to enable thousands of campers and their families to discover life. Located in Burton, Texas, in a tranquil setting, encompassed by lush landscape and rolling hills, the 206-acre camp site features more than 100,000-square-feet of facilities, two lakes, nature trails, wooded areas, and cleared areas for a wide range of activities. The smoke-free facility is fully accessible and designed to foster campers’ independence. Camp For All is the national leader in creating and providing proven life-changing experiences through passionate and professional staff, cutting-edge facilities, and innovative programming. Camp For All was designed with no barriers for children and adults with special needs to experience the thrill of camping and nature, just like their able-bodied peers. All of the programming is “adaptive,” meaning that the activities can be accomplished regardless of the campers’ challenges, be it mobility, emotional or learning issues. Camp For All provides an environment that is free of the barriers in the everyday world, such as 8-foot-wide sidewalks to maximize mobility in wheelchairs, sloping entrance into the pool with a special lift, ramps and myriad special saddles to aid horseback riders, low beds with wide space in cabins, and large accessible showers and toilet areas. This culture of inclusion is underscored throughout the camp site and is truly built to “level the playing field” for all. Camp For All is the only recreational facility that accommodates the special needs community in this way.