The Camp Candlelight fee is $375 ($350 if completed application is received by April 15th). The EFAZ has vowed that no child will be excluded from camp for financial hardships, full and partial scholarships are available based on need.
Session Lengths
Food/Nutritional Notes:
1 Week Session
Campers will enjoy typical camp fare; however those with specific dietary needs and/or on the Kietogenic Diet will be accommodated.
Session Information
Dates: June 10 – June 16th, 2012
Location: Chauncey Ranch, Mayer, Arizona
Early Registration Fee: $350, application must be received by April 1st, 2012
Registration Fee: $375
Scholarships Available
More About Camp
Chauncey Ranch YMCA Camp Mayer, Arizona
Sunday, June 10th – Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Cost: $375 Scholarships available
Mayer, Arizona – Children who have epilepsy or seizure disorders are often ridiculed and tend to have low self esteem. Camp Candlelight is one week of summer camp activities that allow campers the opportunity to have fun, free from judgment, while developing a sense of self-worth, independence and personal responsibility.
Camp Candlelight features activities such as rock climbing, zip-lining, making S’mores around the campfire, horseback riding, arts and crafts and nature hikes. More important than the activities, Camp Candlelight is an opportunity to bond with other children who experience the seizure disorder.
Children ages 8 to 15 with a primary (or secondary) diagnosis of epilepsy, are eligible to attend Camp Candlelight. The Epilepsy Foundation of Arizona and our generous supporters have committed that no child will be denied a summer camp experience due to financial limitations, full and partial scholarships are available for those who qualify.
While epilepsy may be equal in prevalence to cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease combined, it is one of the most historically underfunded and misunderstood disorders known. Epilepsy can carry with it a host of psychological and social problems – depression, rejection, anger, frustration – that for most children are more difficult than the disorder itself. Some children manage with drugs, some will grow out of it, but for almost thirty percent of individuals with epilepsy, seizures are a part of their everyday lives.
