Sunrise Day Camp-Pearl River

Registration is open year-round and continues throughout the summer. So, that means it is never too late to register your child for a summer of fun!  We also offer year-round programs, so if it’s after the camp season, contact us to enroll for these.

Feel free to contact Arianna at  arianna@sunrisepearlriver.org for help or additional information. 

Sunrise Reunions – Our kids love camp so much that we just had to extend the fun beyond the summer.  During the school year, our camp hosts Sunrise Reunions — special activity days for our campers — along with many of the same staff who helped to make their summers so wonderful. 

Our year-round program makes it possible for our campers to see their friends throughout the year while enjoying summer fun all year long. These camp-like activity days include sports, crafts, as well as special shows & programs. Some of these days are family events, where parents and children enjoy the fun-filled festivities together.  Free transportation is available if needed.  As with all our programs, Sunrise Reunions are offered to our families at no charge.

Sunshine from Sunrise – Whenever we become aware that one of our campers is hospitalized, parents can request a “Sunshine Visit”, from camp counselors or year-round camp staff, who will visit with a few special surprises and a cheery smile. They will sit at bedside and play, share stories of camp days, and even give mom or dad a drop of respite so she or he can go home for a few hours, change clothes and maybe have a hot meal. The continuity from camp to bedside helps our campers feel connected to their counselors, friends and fun, lessening the sense of isolation and fear that a hospital admission can bring. Sunshine from Sunrise is just that – a burst of cheerfulness during the darkest times, bringing sighs of relief to parents and smiles to their children.

Sunrise Day Camp is staffed by incredible and experienced counselors, specialists, and supervisors who are highly trained prior to camp’s opening each summer. Our camp’s on-site Directors have extensive experience with children and camping, and our staff to camper ratio often exceeds 1:4, ensuring excellent supervision of our campers. Special arrangements can be made for children requiring more extensive supervision.

When a child has cancer, it affects the entire family.  Siblings, too, may face tremendous challenges socially and recreationally as the family’s focus understandably turns to their brother’s or sister’s medical needs.  But at Sunrise, siblings can play and interact as other brothers and sisters do; they are free to be with friends in a very normal, fun way while escaping the constant worry often found in a home with a chronically ill child. 

At Sunrise, siblings learn to better understand and deal with their brother’s or sister’s illness and their own feelings. Siblings are welcome to attend whether or not the child with cancer is able to be a camper.

Ever see a child not want to leave a hospital because they’re having so much fun?  At Sunrise On Wheels, it happens every day!  Sunrise on Wheels provides a day filled with Sunrise fun to children awaiting treatment in pediatric oncology units of participating hospitals.  Volunteers wheel a rainbow trunk bursting with toys, games and activities right into the hospitals and change what could have been a difficult day into a day of camp fun!

Our signature Wheels program currently brings fun to thousands of children in over 30 hospitals around the world.

Contact Bonnie Flatow at bonnie.flatow@sunriseassociation.org for more information.

Children bring their own favorite lunches from home, so they never have to wonder what’s on the menu today (of course, we’ll refrigerate it). We provide snacks and water throughout the day whenever needed.

Allergy Aware: We strive to be a nut free environment. Because a large number of our campers have nut allergies, we request that any food sent to camp be nut free.

Need something special? No problem; just let us know and we’ll get it. Note that all food served by the camp is kosher.