Living With Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) For a child living with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), specialized medical support at camp created something Nolan had been waiting for: freedom. Nolan has lived with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) for nearly as long as he can remember. Diagnosed shortly after his first birthday, much of his childhood involved symptoms to manage,…
“We are outside, there are nurses who are there to monitor just in case. We are free, we are peaceful. I don’t think about the illness, about things like that. My heart is more at peace.” ~ Liloo Growing Up With Short Bowel Syndrome From the moment Liloo arrived at L’ENVOL, our SeriousFun camp in…
Living With Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood For Alice, finding places where she could participate fully hasn’t always been easy. She lives with alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), a rare neurological condition that can cause unpredictable episodes of partial or complete paralysis. During these episodes, she may temporarily lose the ability to move, speak, or feed…
“Camp has not only given me confidence and happiness as a kid, but also purpose as an adult.” ~ Gavin Everyone in the SeriousFun community knows camp is a place where kids discover what’s possible. But sometimes, it’s also where they discover what they’re meant to do. Living With LAMA2 Related Congenital Muscular Dystrophy As…
Newman’s Own Foundation, which uses all the profits and royalties it receives from the sale of Newman’s Own products for its mission, is delighted to commit over $3M in grants in 2026 to SeriousFun Children’s Network. “A lot of these kids spend six, seven, eight months in the hospital and for them to come up…
Living with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) For much of her childhood, Olive’s life was shaped by the uncertainty of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a neurological condition which causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body, for which there is no cure. By age 10, she had already undergone dozens of MRIs, alongside ongoing medical appointments and care. Living with low muscle…
