Adaptive Youth Camp

Camp can be for everyone!

CherishAbility partners with CedarS Camps to offer a unique experience for school-aged children with special needs.

Summer 2025 registration is OPEN—click here.

  • Sunday, July 20 – Friday, August 1, 2025

  • Register your child here!

    You can preview the registration questions here.

    Registration closes on Friday, May 9.

  • CedarS Camps in Lebanon, Missouri

    Learn more about CedarS—click here.

  • School-aged children with developmental special needs

  • We offer two levels of participation. Level 1 is for campers who are ready to attend camp by themselves—with adaptations—and they stay in a cabin with their peers. Level 2 is for campers who are not yet ready to attend camp by themselves, and they stay overnight in a cabin with a parent.

    • Level 1 | Camper attends by themselves: $2100/week 

    • Level 2 | Camper attends with a parent: $2800/week

    *Financial assistance is available—up to the full cost of tuition and travel. Please click here to apply.

  • “His arm encircles me, and mine, and all” (Christian Science Hymnal, 207)

  • • A summer camp program where your child is embraced and seen for who they are—a perfect child of God.

    • Loving staff who help your child participate with dominion and freedom.

    • Individualized schedules that include inspired and fun activities.

    • Adapted activities that align with your child’s participation style.

    • Built-in flexibility that allows your child to engage when they are ready.

    • Wholesome evening activities including hymn sings, testimony meetings, campfire s'mores, and field games.

  • Daily Sample Schedule (PDF)

    Schedules will be adapted to meet your child’s participation style. 

  • Packing list (PDF)

Questions? Please contact the CherishAbility Program Director by email or call 480.875.6958.

“CedarS Camps was an incredible experience, and you made it all possible. Thank you all for your support and encouragement throughout the whole time. You helped me feel safe and secure, which allowed me to fully enjoy all the activities and make new friends.”

— CherishAbility camper

2023 & 2024 Adaptive Youth Camp Photos

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Young girl in a light blue shirt smiling.
Young girl with a camp counselor putting on shoes after swimming.
Mother with her small son sitting on a pony and another woman helping lead the horse.
Mother and daughter feeding a small horse with a camp counselor looking on.
Three small horses on a grassy field being lead by 3 adults and 2 children walking with them.
Father and daughter in the swimming pool. The daughter is in a colorful inner tube.

CherishAbility Campership Fund

Many of us have special memories from attending summer camp—making friends, enjoying the outdoors, and growing spiritually. For loved ones with special needs, CherishAbility offers a very special family camp experience. Each fall we gather at the A/U Ranches' 100 Elk Outdoor Center in Buena Vista, Colorado for a tailored camp experience. You can help send a loved one to camp by funding a Loved One Campership.