The Billy Foreman Fund
Steinmetz Foundation
The Marion Rose Foundation
The Linda Tallen and David Paul Kane Education and Research Foundation
We Can is a project of Community Partners, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
(c) 2011 We Can. All Rights Reserved
(c) 2011 We Can. All Rights Reserved
Family Camps
The magic of We Can Family Camp helps parents and their children learn that they are not alone as they fight brain cancer and the side effects of treatment.
In Southern California, We Can has worked closely with Camp Ronald McDonald to design an award-winning camp especially for pediatric brain tumor patients and their families, combining fun camp activities with the best of We Can programs. Camp is provided in both English and Spanish.
In Northern California, We Can works with Camp Arroyo and the Taylor Family Foundation to provide family camp twice each year.
We Can also provides We Can Have Hope, a family camp designed for families that have lost a child to a brain tumor.
In Southern California, We Can has worked closely with Camp Ronald McDonald to design an award-winning camp especially for pediatric brain tumor patients and their families, combining fun camp activities with the best of We Can programs. Camp is provided in both English and Spanish.
In Northern California, We Can works with Camp Arroyo and the Taylor Family Foundation to provide family camp twice each year.
We Can also provides We Can Have Hope, a family camp designed for families that have lost a child to a brain tumor.
Family Camps
We Can campers are divided into five groups: Parents, Older Patients, Younger Patients, Older Siblings and Younger Siblings. These groups participate in activities that address their particular needs. (Click here to read a song written and performed at camp by our Older Patient group.)
The parents have guest speakers in addition to support group meetings. The children's groups are led by We Can's team of social workers. The camp doctor (usually a neuro-oncologist) visits every group to answer questions and spends much of the weekend talking with family members in this non-stressful camp environment.
We Can Family Camp creates a community for families dealing with this rare disease. They come away from their weekend feeling empowered and hopeful. They come away with a new family motto: "We Can Do It!"
The parents have guest speakers in addition to support group meetings. The children's groups are led by We Can's team of social workers. The camp doctor (usually a neuro-oncologist) visits every group to answer questions and spends much of the weekend talking with family members in this non-stressful camp environment.
We Can Family Camp creates a community for families dealing with this rare disease. They come away from their weekend feeling empowered and hopeful. They come away with a new family motto: "We Can Do It!"
In Southern California
In Northern California
Families gather at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times for a weekend in the San Jacinto Mountains.
Families gather for Jack's Camp at Camp Arroyo in Livermore.
For more information
Contact us at camp@wecan.cc.
We Can would like to recognize The Taylor Family Foundation for hosting Jack's Camp at Camp Arroyo each year. The Taylor Family Foundation's mission is to preserve the wellness and enhance the quality of life for children in Northern California with life-threatening and chronic illnesses, disabilities and youth at-risk through unique therapeutic experiences and support. For more information, please visit; www.ttff.org.
