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Upcoming Event Brainy Camps Association’s Soup ‘N Bowls General Admission: Feed a camper for a day! Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) Camps, a.k.a. Brainy Camps, offer children and teens with chronic health conditions seven days and six nights of summer fun and social connections. CNMC physicians, nurses, social workers and parent-volunteers come together to care for campers who enjoy the typical activities one might expect at camp. At Brainy Camps, children experience all of the fun and adventure of a sleep-away camp with medical staff close at hand.
Brainy Camps of Children's National Medical Center staff are very busy preparing for the 2010 camp season! In addition to the many exciting plans underway for Camp Connect, Camp Great Rock and Camp New Friends, we're thrilled to announce the launching of several new camps at Massanetta Springs. In the summer of 2010, Brainy Camps have expanded to serve children and teens with the conditions of diabetes, pacemakers and ICDs, and sickle cell anemia. Camp Schedule 20106/27-7/03, Camp Connect (Tourette syndrome) 6/27-7/03, Camp Connect (Asperger’s syndrome) 7/04-7/10, Super Campers (Sickle Cell) 7/11-7/17, Camp Great Rock (Epilepsy) 7/18-7/24, Camp New Friends (NF) 8/08-8/11, Camp Heart Beat (Pacemakers and ICDs) 8/12-8/15, Camp Take Charge of Diabetes |
As for our camp staff, many of the same doctors, nurses, and counselors return each year to ensure the camp experience remains safe and fun. We are also are very pleased to note that should the need for medical care arise, Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg is just minutes away from our campsite in Massanetta Springs, Virginia.