Horizon Day Camp: 1st Day Camp In Maryland For Children With Cancer

BALTIMORE, July 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The first day camp of its kind in Maryland, Horizon Day Camp is currently in its 2^nd year on the 88-acre Maryvale School, boasting beautiful grounds and indoor spaces that meet the needs of children with cancer.

Often isolated from the normal activities of childhood, children with cancer rarely have a chance to see beyond the closed worlds of home, hospital and doctors' offices.  Horizon Day Camp changes that by opening the doors to a new world, making it possible for children to enjoy a summer filled with exciting daily activities, friendships and laughter, while paying careful attention to their medical and emotional needs. And because it is a day camp, children are able to continue their medical treatment and enjoy the comfort and safety of their own homes at night. Recognizing the extraordinary financial demands that a child's chronic illness can have on a family, Horizon Day Camp and Year-Round Programs are always offered free of charge.

Horizon Day Camp is a member of the Sunrise Association which currently operates and/or oversees 3 day camps in New York and 3 in Israel.  Sunrise Association Day Camps are affiliated with 30 renowned hospitals and medical centers worldwide, including the following Baltimore/DC area facilities:

• Johns Hopkins Medicine, The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, a Lifebridge Health Center 
• The University of Maryland Children's Hospital
• Children's National Health System, D.C.

Horizon on Wheels

Did you ever see a child crying because they didn't want to leave the hospital?  At Horizon on Wheels, it happens every day!  This is an innovative program that provides a day filled with Horizon fun to children awaiting treatment in pediatric oncology units of participating hospitals.

The mission of the Sunrise Association is to bring back the joys of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings world-wide, through the creation of Day Camps, Year-Round Programs and In-Hospital Recreational Activities, all offered free of charge. Providing memorable summers since 2006 for children ages 3 1/2–16 who are in active or follow-up treatment, Sunrise Association Day Camps bring the simple pleasures of childhood back to children struggling with cancer, changing months of loneliness and isolation into summers filled with sunshine, laughter and happiness.

www.horizondaycamp.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HorizonDayCampBaltimore/?fref=ts
www.sunriseassociation.org

SOURCE Sunrise Association

Related Links

http://www.sunriseassociation.org