Roundup Ranch enriches the lives of children with life-threatening illnesses by providing free, year-round camping experiences with appropriate medical care that are fun, safe and empowering. The camp is a provisional member of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, founded in 1988 by Paul Newman and is now the largest family of camps worldwide for children with serious illnesses.

After conducting a needs assessment in 2006, it was determined more than 35,000 children in the Rocky Mountain Region suffer from a serious illness. More than 85 percent do not have the opportunity to attend camp because of their illness. With plans to open in the summer of 2011, Roundup River Ranch will help close the gap and provide life-changing opportunities to thousands of children.

As part of this initiative, we have embarked on a $20 million capital campaign appropriately named “Campaign for Laughter.” The campaign will help us fulfill a dream of building a Hole in the Wall Camp to enable these children to experience new and traditional camp activities, explore the Colorado Rocky Mountain wilderness and embrace the simple joys of being a kid.

Our camp will be free to campers and their families. Parents will look to the camp as a respectful, safe, medically supported place for their children to have fun away from hospitals. The camp will be a positive, loving place where campers, parents, siblings, volunteers and staff will benefit from personal enrichment and life-changing experiences.