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100% of your contribution goes directly to the support of campers.

 

Give Through United Way
If you give to the United Way, please consider donating part of your gift to Camp Courant by writing in our Agency Code: 5318 on your donation form. 
 
If you donate using the United Way's website, you will need to write us in.  To do so, go to the "Donation Distribution" page, and scroll down.  On the left-hand side, towards the bottom of the form, you will see "Find an Agency".  Click on that, then scroll down and select "Provide Agency Information".  This will take you to a form where you can type in the following information:
 
Agency Name: Hartford's Camp Courant
Address: 285 Broad Street
City: Hartford
State: CT
Zip: 06115
Contact: Beth Gibbs
Phone: (860) 241-6320
 
Click "Submit", then select "Yes, use this agency".  Then, you can proceed with your donation.
Campers' Corner

Visit the Campers' Corner and see winning photographs taken by the campers, artwork and more!

Our Wish List

Camperships

It costs approximately $25 per day, $125 per week and $750 per season to send one child to Camp Courant.  Cost per child justification is as follows:

 Program supplies/materials         $  5

Counselors and medical staff       $12

Transportation                            $  5

Utilities and insurance                  $  3

TOTAL = $25/day x 30 days x 1= $750.

 Camp Equipment 

  • 10 recycled plastic, maintenance-free tables for our picnic area, which are used by nearly 1,000 children and staff daily.
  • Riding lawn mower: used or new.

 

Program Equipment & Games

  • Baseball gloves, basketballs, playground balls and volleyballs.
  • Board Games: For ages 5 – 12.
  • Table games: 3 foosball tables and 2 air hockey tables. 
  • DVD’s (entertaining and educational): for children ages 5-12.
  • Ping Pong paddles and balls: these items get maximum use all day long, primarily by the older campers.
  • Sand toys: for children of all ages.

 

Clothes, Shoes and Household Goods

  • Children’s T-shirts and/or shorts: new or gently used (and clean).
  • New underwear for boys and girls in small and medium sizes (for the health center).
  • Shoes for ages 5 – 9:  Crocs, sneakers and/or sandals with straps.
  • Towels and washcloths: for the swimming pool and the health center.
  • Food: Staples such as soup, tuna fish, beans etc. Some of our campers do deal with hunger.

 

To make a donation, please contact Lisa M. Curran at (860) 241-3750 or  lcurran@campcourant.org



CAMPaign for Hartford's Kids ...
... The Perfect Holiday Gift
Are you running out of great gift ideas for those hard-to-buy-for relatives?
Does Aunt Mabel really need another sweater this year?
Will Uncle Albert ever wear that new tie?
Here's a gift idea that's easy for you, rewarding for the recipient, and potentially life-changing for a Hartford child . . . send a deserving kid to camp!Girl
  • $25 - send a deserving kid to camp for a day. Instead of buying that tie for Uncle Albert, send a Hartford kid to Camp Courant for one day in his name!  We'll send Uncle Albert, or any other friend or relative, a commemorative lapel pin and a great holiday card letting him know that you made this worthwhile donation in his name.
  • $50 - send a deserving kid to camp for two days. Instead of that sweBoyater for Aunt Mable, send a Hartford kid to camp for two days in her name! We'll send Aunt Mable, or any other friend or relative, a great holiday card, a commemorative t-shirt and commemorative lapel pin letting her know that you made this worthwhile donation in her name.
  • $125 - family gift - send a deserving kid to camp for a week. We Boyall struggle with gifts for our in-laws. Instead of buying them a crock pot, send a Hartford kid to Camp Courant for a whole week in their honor! We'll send your in-laws, or any other friend or relative, a great holiday card, up to two commemorative t-shirts and a commemorative lapel pin letting them know that you made this worthwhile donation in their honor.
  • $750 - family gift - send a deserving kid to camp for the whole summer.  Hartford's Camp Courant does such a wonderful job keeping Group of Kidscosts down that it is able to provide camp programs for an entire summer for only $750 per child. Please consider sponsoring a child for the entire summer.  We'd be glad to send to one of your friends or relatives a great holiday card, up to four commemorative t-shirts and a commemorative lapel pin letting them know that you made this worthwhile donation in their honor.
Contributions to Hartford's Camp Courant are tax deductible.*
How often can you get a deduction for your holiday gifts?
Donating to Camp Courant is easy!
  • Click here to make a donation online.  Just check the box for "My donation is In Honor or In Memory of someone special" and fill out the information.
  • Or call (860) 241-3750 and Eleanor will walk you through what we need to know to get your gifts on their way.
We want to get your cards, t-shirts and pin in the mail to you as soon as possible.

Make gift giving easy this year...
Say YES to our CAMPaign for Hartford's kids!