Camp Erin - Snohomish County
2025 Camp Erin
Save the Date: Camp Erin – Snohomish County 2025 is scheduled for June 20, 2025 – June 22, 2025, for overnight experience at Camp Killoqua in Stanwood, WA. We invite you to complete our interest from below to hear when our 2025 application becomes available! If you have any questions, please contact the Camp Erin Team at [email protected] or by calling 425-261-4800.
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Camp Erin provides a caring environment, filled with activities to assist children and teens coping with loss. It is a free weekend camp for children ages 6-17 (or 18 if still in school) who have experienced a loss." Camp Erin offers a special combination of fun recreational activities and supportive discussions to help campers build their trust, self-esteem and coping skills. Age-appropriate groups of children and teens provide an opportunity to meet with peers who have had similar feelings and experiences. Planned activities allow for sharing of feelings and concerns, friendship building, and fun.
All of the following activities are led and sponsored by pediatric specialists and trained volunteers:
- Art therapy
- Story telling
- Recreational activities
- Swimming
- Music
- Healing rituals
- Nature walks
- Grief workshops
The camp is facilitated by professional staff affiliated with Providence Hospice of Snohomish County program, as well as trained volunteers. Adult “Big Buddy” volunteers offer additional support and companionship for campers.
Camp Erin®-Snohomish County is free of charge to all participants.
Camp Erin Snohomish County is a free, weekend bereavement camp for youth who are grieving the death of significant person in their lives. Children and teens ages 6 to 17 attend a weekend camp experience that combines grief education and emotional support with fun, traditional camp activities. Led by bereavement professionals and caring volunteers, campers are provided a safe environment to explore their grief, learn essential coping skills, and make friends with peers who are also grieving.
We typically open registration in January for the coming summer. Campers are enrolled on a first-come, first-served basis based on age and availability. Registration closes one month prior to camp. However, our camp typically fills quickly so we encourage families to register as early as possible. As age groups fill, new registrations are admitted to our waiting list.
Camp Erin is facilitated by professional bereavement staff of Providence Hospice and specially trained volunteers. Staff and volunteers lead grief activities and sharing times, supervise recreation, and provide support to campers throughout the weekend. We have a ratio of 1 adult for every 2 campers. Registered nurses are available on-site at all times to dispense medications and respond to any medical concerns which may arise.
No, Camp Erin is offered free of charge to all families. Camp Erin Snohomish County is funded by the generous support of Providence Hospice, the Providence Foundations, The Eluna Network, and many individuals and businesses in the community who donate their time and resources to Camp Erin.
No, teenagers participate in specialized camp activities designed to meet their needs and interests.
While at camp, your child(ren) will stay in a cabin with other campers of their age group. Each cabin includes two trained volunteers (called Big Buddies) and a mental health professional volunteer who will support the campers throughout the weekend.
While we welcome applicants from outside of the Snohomish County area, Camp Erin is a national network of bereavement camps, with 45+ locations. For information on the Camp Erin nearest to you, please visit: https://elunanetwork.org/camps-programs/camp-erin/
We ask parents/guardian(s) to transport their camper(s) to and from camp. A parent/guardian or authorized adult needs to be at camp on Friday and Sunday. Check-in begins Friday afternoon and check-out begins Sunday mid-morning. If transportation is a barrier, please let us know.
Please see our camper’s packing list for a guide to what to bring and what not to bring. If supplies are a barrier, please let us know.
Once your registration is received, we will contact you to talk more about your child(ren) and answer any questions you may have about camp. At that time, we will schedule you and your family to attend a mandatory Camper Orientation.
We are always looking for volunteers to join us at Camp Erin! Whether it is for the whole weekend or just a few hours, there are a variety of ways to get involved. Please note, family members, guardians, and caregivers cannot volunteer at camp during the same year their child is a camper.
In addition to Camp Erin, grief support services (including support groups and community education) are available through Providence Hospice of Snohomish. Please call 425-261-4800 or email [email protected] for Bereavement Services to discuss the type of support that would be most helpful for you and your family.
Returning campers will be put on our waitlist. They will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis along with consideration for the changes that have occurred in their life within the last year, if a sibling is attending for the first time, and other factors decided by the Clinical Team.
Camp Erin volunteers must be 21 years or older. Although we attempt to place every volunteer applicant, we may not be able to place all applicants due to the large number of applications received.
Positions fill up fast - so please submit your application as soon as possible!
In 2000, Seattle Mariner Jamie Moyer and his wife Karen approached Providence Hospice and Home Care with their desire to establish a new bereavement service for Snohomish County - CAMP ERIN - a weekend grief camp for kids, designed to counsel children and teenagers who have experienced the death of a loved one.
The proceeds from the 2001 Jamie Moyer Bowling Tournament enabled the Moyer Foundation, Karen and Jamie Moyer’s 501(c)(3) public foundation, and Providence Hospice and Home Care to establish an endowment to fund Camp Erin’s operating costs. The camp is named after Erin Metcalf, a 17-year-old hospice patient, who died in 2000 and was a close friend of the Moyer family.
Eluna partners with bereavement programs in local communities to help fund, develop and grow Camp Erin® nationwide. For more information, please visit elunanetwork.org.
Eluna is a public, 501(c)(3) non-profit with a mission to support children and families impacted by grief or addiction. Founded in 2000 in Seattle by former MLB pitcher Jamie Moyer and child advocate Karen Phelps Moyer, Eluna was originally called The Moyer Foundation and launched a series of programs supporting thousands of children and families annually at no cost to them. Camp Erin® is the largest national network of grief programs for bereaved children and teens.
Because of our generous community, no children or families are charged to attend Camp Erin® Snohomish County.
The proceeds from the 2001 Jamie Moyer Bowling Tournament enabled the Moyer Foundation, Karen and Jamie Moyer’s 501(c)(3) public foundation, and Providence Hospice and Home Care to establish an endowment to fund Camp Erin’s operating costs and ensure the camp’s long-term growth.
With the support of donors throughout our community and the endowment, Camp Erin® can be offered at no cost to grieving children in Snohomish County. Donate to Camp Erin® Snohomish County and help make a difference!