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Camp & Retreat Center in the Midlands, SC

Freedom to Shine.

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Camp Cole serves children, teens, and adults who are navigating serious illnesses, disabilities, and complex life challenges through transformative summer camps, programs, and year-round experiences. We also offer rental opportunities to mission-friendly non-profits, businesses, schools, and churches.

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Flourish at one of our custom or diagnosis-specific camps or programs.

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Embrace the magic of camp through day, weekend, and weeklong rentals.

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Our Campers

Freedom to paddle a canoe, catch a fish, pet a goat, sleep in a bunk bed, swim in a pond, perform on a stage, sing by a campfire, eat in a cafeteria, learn new skills, make new friends, build courage and confidence, shine like the stars.

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Since 2021, Camp Cole has helped thousands of deserving campers SHINE.

4,139Summer Campers

6,501Fall, Winter, Spring Campers & Groups

168Camp Partners

3,425Volunteers

14,065Happy, Shining Faces

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The Magic of Camp

Our 40-acre campus greets thousands of campers and guests each year. We open our doors and hearts to individuals living with illnesses, disabilities, and those facing other serious life challenges. We believe everyone deserves an overnight, weekend, or week-long camp experience to enjoy the magic of somewhere new, make new friends, and take part in awesome adventures.

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  • A Summer Camp Just for You

    We serve thousands of shining faces annually with week-long adventures created and directed by Camp Cole. We also partner with organizations to host diagnosis-and-challenge-specific camps to ensure participants, regardless of medical condition, experience the life-changing freedom and fun of an EXTRAORDINARY summer adventure.

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  • Other Camper Opportunities

    Overnight and full-day experiences, field trips, picnics, special group outings, and summer camp preview weekends have a special place to shine at Camp Cole. Our year-round adventures cater to diagnosis– and challenge-specific partner camps with small populations, elementary schools, non-profits, Girl Scout troops, mentoring programs, and more.

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  • Shine Through Service with Cole’s Kids

    Our service-learning club for children of all abilities in grades 1-7 teaches them how to improve their community through acts of kindness, awareness, and respect. Cole’s Kids Club holds regular meetings throughout the year and a weekend Service Camp in the summer, where participants expand their knowledge of helping others while enjoying traditional camp fun.

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  • Make the Most of Group Programs & Rentals

    Our expansive, ADA-compliant campus can accommodate various group sizes, and we host everything from overnights and corporate planning events to non-profit meetings, retreats, and conferences. We provide housing and meal packages, rental spaces and amenities, and structured activities like Waterfront Adventures unless you opt to bring your own.

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  • Freedom to engage!

    Thanks to generous donors and volunteers, our Freedom to Shine campus delivers camps, programs, group rentals, and special events that positively impact countless deserving people. Camp Cole changes lives through volunteer hours, recurring gifts, annual donations, memorial tributes, and subsidized camp experiences. For more freedom to shine, let us show you the way.

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What our campers are saying

Testimonials

  • "Camp Cole is very welcoming and safe. It is wonderful and all the things Cole and Mrs. Stacy would have wanted."
    Camper, 27
  • "At Camp Cole, I learned that I can face my fears."
    Camp STARS Camper, 10
  • "Camp Cole is a reward."
    Camper, 14
  • "Camp Cole is like Disney World."
    Camper, 12
  • "It has made me feel like I can do almost anything and it makes me really really really really really happy."
    Camper, 11
  • "Everyone here is friendly, and kind and it has taught me to be that way too."
    Camper, 7