Gales Creek Camp

for Children with Type 1 Diabetes

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Gales Creek Camp is the home-away-from-home for hundreds of children each year who are growing up with the unique challenges of living with type 1 diabetes. Each summer these kids get the rare opportunity to experience independence, build resilience, and form strong bonds with peers and mentors.

Gales Creek Camp changes lives because of the incredible support of people just like you. Our funding comes from our community, so please consider making your tax-deductible donation to the kids of Gales Creek Camp this giving season.

Click here to give a gift to support the programs of GCC

And...

The Holiday Camp Store is OPEN!

If you weren't able to shop the Camp Store this year, here's your chance! Campers and Alumni are always Gales Creek Campers (every 1). So shop for someone else or shop for yourself.  Check back throughout the holiday season as we change up inventory and introduce special deals!

All proceeds go right back into the programs of GCC!

Click here to shop the Holiday Camp Store

Gales Creek Camp is a place where children and teenagers with type 1 diabetes from all over the Pacific Northwest have a blast while connecting with other kids living with the same challenges.

This is the place where a type 1 isn't the only 1.

Our goal is to help each child grow toward living an active, independent life. Through a traditional summer camp experience filled with friendships and fun—swimming, games, arts, drama, hiking, campfires, and other summer antics—Gales Creek Campers first and foremost get the opportunity to meet peers and mentors who share the same challenges they do. Cleverly disguised at pure fun, a week of camp builds friendships, confidence, and a renewed sense of self.

In the background, campers start to learn some of the self-care habits that will help them grow into healthy adults. They may learn to test themselves and give injections, or they may try changing their own pump site for the first time.  They might start to see how food and exercise interact with insulin, or how sports, illness and stress affect diabetes. Ultimately, through supported practice and peer inspiration, we want them to gain confidence to begin to manage their own bodies. 

Staff members, many who have diabetes themselves, model healthy habits and demonstrate that children with diabetes are not limited by their diagnosis. Perhaps most important of all, Gales Creek Campers learn that diabetes does not prevent them from living active, satisfying lives.

Get to know Gales Creek Camp and get engaged by exploring our website.