Previous Camp Calendar

Spring
Liver Disease and Transplant & TPN Family Weekend: Feb. 28-March 2
Special Diagnoses Family Weekend: March 14‐16
Rheumatic Disease Spring Family Weekend: March 28‐30
Inhibitor Family Weekend: April 11‐14


Summer Sessions
Skeletal Dysplasia and Mucopolysaccharidosis: June 13-18
Kidney Disease and Transplant: June 22‐27
Special Diagnoses: July 1-5
Rheumatic Diseases: July 9-14
Crohn’s and Colitis: July 19-24
Hemophilia/vWD and Thalassemia: July 28-August 2
Liver Transplant, Primary Immunodeficiency Disease,
and Total Parenteral Nutrition: August 6-10
Sibling: August 14-18

Fall
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases Family Weekend: September 26‐28
Asthma and Allergy Family Weekend: October 10‐12
Rheumatic Disease Fall Family Weekend: October 24-26
Kidney Disease and Transplant Family Weekend: November 7‐9
Spina Bifida and Paraplegia Family Weekend: November 21‐23
Camper Holiday Gathering: December 6

Financial Assistance Available

Camp is free of charge for all campers!

The Painted Turtle works closely with our camper families to meet the dietary needs of each camper.

The Painted Turtle is the sixth addition to Paul Newman's family of Serious Fun Camps for children with chronic medical conditions. It is also the only multi-disease camp and family care center of its kind on the West Coast. Through educational, therapeutic, safe, and just plain fun summer camp and year-round programs, The Painted Turtle provides a life-changing experience to children whose daily struggles often diminish both their desire to be well and their ability to lead a rich, productive life.

The Painted Turtle offers an exhilarating, challenging, and nurturing array of traditional summer camp recreational activities, seamlessly intertwined with programs that inspire children to become more self-confident and self-reliant, as well as more cooperative with their medical caregivers. There is a strong healing potential in the lessons children learn and the friendships they form at The Painted Turtle.