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Camp ronald mcdonald for good times offers an authentic camp experience to children who have been diagnosed with cancer, their families, and their siblings. Camp is grounded in the field's best practices, providing experiential learning opportunities for youth to practice skills that have proven to lead to success in career and life, including leadership, collaboration/team work, problem solving and initiative/self-direction. The year-round program features five week-long summer sessions, two holiday-weekend winter camps, and eight weekend family camps (two in spanish). A new camp program for teenswilderness outdoor leadership program (w.o.l.p.) is specifically designed to address a host of issues that affect adolescents who have received a cancer diagnosis. Activities like hiking, horseback riding, archery, and swimming help build motivation and resiliency in children facing difficult, long-term medical treatments, and create positive childhood memories for siblings who typically are denied such experiences due to their family's focus on a brother or sister's long-term medical care. Each participant may attend both a summer week and winter weekend session, along with their age-appropriate siblings, free of charge.all of our programs are offered at our 60 acre facility in mountain center, california. The camp facility is comprised of 14 cabins (200 beds), a pool, activity areas, hiking trails, a radio station, a dining hall, as well as a "med shed," where all of our campers' medical needs can be addressed while they are on-site.