Camp Odayin

At Camp Odayin, our mission is to provide fun, safe and supportive camp experiences and community building opportunities for young people with heart disease and their families.

Kids play. Worries rest. Fun happens.

Our goal is to improve the quality of life, mental health, and overall well-being of children with heart disease and their families. We provide a fun and adventurous environment for these children and their families that includes:

Safety: Giving parents and children peace of mind knowing medical precautions are in place. The camp environment is intentionally staffed and equipped to meet the unique needs of the heart family.

Community:Creating a sense of community and reducing the degree of isolation children with heart disease and their families can experience by connecting them with others who share similar health, emotional, and social concerns.

Personal growth: Engaging campers in empowering activities that improve their self-concept, self-confidence, independence, and social skills and contributing to their capacity to lead full and active lives.

Inclusion: Fostering an increase in diversity, equity, and inclusion among our heart family by identifying and minimizing barriers to participation. We recognize that families of a child with heart disease manage additional emotional and economic stress. Our Pay-What-You-Can (PWYC) model for camp registrations supports our commitment to make our programs accessible to everyone in our community. There is a $50 registration fee per camper and there is always an option to pay $0.