Camp High Hopes

40 yearsAdirondacks, New York

Come for the camp, stay for the family

A free week of summer camp for children and teens with bleeding disorders.

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40
Years of camp
FREE
To every family
100%
Volunteer staff
7–17
Camper ages

The camp

Camp Aldersgate, Brantingham, NY

One week every summer at Camp Aldersgate in Brantingham, New York. Free for every family.

Campers and volunteer staff in matching camp shirts, gathered in front of the camp pavilion.

Typical day

Swimming, boating and archery by day, songs around the campfire at night.

See a typical day

Our campers

Children and teens ages 7 to 17 with a bleeding disorder, boys and girls.

Who camp is for

Questions

What camp costs, where it is, and what families ask us most.

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First time at camp?

Most of our counselors started as first-time campers. Ask us anything, and hear what the first day is like.

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Medical care

Nurses on site all week

A nursing team on site all week, in an infirmary at camp itself.

Nurses on site

Our health director leads the medical team and is at camp for the week.

Your child’s plan

Campers bring their own medication and factor product, and the team works from what families put on the application.

Self-infusion

Plenty of campers learn to self-infuse at camp. It is never a requirement.

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Calendar

Applications and camp dates

Next up at camp

Mar2027

Applications open

Camper and staff applications both open this month.

Summer2027

Camp High Hopes 2027

Camp Aldersgate, Brantingham, New York. Dates to be announced.

All dates and deadlines

About

Since 1986

One free week of summer camp for 40 years, run by the people it was built for.

Our story

Most of our board and counselors were campers themselves.

Our mission

Camp leadership

The volunteers who run camp week on site.

Meet the team

Our sponsors

Companies, foundations and organizations make camp possible.

See our sponsors

Sanofi CSL Octapharma InfuCare Rx Takeda

Get involved

Run entirely by volunteers

Camp is run entirely by volunteers. Here are the ways to be one of them.

Volunteer

Counselors, nurses and support volunteers make camp week happen.

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Membership

Families, volunteers, alumni and friends who stay connected to camp.

Become a member

Board

Volunteers who guide Camp High Hopes from one year to the next.

Serve on the board

Give

Gifts keep camp free

Camp has been free to every family for 40 years. Gifts from people and companies keep it that way.

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Contact

Camp, eligibility, medical care

Have a question? A camp director will get back to you.

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