About Camp Trillium

The Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre offers and promotes recreational experiences to bring children with cancer and their families together. The Trillium Centre provides an environment that normalizes relationships and experiences, helping children and their families in the healing process and enhancing their quality of life.

Camp Trillium operates two sites in Ontario. Garratt’s Island (since 1989), near Sandbanks Provincial Park in Picton, and Rainbow Lake (since 1997) in Waterford. Camp Trillium also travels to ten different Ontario cities, operating Day Camp programs in the summer. Throughout the year, Youth Groups and Trillium in the Community programs are offered in several major centres.

More children than ever before are surviving childhood cancer; however, the devastation of their diagnosis and their treatments have major implications for the whole family. Camp Trillium has experienced phenomenal growth since its inception in 1984. It is apparent that the support and recreation we provide is truly necessary. Childhood cancer affects the whole family; therefore, our population includes: children on treatment, children off treatment, brothers and sisters of patients, bereaved siblings and parents.

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• All programs are designed to incorporate all abilities.
• We are operated by the Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre, which is governed by a board of directors made up of oncologists, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, child life workers, parents, and business professionals.
• We are accredited by the Ontario Camping Association. Camp Trillium is also a member of the Children's Oncology Camping Association International (COCA).
• All of our programs are free to the families. We are funded by generous donations from individuals, service clubs, businesses, foundations, and the Canadian Cancer Society--Ontario Division.