Welcome To Heritage Camps For Adoptive Families!
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2020 Camp Registration Is Open!
Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families
Since 1992, Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families has been supporting the healthy development of families formed by adoption. We promote the successful transition of adopted children into healthy, confident, well-grounded adults who are proud of themselves, their families, and their heritage.
Whether your child was adopted internationally or domestically, HCAF helps adoptive families become part of a larger community “just like themselves,” with shared experiences, challenges, and opportunities.
More Than An Annual Vacation!
Current research in adoption supports HCAF’s approach to social integration and self-esteem building. More than just an annual vacation, HCAF fosters meaningful connections with other adoptive families and cultural communities.
Family members of all ages benefit from the expertise of professionals in the fields of identity development, complex trauma, art therapy, and more, balanced with fun and engaging activities that support relationship building. Many of our workshop presenters are adoptees who bridge their professional expertise with their personal experiences.
Connecting Culture and Community
While all of our camps include programming about adoption in general, our Heritage Camps have a focus of supporting transcultural/transracial adoptive families. We connect adoptive families with authentic cultural experiences, providing positive representations that affirm the inherent worth of a child’s birth culture through fun, age-appropriate, interactive activities, and cultural/racial “mirrors” — camp counselors and presenters from adoptees’ birth cultures.
“What is most valuable to our family about Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families is being able to connect with others who travel the same path in life as our family. There is a sense of wholeness that comes from being a part of the camp experience. Through camp, our child has found a place and community that completely understands and accepts her 100% for who she is. There is a sense of belonging and understanding that doesn’t come from any other community of which we are a part.”
Thanks so much for organizing virtual camp last summer. We really enjoyed ourselves, even if it made us miss being there! It was really well planned and organized and you managed to keep the spirit and tone of camp present.
We so appreciate all the programming and connecting you’ve been doing to keep families engaged during this time. It will make being together all that much sweeter when we can!
Learn how you can support Heritage Camps through corporate sponsorship, our annual gala, and more.
2021 Camps

African / Caribbean Heritage Camp
Virtual Camp, June 11 & 12, 2021

Chinese Heritage Camp
Virtual Camp, Sept 4 & 5, 2021

Chinese Heritage Camp II
Virtual Camp, July 30 – July 31, 2021

Domestic Adoption Camp
Virtual Camp, July 16 & 17, 2021

Indian/Nepalese Heritage Camp
Virtual Camp, July 9 & 10, 2021

Korean Heritage Camp
Virtual Camp, June 18 & 19, 2021

Latin American Heritage Camp
Virtual Camp, June 25 & 26, 2021

Russian / Eastern European / Central Asian Heritage Camp
Virtual Camp, July 23 & 24, 2021

Southeast Asian Heritage Camp / Pacific Islander Heritage Camp
Virtual Camp, Aug 6 & 7, 2021
Domestic Adoption Camp
We welcome families built by domestic adoption, foster care, and kinship. Camp programming is designed to respond to the specific experiences of domestic adoptive/foster families, covering topics such as relationships with birth families, attachment, and trauma.
If your child was adopted domestically but their cultural heritage identifies with one of our other camps, you may choose to attend Domestic Adoption Camp or the camp that corresponds to their ethnic identity.
Heritage Camps
While all of our camps include programming about adoption in general, our Heritage Camps have a focus of supporting transcultural/transracial adoptive families. We connect adoptive families with authentic cultural experiences, providing positive representations that affirm the inherent worth of a child’s birth culture through fun, age-appropriate, interactive activities, and cultural/racial “mirrors” — camp counselors and presenters from adoptees’ birth cultures.
What Is Your Child’s Culture Of Birth?
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- Cambodia
- China
- Dem. Rep. Congo
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Kazakhstan
- Korea
- Marshall Islands
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Philippines
- Russia
- Samoa
- Thailand
- Ukraine
- United States
- Vietnam
- Other Country - Call Us To Discuss
- African Country
- Caribbean Country
- Central American Country
- Central Asian Country
- Eastern European Country
- Pacific Islands Country
- Southeast Asian Country
- South American Country
Volunteer
We believe that parental and community involvement creates meaningful bonds. We strive to have each kids workshop led by a member of that particular cultural community. Find out more about how you can get involved.
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We send out camp registration information in February/March, periodic e-mail newsletters and other pertinent information.
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