The whole camp packed into the pool
Camp life

A week you'll talk about all year.

Horses, zip lines, the pool, cookouts, and a cabin full of new friends. Here's what a week at Camp Ailihpomeh really looks like.

A day at camp

From Polar Bear Club to lights out.

Every day has four activity periods, plus time to rest, create, and hang out with your cabin. Medications and infusions are built right into the schedule, so nobody misses the fun. (Times can shift a little from year to year.)

Morning
7:30 Infusions for campers on prophylaxis
8:00 Polar Bear Club (everyone!)
9:15 Breakfast & dining hall hangout
9:50 Activity 1
11:00 Activity 2
Afternoon
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Rest hour in the cabin
2:10 Word of the Day
2:30 Projects
3:40 Snack time
4:00 Activity 3
5:10 Activity 4
Evening
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Evening activity (see below!)
After Back to the cabin for the night, with counselors right there
Counselors in homemade capes hyping up the crowd at Polar Bear Club by the pool
Every morning · 8:00 Polar Bear Club The whole camp starts the day at the pool, and the counselors make sure nobody stays sleepy for long.
Activities

So much to do.

Your cabin rotates through activities all week. You'll try things you've never done and get a second shot at your favorites.

Horseback riding Saddle up at the barn, with a leadwalker right beside you.
Archery Take aim at the range and find your bullseye.
Challenge course Climb, balance, and cheer each other on.
Zip line Clip in, count down, and fly.
Swimming Cannonballs welcome. Everyone does a swim check on day one.
Boats Paddle out on the lake with your cabin.
Fishing Cast a line and swap fish stories.
Pottery Get your hands muddy at the Clayground.
Arts & crafts Make something to take home (or to trade).
Nature Explore the trails and meet the local critters.
Cooking Cook it, then eat it. The best kind of class.
Escape room Team up with your cabin and crack the code.
Hands-on Med Ed materials the nurses use to teach the youngest campers
Med Ed in the Quack Shack Every cabin has Med Ed built into its schedule. Our nurses teach campers how to infuse and what they need to know about their condition, from age 7 all the way through Leadership. The youngest campers learn with hands-on, kid-friendly materials.
Safety & medical care →
Growing up at camp

Every summer, you level up.

Lots of campers come back year after year, and camp grows with them. For many, it doesn't end at 17. They come back to lead the next generation.

1 Ages 7 and up
Try everything Younger cabins follow a set schedule, so you get a turn at horses, archery, the zip line, boats, pottery and more.
2 Around ages 11–12
Free Choice Older cabins pick their own activities, and Free Choice campers get to ride the Big Swing.
3 Ages 15–17 · by application
Leadership Apply with your own application and two recommendations. Leadership does service projects, teambuilding and the Wall. At 17 you’re a CIT, graduating at Party Night.
4 Ages 18+ · volunteer
Come back as a counselor Lots of our counselors were once campers and CITs themselves. Now they give a week each summer so the next kid gets the same camp they had. Become a counselor →
After dark

Every night has its own thing.

When dinner's done, the whole camp comes together. Here's the week, night by night.

Sunday Welcome Night Unpack, swim checks, dinner on the porch, a welcome at the chapel, then an ice cream social.
Monday Theme Night A brand-new theme every summer, with games and activities built around it. (We're not telling.)
Tuesday Cookout Night Each cabin cooks dinner over an open fire at its own spot around camp.
Wednesday Kickball or Pool Night Kickball on the field for younger cabins, and an epic pool night for older cabins.
Thursday Last-Night Party Big Stick Awards, cheering on our graduating CITs, and a slideshow of the whole week.
Two campers chopping peppers with their counselor on Cookout Night Cookout Night
Every cabin heads to its own cookout spot around camp, like Stargazing or Boo's Treehouse, and makes dinner together over an open fire. Everyone helps cook.
Chicken fajitas Fry bread Homemade ice cream
A smiling camper holding his wooden Big Stick Award The Big Stick Award
Some campers arrive never having infused themselves. When a camper learns to do it on their own, from start to finish, they earn a Big Stick Award at the last-night party, in front of the whole camp. It's one of the proudest moments of the week.
Cabin life

Your cabin is home base.

Everyone sleeps in cabins with their cabin crew and counselors. You'll go to activities together, rest together, and swap stories at night. Phones stay home, so it's all about the people right in front of you.

Cabin crew Kids your age, from all over Texas.
Counselors Trained volunteers who stay with your cabin all week.
Rest hour Downtime after lunch to recharge.
No phones Unplug and hang out. Phones brought to camp are held safely until the last day.

Ready for the best week of summer?

Find out who can come and how registration works. It all starts with your hemophilia treatment center.