2026 Camper Applications are OPEN!

Hello, Camp Cranium Families!

Our online application is live now via Campwise! If you set up an account last year, just log in and start your application. If you are new to Camp Cranium, welcome! You’ll be able to set up a Campwise account easily. The system helps us keep track of important documents and easily access camper records immediately when we need them.

Click here to start your camper’s application!

We are accepting applications from campers age 10-18 for 2026. If a camper is 18-21 years of age and still receiving special education services, they are permitted to apply as well. We are very excited to welcome back campers ages 10-13 again this year! It is thanks to YOUR support (and our generous sponsors) that we’re able to grow our Camp Cranium family. Thank you!

Camp Cranium always takes place the second week of June – this year, June 8-12!

The cost of overnight camp for the week is $500 for each child once again. 
Camp Cranium has higher counselor needs due to our 1:1 ratio, and there is a cost associated with all children and adults who will be at Camp Victory. We offer Camperships to help make camp more affordable for families for whom the fee presents an economic hardship. The amount of the Campership is determined by economic need. You can request a Campership as part of your camper application. We want everyone to have the chance to attend Camp Cranium!

If a camper is 18-21 years of age and still receiving special education services, they are permitted to apply as well. We hope to be pleased welcome back campers ages 10-13 again this year! It is thanks to YOUR support (and our generous sponsors) that we’re able to grow our Camp Cranium family. Thank you!

Camp Cranium always takes place the second week of June – this year, June 8-12!

The cost of overnight camp for the week is $500 for each child once again. 
Camp Cranium has higher counselor needs due to our 1:1 ratio, and there is a cost associated with all children and adults who will be at Camp Victory. We offer Camperships to help make camp more affordable for families for whom the fee presents an economic hardship. The amount of the Campership is determined by economic need. You can request a Campership as part of your camper application. We want everyone to have the chance to attend Camp Cranium!

Watch our epic 2025 camp slideshow!

Our applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Final acceptance will be determined by the Camp Physicians and Camp Director. After all spaces are filled, we will put names on a waiting list. If we have enough volunteer staff and funding, we will accept campers from the waiting list. So, please send us your child’s COMPLETED application (meaning all necessary documents) as soon as possible!

Camp Cranium will be held at Camp Victory (58 Camp Victory Road, Millville, PA 17846). Camp Victory is a medically equipped camp that provides the resources for medically compromised children to enjoy a true summer camp experience, while gaining self-esteem, friendship, independence, and support.

In addition to one-to-one counselors, Camp Cranium will provide around-the-clock medical staff to provide a safe camping experience for your child. Our staff will consist of physicians, nurses, a psychologist, special education teacher, music therapists, art therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and volunteer counselors!

The week is filled with fun activities that promote an enjoyable experience for your child, while integrating general therapy. There will be morning rotations of activities, afternoon swimming and free time, and evening all-camp events. Your child will enjoy activities like fishing, arts and crafts, music, swimming, wall and ropes courses, campfire sing-a-longs, a dance, and many more!

We’re looking forward to seeing our campers’ smiling faces this June!

Survivor Spotlight: Marissa (Witman) Motts

Marissa is a former camper who became a Camp Cranium volunteer and is now a member of our Board of Directors! She was kind enough to share her personal story with us, and it’s perfectly timed for Halloween:

“When I was 14 years old I was hit by a car on Halloween while out Trick-or-Treating. I was medevacked to The University of Pennsylvania Hospital where I received emergency brain surgery.

I broke six bones and had a collapsed right lung. After surgery, I was transferred to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to begin what would become a long and intense road to recovery. 

I endured several weeks and months of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Therapy. When Camp Cranium launched in 2008, I was asked to come as a camper. As I was navigating my way through my new normal and my recovery, it was such a great opportunity for me to meet others who had also suffered from a TBI.

After being a camper, I was asked to become a counselor and currently, a cabin leader. I cherish the relationships that I have made over the past 11 years and I am thankful to have the ‘camp family’ that I do.

Currently, I am a co-chair on the fundraising team for the BIAPA Run, Walk, Roll. It has truly become my passion to spread awareness about TBI and to raise money to aid in treatment and recovery and for Camp Cranium! I believe that this camp was such an important part of my recovery and now part of my ongoing therapy as an adult living with TBI.


To know that there were other people out there that maybe understood what I was going through was so helpful for me as I was learning to live with my disabilities. Now, I take pride in being one of those people who can share their story and possibly help another survivor. I am forever in debt to everyone that has helped me to get where I am today and Camp Cranium is certainly part of that.

Thank you so much for sharing your story and for all you do to make Camp Cranium possible, Marissa!

Meet Our New Executive Director – Tony Sadowski!

When we dropped our son off for his first week at Camp Cranium, we were a little nervous. But we had no idea just how important a part of his life it would become. Looking at photos from that week, or thinking back to the day we picked him up, there was a smile on his face and a look in his eyes that showed us the experience had changed him.

The taste of independence, the feeling that he could do anything, the confidence and determination as a kid who was scared of heights and still working hard on his balance and flexibility as he recovered from a stroke talked about climbing a rock wall and showed off his ability to cross a balance beam on the playground…it’s no wonder he looks forward to going back every year!

As we obsessively check Facebook for photos of him enjoying himself all week, the smiles and that invincible look in his eyes just confirm for us how glad we are Camp Cranium exists and how special it is to us that he gets to be part of it. Same with all the smiles we get from counselors and volunteers at the end of each camp week. Camp Cranium affects everyone it touches!

This very much includes parents. We know how special our kids are, and it’s comforting to know that we’re leaving them with people who see what we see in them and will encourage them to try things they may otherwise never get a chance to experience. In addition to knowing that our kids are having a blast all week, we appreciate the opportunity to meet and swap stories with other families who understand what everyone’s been through and share many of the same concerns

The wonderful people who plan and operate Camp Cranium outdo themselves every year. They truly care about our kids and work hard to give them a fun and memorable week. The hugs, laughs, and tears are genuine at the closing ceremony, as graduating campers get a well-earned send-off and everyone relives the past few days through a slideshow video and award presentation. The impact is powerfully visible in the campers, counselors, and organizers of Camp Cranium. I’m proud to now be part of the team helping to tell its story and keep it going strong for many years to come!

Tony Sadowski

Executive Director