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– SINCE 2008 –

3,470 Total Camper Sessions Funded

$2.5 Million Raised through SCOPE Midwest Supporters

– Summer of 2025 –

265 More Camperships Were Provided This Past Summer

For Children to Attend 15 Diverse, Nonprofit, Overnight SCOPE Midwest Partner Camps

Supporting Children from 11 Different Midwest States

SCOPE Midwest is committed to advancing equity through access by ensuring that all children—regardless of socioeconomic circumstance—have the opportunity to benefit from the transformative summer camp experience. Too many children and teens face barriers that limit access to attend overnight summer camp, where essential skills like independence, resilience, and belonging are fostered.

Through campership support, SCOPE Midwest expands summer camp access for children and teens, working in partnership with 15 nonprofit overnight summer camps across the Midwest to create pathways to opportunity that extend beyond the summer.

Since 2007, SCOPE Midwest has provided more than 3,000 camperships, empowering children from under-resourced communities in the Chicagoland area and throughout the region to experience the life-changing impact of camp.

Campers – SCOPE Midwest provides camp scholarships that increase equity through access, giving children whose families face financial barriers the access to the transformative overnight summer camp experience. These campers attend camp at no cost to their families and/or childcare providers. Once a camper attends, they are invited to return for future summers as long as they remain enrolled in school, helping sustain meaningful growth and connection year after year

Camps – All SCOPE Midwest proceeds directly support camp access for children attending nonprofit, ACA-accredited overnight summer camps across the Midwest. Many of these partner camps also offer year-round youth development programming. SCOPE Midwest partners only with camps that are equipped to deliver high-quality, inclusive, and developmentally impactful experiences that meet the diverse needs of the children they serve.

Communities – The life skills and social-emotional development gained through the camp experience help young people continue to grow, thrive, and reach their potential long after summer ends. Each child who receives a SCOPE campership commits to staying engaged in their education, strengthening pathways to opportunity. Because of this, SCOPE partner camps play an integral role not only in each camper’s personal development but also in building stronger, more resilient communities.