Friends of Paha's mission is to provide funding for community members to ensure that everyone has access to camp.

Camp Paha and Paha Adults in Transition are the City of Lakewood's summer day programs for youth and young adults with disabilities. Visit www.Lakewood.org/Paha for more information.

Friends of Paha was founded in 2003 by a caring group of parents, grandparents and community volunteers associated with Lakewood's Camp Paha program. This group combined their skills and talents in order to raise support for operational costs and to help individual campers pay their camp fees.

Each year, Friends of Paha accomplishes this goal by applying for grants from foundations and organizations and by hosting several fundraising events. Since 2003, Friends of Paha has raised over $500,000 for Camp Paha. This ongoing support helps keep Camp Paha operating each summer and ensures camp fees remain affordable for families.

Unique ways to help:

Link your King Soopers Card to Friends of Paha through King Soopers Community Awards Program
Purchase Supplies from Camp Paha's Amazon wishlist
Donate on this website
Attend a fundraising event

CAMPERSHIP APPLICATIONS

Campership Applications are now open for Summer 2026. Please note, you must register with Paha on or after Feb 17 for Lakewood residents and Feb 19 for non residents at www.Lakewood.org/register. You may submit your applications now but campership applications will be reviewed and awarded on an ongoing basis according to available funds and upon acceptance into Camp Paha. Camperships will be awarded per camper. Please click the link below to apply:

https://forms.gle/8PqVs4vqEdG3mkZM6

Friends of Paha

Camp for All

Mission

Our Team

Billy Cooper

Marlana Bense

Kayla White

Cece Litherland

Nicole Kuzdzal

Nicole Esquibel

Stephanie Johnstone