SCOPE Midwest Cocktail Party

We believe every child deserves to experience the transformative qualities of camp regardless of socio-economic background. SCOPE Midwest provides these life-changing experiences in partnership with 15+ nonprofit overnight summer camps in the Midwest. Since 2007, we have provided nearly 3,000 camp scholarships to local children from under-resourced communities in the Chicagoland area and the Midwest.

Campers – SCOPE Midwest provides camp scholarships to children from under-resourced communities whose families and/or childcare providers otherwise would not have the financial means to afford camp. These campers are given the gift of camp at no cost to their family. Once campers attend, they are invited to continue attending camp in future summers as long as they remain enrolled in school.
 

Camps – All proceeds from SCOPE Midwest go directly to sending a child to nonprofit, ACA-Accredited, overnight summer camps in the Midwest. Many of these camps provide year-round youth services. SCOPE Midwest partners with camps that are well-equipped to provide high-quality programming for the diverse and unique needs of their campers.
 

Communities – We know that the life skills developed at camp encourage children to reach their potential long after summer has ended. Each child who receives a SCOPE campership commits to staying in school. Communities are strengthened through education and SCOPE partner camps play an integral role in this development.