Founded by Sharon and Jerry Miller of the Robert V. and Benjamin G. Miller Fund, Trailways Camps, Inc. provides camping experiences for adults with disabilities in Southwest Florida. Trailways Camps, Inc. has been providing camping opportunities since October 2012 and serves 60 campers annually at our overnight camping sessions. Campers enjoy fishing, canoeing, arts and crafts, swimming, campfires, nature walks, and much more at Trailways Camps, Inc.
The camp is held at the Riverside Retreat in LaBelle, Florida.

Financial Assistance Available

The registration to attend Trailways Camps, Inc. only costs each family $40 per camper.

While the cost to send a camper to camp is $2300, the Robert V. and Benjamin G. Miller Fund provides scholarships to ensure all campers can attend this camp. Families are encouraged to contribute financially to the best of their ability to ensure Trailways Camps, Inc. is available for everyone, but the only requested fee is $40.

This $40 may be waived for anyone for which the fee would cause a financial hardship.

The camp is catered by a private chef who develops a menu based on the needs of the campers registered for each session. Sugar-free and healthy options are emphasized and offered at each session.

The idea of camping experiences for adults with special needs began as a vision of the Miller family, after the passing of their son Robert in the Fall of 2005. Robert was born with a rare disease and severe disabilities. A second son, Benjamin was born with the same conditions and passed in 2020. They both enjoyed the time spent attending camp as a child and then as an adult. The Robert V. & Benjamin G. Miller Fund was established to create camping adventures and provide resources for adults to participate in amazing camping experiences that provide fun, friends and support. Plus respite for their caregivers. Trailways Camps, Inc. 501c (3) was established in 2022 to continue providing the camps and for enhancing resources to support participation for a growing population in need.

OUR MISSION:

Enabling adults with special needs, and those who care for them, to grow their social, emotional and spiritual relationships

OUR PURPOSE:

Reduce the social isolation experienced by adults with special need and their families/caregivers.
Creating partnerships that provide fun, friends and support

OUR GOAL:

Create Opportunities for fun, friends, and support