Camp 2024 runs from June 16-June 29, 2024.

Financial Assistance Available

Campers are never turned away based on ability tp pay.
Camperships awarded based on need.

Camp kitchen is run by our registered dietician and a qualified kitchen staff.

In 1952 concerned parents asked Dr. Albert Easley of Chattanooga to form a camp for children with diabetes. The first camp session was held that year in Jasper, TN at a Girl Scout camp. After two years in Jasper, a permanent location was found, the Double G Ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Street purchased the land on Chickamauga Lake.

The ranch was made available to camps for children with medical disabilities at no cost with support from the Gordon Street Family Foundation. In 1954, the Tennessee Camp for Diabetic Children held their first session at Double G Ranch.

Each day at camp is divided into 3 morning periods and 3 afternoon periods with lunch and a rest period separating them. Campers attend these with their own peer group.

Periods consist of games or diabetes education sessions, swimming, and engaging in some specialty activity such as mountain biking, arts & crafts, taking out the paddle boards or canoes, and going to the archery range. After dinner, camp wide events are planned for all ages such as dances, games, and movie nights.