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Camp Rainbow Connection

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Camp Rainbow Connection is a week-long respite camp for adults with intellectual disabilities. The staff and volunteers are dedicated to providing a wonderful and enriching summer program for each camper, along with a week of respite for families and caregivers. The theme for CRC 2024 will celebrate the Olympic Games!

2024 Camp Rainbow Connection

Date: July 13-19, 2024

Campers join on July 14

WhereRichard Bland College

Theme: Olympics

About Us:        

Camp Rainbow Connection is a week-long respite camp for individuals with intellectual disabilities. CRC started in 1985 at Westview on the James, a camp of the Charlottesville, Rappahannock River, and Richmond Districts of the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church. That first year, there were 25 campers and a small staff of 15 volunteers. CRC grew to two weeks while at the Blackstone Conference and Retreat Center. CRC is currently held at Richard Bland College in Petersburg, VA and is resourced by the Missional Engagement Ministries Office.

The staff and volunteers of Camp Rainbow are dedicated to providing a wonderful and enriching summer program for each camper, along with a week of respite for families and care givers. Campers participate in a variety of activities including Bible class, music, science, arts and crafts, games, dancing and special activities. Our mission is one of healing and acceptance towards all God’s people. Because we are a ministry of the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church (UMC), participation of people of all backgrounds, ability levels, heritages, and faiths is encouraged. Camp Rainbow Connection has a new theme each year. For 2024, our theme will celebrate the Olympics! Our activities are anchored in the theme and we are looking forward to uniting for an epic week!

Church Partnership

How can our church help?

Join us in prayer

Please pray for Richard Bland College as they receive Camp Rainbow Connection this summer. Please pray that we have all the volunteer staff we need for our camp session. Pray that those staff members will be the hands and feet of Jesus for our campers. Also pray for all staff members of CRC as they prepare for an awesome week. You can pray for our campers and their caregivers that they will experience the love and acceptance that only God can provide. Pray that the caregivers receive a week of much needed respite. Pray that the campers experience joy and encounter Christ while they are at camp.

Sign up to volunteer

This is a big need! We are always looking to have new folks join us for our camp sessions. Consider inviting a CRC representative to speak at your church. We also need drivers and church vans to help us transport campers.  

Collect and Support us!

We are a self-funded ministry of the VA Conference. Your church can help us by collecting supplies to donate to camp. Would your church like to sponsor a camp activity? Contact Stacy ([email protected]) to find out what is needed. Would you like to support us by shopping from our Amazon wishlist
Your financial support allows us to purchase much needed supplies, provide scholarships for campers and continue to fulfill our mission to provide a week of healing and acceptance towards all God’s people.

You can mail a check made payable to “VAUMC” with “Camp Rainbow” in the memo line to:

Camp Rainbow Connection
PO Box 5606
Glen Allen, VA 23058

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