Hometown Heroes

Camp Hometown Heroes is a national free week-long overnight summer camp for children who've lost a parent, sibling or other loved one who served in the u.s. military and died in any manner: combat, accidents, illness or suicide. It provides friendship, fun and healing to children of fallen u.s service members. During their visit to camp, perhaps for the first time in their young lives, the children have the opportunity to openly discuss their feelings and experiences. Through the support of pediatric grief specialists, the children partake in art and music therapy programs and optional discussion groups. The children are afforded the opportunity to enjoy typical summer camp activities such as swimming, dance, arts and crafts, archery, drama, canoeing, fishing, climbing and more. But more importantly, the children are given many opportunities to begin or continue the healing process.

Camp turning rivers operates life changing programs for children facing trauma and other challenges. Turning rivers utilizes a beautiful Wisconsin dnr facility to host a variety of camps, leadership sessions, and retreats for the organization's participants as well as non-profit partners.

Camp reunite served 59 children, all of whom have a mom incarcerated at the taycheedah correctional facility in Wisconsin. The children spent a week at the turning rivers summer camp facility where they enjoyed recreational programming as well as programs designed to help them cope with the incarceration of their mother. A highlight of camp reunite are the two extended visits to the taycheedah correctional institution where the children and women can restore their family bonds.

Kids2kids christmas collects and distributes nearly 26,000 toys to low-income children throughout southeast Wisconsin.