Summer Camps

The Children’s Charities Foundation invested more than $69,000 to support summer camp programs. We have found that many of our local neighbors struggle to pay for childcare and work during the summer months. We feel that camps that offer a variety of activities benefit the overall wellbeing of a child.

The National Camp Association reports that at camp, learning happens on two levels. There are basic skills that campers know they are learning through daily activities: skills like how to serve a tennis ball, how to do the backstroke, and how to make a lanyard. And then there are more advanced skills — ones campers don’t necessarily recognize, but which will last them a lifetime: emotional and social skills like how to work as part of a team, how to cope with adversity, and how to assess risks and analyze possible outcomes.

Summer Camps Supported:

  • Amputee Coalition of America
  • Bender JCC of Greater Washington
  • Fields of Dreams
  • Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia
  • So What Else, Inc.
  • Washington Tennis & Education Foundation
  • Washington School for Girls
  • Washington Jesuit School
  • Strive Leadership: Sports Challenge Leadership Academy

CCF CARES

The goal of CCF Cares is to provide as much support as possible to homeless children and children living below the federal poverty line in the Greater Washington region that is defined as having a household income less than $30,000 for a family of four. This initiative was launched in response to the global pandemic.

Program highlights to-date:

  • Donated more than $30,000 to support the food distribution of the Capital Area Food Bank providing groceries for more than 1,200 families over four-month period
  • Provide 500 health kits to individuals in DC homeless shelters that included soap, hand sanitizer, hygiene tips, etc.
  • Feed 1,500 families through Hook Hall Helps that produces nutritious meals curated by professional chefs
  • CCF partnered with three (3) independently owned restaurants in order to support small businesses while providing food to families in need
  • Feed an additional 400 families through our small business outreach to local restaurants
  • Doubled the size of DC Children's Trust Funds parent education and family support groups to prevent child abuse while social distancing through the donation of tablets for face-to-face well checks
  • Donate more than 500 high-interest and educational toys during the holidays
  • Donate more than 100 pair of brand-new tennis shoes to children to start the 2021 school year on the right foot

Computers For Kids - Pilot Program

  • Logo and name recognition on event signage at computer distribution
  • CCF team will work with the leadership to choose a computer distribution date and reach out to local civic leadership and media for participation and attendance
  • Computer distribution event can be set-up as a turn-key volunteer experience for company employees
  • Opportunity to work with CCF to select software for the computers that support education goals such as financial literacy, entrepreneurship, self-esteem, etc.
  • Sponsorship would provide computers for a classroom of students who do not have access to computers and one after school program
  • Logo and name recognition on event signage at computer distribution
  • CCF team will work with the leadership to choose a computer distribution date and reach out to local civic leadership and media for participation and attendance
  • Computer distribution event can be set-up as a turn-key volunteer experience for company employees
  • Sponsorship would provide computers for a classroom of students who do not have access to computers and one after school program