They'll forget they're
the kid with diabetes.
A summer camp where juice boxes live next to walkie-talkies, every counselor once wore a CGM to school, and your child comes home sun-brown, confident, and asking to come back next year.
A day at Bolus Camp
Diabetes management isn't a separate track here — it's woven into every moment like sunscreen and bug spray. Natural, unremarkable, and handled.
Dawn Swim & Morning Check
Campers wake to lake mist and birdsong. Before hitting the water, every kid does a quick blood sugar check — counselors right beside them, not hovering. Glucose in range? Into the lake you go.
Breakfast at the Mess Hall
Every food item has a carb count on a little wooden sign. Campers learn to bolus for their meal with their counselor — not a nurse, not a lecture. Just a conversation over scrambled eggs.
Rock Wall & Kayaking
Harness on, CGM visible, zero hesitation. Activity counselors are T1D-trained and carry glucose tabs in their vest pockets. The only thing anyone's thinking about is the top of that wall.
Lunch & Free Swim
Cannonballs off the dock between bolus calculations. The dock counselor carries a juice box next to their walkie-talkie. This is what normal looks like here.
Cabin Crafts & Friendship Bracelets
Some kids make bracelets to wear on the same wrist as their pump. Some kids make them for their CGM arm. Nobody thinks twice about it — because everyone here gets it.
Campfire & Sing-Along
Marshmallows, guitar, a sky full of stars. The nurse does a quiet evening round — no drama, no disruption. Just a friendly face checking in before the songs start.
“Apart from the check-ins and the carb counts, it is still childhood. It is still camp.”
Reserve Their Summer →In their own words
Every quote below was written by hand on an index card and mailed home during the last week of camp.
I forgot what it felt like to not explain my pump to everyone. Here I just... am.
Mia, 14
3 summers at Bolus Camp
My counselor has the same pump as me. We raced to see whose alarm went off first.
Theo, 9
First summer
Mom cried when I called and said I wanted to stay another week.
Priya, 12
2 summers
Now I'm a junior counselor. I get to be the person I needed when I was 10.
Caleb, 16
4 summers at Bolus Camp
96%
Return the following summer
8–17
Age range, all welcome
340+
Campers since 2019
100%
Counselors are T1D peers
The rigor that lets them be free
The medical infrastructure here is serious. We just refuse to let it feel that way. Here's what's inside the cabin walls.
1:3
Nurse-to-camper ratio
Licensed RNs and certified diabetes educators on site 24/7 — not on call, actually there.
24/7
On-site physician
Our medical director is a board-certified endocrinologist. One licensed physician present at all times.
0
Serious incidents since 2019
Seven years of campers, cannonballs, and campfires. Zero serious medical incidents.
100%
Staff T1D trained
Every counselor — not just medical staff — is certified in hypoglycemia response and CGM management.
What our protocols look like in practice
Blood glucose target range
100–200 mg/dL during activity
Carb counts
On every meal item, every day
Glucose tabs
Every counselor, every activity
CGM alarms
Counselors alerted, not just camper
Pump sites
Nurse-assisted changes available
Emergency protocol
Glucagon on every activity station
Certified & partnered with
“It is hard to measure the comfort of knowing your child has the most competent care. We built this place to make that feeling unmistakable.”
— Dr. Sarah Chen, Medical Director & T1D parent
The phone call that changes everything
Every parent below once stood where you're standing. Here's what happened after they let go.
“She asked to stay another week. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.”
— Jennifer M., Bolus Camp parent · Captions available
Jennifer Morales
Mom of Priya, 12 · diagnosed age 8
I was the parent who said she'd never sleep away from home. Then Priya called me at the end of week one and asked to stay another week. I cried for an hour. Happy tears.
David & Anita Okafor
Grandparents of Theo, 9 · first summer
We were the worried grandparents. We called the medical director three times before drop-off. By day two, Theo sent us a photo of himself on the rock wall. That was our answer.
Marcus Webb
Dad of Caleb, 16 · 4 summers
My son went from hiding his pump under his shirt at school to being a junior counselor teaching other kids how to bolus for marshmallows. Bolus Camp did that.
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