Camp Healing Hearts is for children ages 5 to 18, and their families, who have lost a loved one.
Transforming Grief
Losing a loved one is difficult for everyone, and grieving a loss is essential to accepting painful feelings and creating an opportunity for growth and a new sense of normal.
Utilizing both therapy and recreation, our camp offers children and families an opportunity to discover their own inner strength. This camp is open to any family in Arkansas who is grieving the death of a loved one. We do require an adult caregiver to accompany the grieving child or children attending camp.
Camp Healing Hearts is free to Arkansas children and families coping with grief and bereavement. This year’s event will take place May 9, 2026. This camp is coordinated by Kaleidoscope Grief Center and includes:
- Heart-to-heart time.
- Swimming.
- Fishing.
- Crafts.
- Games
- Campfires and s’mores and much more.
Come to Camp
Camp Healing Hearts will be on Saturday, May 9, at Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock. Only 100 spaces are available.
Contact Dao Ward at DWard@MethodistFamily.org
Registration deadline is Friday, April 24, 2026.
Want to help? We are accepting applications for Camp Healing Hearts volunteers in a number of areas. Apply online at:
https://hipaa.jotform.com/scox/volunteer-application.
For more information on volunteering, contact Christy McCreight at cmccreight@methoditfamily.org.
Camp Healing Hearts is provided free of charge through generous donations to Methodist Family Health Foundation. We sincerely appreciate our community partners in the Alliance for Grief and Loss, including Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Little Rock School District, Pulaski County Special School District, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and funeral homes throughout central Arkansas.
