Camperships
Change a kid’s life by giving them the gift of camp!
Your generosity gives a kid the chance to meet Jesus at camp and be transformed forever.
What it makes possible
One week can change everything
For a kid, a week at camp can be the moment everything changes. Your gift covers up to half the cost of camp for a child who otherwise couldn’t afford to attend. Giving them the chance to hear the truth of Jesus, experience real community, and discover a hope that lasts a lifetime.
Camperships · 2025
Meet the kids you’re reaching
In 2025, generous donors like you made an incredible impact: Hume awarded more of them than in any year in its history.
$1,023,453
Awarded in camperships in 2025
4,867
Applications awarded · Hume’s highest ever
1,318
Children from single-parent homes
645
Households below the poverty line
103
Applicants with a widowed parent
$465
Largest single award, 2026 rate
These are real kids from some of the most challenging places to grow up in our communities.
Why it works
Why your gift matters
Kids meet Jesus
At camp, children hear the gospel, many for the first time, and encounter Jesus in a way that leads to lasting transformation.
We reach kids in the most difficult places
Hume intentionally serves underprivileged kids from difficult communities, partnering with local churches and nonprofits who walk alongside these families long after camp ends.
The change ripples outward
A transformed kid brings that change home. Their faith touches families, friendships, and entire communities.
Your impact is eternal
When you sponsor a child, you’re doing more than funding a week away. You’re furthering the kingdom of God and investing in something that lasts forever.
What the week does
In their words
What the kids want to say to donors
I wouldn’t even know God. I wouldn’t have a relationship with God if it wasn’t for you. Truly, I really appreciate it.
Ponderosa Camper · 2026 This week has really changed my life, from becoming new to faith to really giving my life to Jesus.
Ponderosa Camper · 2026 The biggest thing I learned this week at camp is that I can give all my troubles and worries to God. Even if I’m scared, even if I don’t want to, I can give it to him.
SoCal Camper · 2026
Joshua Scholarship
A Life-Changing Christian Discipleship Program That Changes Everything
The Joshua Wilderness Institute is Hume’s Discipleship gap year: Scripture, community and work on the grounds of Hume Lake, for young adults eighteen to twenty-four. A Joshua Scholarship helps students who cannot afford the year to pay for their tuition.
About the Joshua Scholarship
Send a child who could not otherwise come.
Hume gave more than a million dollars in camperships last year.
Give a campershipOther ways to give
Not everyone gives by card
A check in the mail, a donor advised fund, or a conversation with someone at Hume. All three reach the same place.
By mail
Make checks out to “Hume Christian Camps” and send to:
Hume Christian Camps ATTN: Development 5545 E. Hedges Fresno, CA 93727Donor advised fund
Recommend a grant to Hume through your donor advised fund. Hume is set up for online requests through several of the larger providers.
Start a DAF requestTalk to someone
Hume’s Development team can take a gift over the phone, answer a question about a fund, or help with a gift of stock or property.