The Painted Turtle seeks to reach beyond illness... to inspire children with life-threatening diseases to become their greater selves. It is our mission to provide a year-round, life-changing environment for these children and their families - one that allows children to participate in an authentic camp experience by supporting their medical needs and offers their families care, education and respite.
The Painted Turtle works closely with our camper families to meet the dietary needs of each camper.
Session Information
2010 Camp Calendar
Spring
Liver Transplant Family Weekend: February 26-February 28
Prader-Willi Family Day: March 13
Open House: March 14
Shriners Hospital for Children Family Weekend: March 26-28
Rheumatic Disease Family Weekend: April 9-11
Spina Bifida Family Weekend: April 23-25
Summer Sessions
Liver Transplant: June 12-16
Kidney Disease and Transplant: June 20-26
Muscular Dystrophy: June 29-July 3
Crohn's and Colitis #1: July 7-13
Rheumatic Disease: July 17-22
Crohn's and Colitis #2: July 27-August 2
Hemophilia/vWF and Thalassemia: August 6-11
Skeletal Dysplasia: August 15-20
Fall
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Family Weekend: September 24-26
Asthma and Allergy Family Weekend: October 8-10
Crohn's and Colitis Family Weekend: October 22-24
Kidney Disease and Transplant Family Weekend: November 5-7
Diabetes Family Day: November 20
Camper Holiday Gathering: December 4
More About Camp
The Painted Turtle is the sixth addition to Paul Newman's family of Hole in the Wall Camps for seriously ill children. It is also the only multi-disease camp and family care center of its kind on the West Coast. Through educational, therapeutic, safe, and just plain fun summer camp and year-round programs, The Painted Turtle provides a life-changing experience to children whose daily struggles often diminish both their desire to be well and their ability to lead a rich, productive life.
The Painted Turtle offers an exhilarating, challenging, and nurturing array of traditional summer camp recreational activities, seamlessly intertwined with programs that inspire children to become more self-confident and self-reliant, as well as more cooperative with their medical caregivers. There is a strong healing potential in the lessons children learn and the friendships they form at The Painted Turtle.
