Camp Boggy Creek

After expenses 100% of proceeds go to benefit Camp Boggy Creek for Florida's seriously ill children.

Camp Boggy Creek, is patterned after Paul Newman's original Hole in The Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT. Joining Paul Newman in the founding of Florida's Camp Boggy Creek are: General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Ted Forstmann, Jim & Jan Moran, Gracia Anderson, David & Francie Horvitz, Lawrence & Florence DeGeorge, Browne & Juanita Gregg and the Family of Jennifer Masi.

A Collaborative Effort

From the beginning, Camp Boggy Creek has built partnerships with hospitals, medical schools, voluntary health organizations, family support groups and healthcare professionals to recruit campers, their families and volunteers.

The Medical Facility

The medical presence is purposely kept in the background so the children can concentrate on filling their days with all the fun of a good old-fashioned camp experience.

The Medical Center is affectionately know as "The Patch." It's where our campers go to get "patched up." This 8,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility is designed to be as non-institutional as possible. It's capable of accommodating the full array of treatments for the disease groups we serve. Whether it's a chemotherapy treatment, a dialysis procedure or bandaging a minor cut, the full time staff, supplemented by volunteer specialists makes a trip to the doctor fun. There is even an exam table shaped like a dinosaur! A camp nurse who totes meds in a tackle box, visits campers who need medications during the day! It all helps to insure that our Boggy Creek campers have the time of their lives.

Boggy Creek gives campers a chance to normalize their lives by being with children battling the same illness. "Everyone is just the same as me!"

For more information on this unique Central Florida Charity, please visit www.boggycreek.org