Camp Cheerful Camps

11/11/2025

On this Veterans Day, we salute all veterans and active duty service members who have defended our freedoms.
Thank you for your sacrifices and commitment to our country.

11/10/2025

Our Weekend Respite campers got a special treat this weekend. Balloon artist DanimalClown made each camper an amazing balloon creation! Check them out!

11/08/2025

Our River Rock Adult Day Program family party had a hoedown theme! There was a lot of great Western wear, some line dancing, and so much fun!

11/07/2025

We're excited to introduce our first electronic edition of our Achiever newsletter! We plan to share ACC news bi-monthly! https://bit.ly/3XeUGf6

11/04/2025

It's always a fun time at Lake Metroparks Farmpark! Our River Rock Adult Day Program participants loved exploring the grounds and visiting the animals.

10/31/2025

Our River Rock Adult Day Program participants were sporting some pretty creative costumes today! They loved trick-or-treating across Camp Cheerful with some familiar faces giving out fun treats!

10/30/2025

Did you know we host an awesome day respite camp every month at Camp Cheerful in partnership with Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities?! Camp WOW is for campers ages 12 to 18 with disabilities and is held every third Saturday of the month. Families can sign up through their CCBDD Support Administrator. https://bit.ly/4nwqCqa

10/29/2025

Thank you Cleveland Plant and Flower Company for hosting our River Rock Adult Day Program participants! They really enjoyed their tour of your facility and the opportunity to make some beautiful flower arrangements!

10/27/2025

Our partnership with Strongsville Emergency Food Bank is definitely a win-win! Our River Rock Adult Day Program participants truly love helping out!

1947: The camp opens as Ohio's first recreational camp for children with disabilities.
2025: The Strongsville Emergency Food Bank starts a volunteer program where adult campers come and help out once a week.
At first the campers were hesitant to try something new.
With encouragement and patience from our all volunteer staff the campers started to enjoy coming and became efficient at their tasks.
Yesterday when it was their scheduled time to leave they decided, demanded they stay late.
Why? To complete their task and get the job done.
They left with a sense of accomplishment, the sense of feeling needed and useful and that feeling is shared by our staff as well.
We don’t give hand outs, we give a hand up. In the case of collaborating with Camp Cheerful Camps it has lifted hearts up for all involved.
We started this program to give back to the community that has done so much for us and have gotten back so much more in return.
Love wins when you give it a chance.

10/27/2025

Our Weekend Respite campers enjoyed a Halloween celebration this weekend, complete with costumes and trick-or-treating! There were some familiar Achievement Centers' team members on hand for the fun and, of course, everyone got treats!

10/27/2025

We were so happy to welcome former camp counselor Brian Trapp back to Camp Cheerful on Friday! Brian did a special reading of his new fiction book for our River Rock Adult Day Program participants. The book was inspired by the summers he and his twin brother, Danny, enjoyed at camp. Learn more about his book here: https://bit.ly/4hs2eEB