Camp Many Stars

Share a safe, adventure-filled week with 35 other families who have children with Down syndrome. Camp Many Stars is the first and only camp specifically for individuals with Down syndrome and their families. The activities of Camp Many Stars provide a unique family adventure which facilitates personal and family growth, surpassing what can be gained in any other single setting.

 

 

Camp Many Stars“It was the best vacation in America…I would go every year”

 

For Families

“We had a great time talking to and learning from other families with children with Down syndrome.”

 

Sharing a week with other families facilitates life-changing experiences. Families return home with renewed hope, new insights, and new friends.

 

For Parents

“This was the best thing that has happened to our marriage.”

 

With the children in age group activities, it gives parents an opportunity to spend time together in their activities. A week at camp gives parents time to share experiences, feelings and friendships with other parents from around the world.

 

For Siblings

“Our experience was especially meaningful for our other children, who were able to see and meet other siblings and children of all ages with Down syndrome.”

 

Family camp is a unique opportunity for parents and siblings to share an extended period of time together and learn from each other.

 

For Individuals with Down syndrome

“The benefits gained by our child with Down syndrome and our family are immeasurable”

 

Camp gives individuals with Down syndrome life enriching opportunities: challenges, adventures, enjoyment, and caring.

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Camp Facilities

There are twenty-four family cabins with twelve more soon to be built. Each cabin has a main floor and two sleeping lofts.

 

There are three age group buildings for those six and younger and their own playgrounds. There is an amphitheater with a large stage and benches for two hundred and sixty people. Still to be added are bathroom and shower buildings and pavilions.

 

Performance in the outdoor pavilionSunrise lodge will be the center of the camp and the hub of the activities. It will house the recreation and dining hall, kitchen, camp store, and offices.

 

The campsite includes flat activity fields, grassy knolls, and sloping hills, with beautiful aspen groves and evergreen trees. The camp is free from natural hazards like cliffs, gullies, rivers and lakes.

 

 

 

Other features include:

Amphitheaters
Basketball courts
Challenge courses
Crafts center
Laundry facilities
Mini golf course
Pavilions
Photography studio
Playgrounds
Ropes course
Sand volleyball courts
Softball field
Swimming pool
Western town

 

  1. Location of Camp

Camp Many Stars is located in beautiful Star Valley, Wyoming, near the town of Afton. It consists of an eighty-acre site, which borders the Bridger-Teton National Forest. It is seventy-five miles south of Jackson Hole and one hundred thirty miles south of Yellowstone National Park, some of the most beautiful country in the United States. You have not seen a true starlit night until you have seen the Milky Way in Star Valley.

 

Forrest near Camp Many Stars

 

Camp is one and a half hours south of Jackson Hole Airport, two hours southeast of Idaho Falls Airport, three and a half hours northeast of Salt Lake City International Airport and ten minutes south of the Afton Airport. The Afton Airport can land a Gulf Stream Five jet.

 

 

Family-friendly camp

Camp Many Stars is designed with safety in mind and is free from natural hazards. Families build new relationship as they participate in activities together and with other families.

 

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Why a family camp

The idea and need for a resident camp for individuals and their families was originally conceived in June 1992. Research soon indicated the need for such a program, showing that no other experience of this type was offered anywhere in the world.

 

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