Camp Caterpillar

Where Children Learn to Grieve and Heal

Camp Caterpillar is a child grief day camp experience for children in kindergarten through 8th grade who have had a loved one die within the last two years. The camp's name reminds us that nourishment and hard work of grief can bring a new life, like a caterpillar's journey to becoming a butterfly. Campers will learn they are not alone in their feelings of grief or their anxiety about the ways their lives have changed. Participants learn that grief is not a process of forgetting but remembering with less pain. This program is free and open to the public. A boxed lunch to go will be provided for each child at the end.

Camp Caterpillar is held twice a year - once in Stockton and once in Lodi. 

Stockton Camp Caterpillar -  September 12, 2026

Registration is now open

Register Here
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Central United Methodist Church
3700 Pacific Ave, Stockton, CA 95204

For more information, please call our Bereavement Department (209) 957-3888

 Camp Caterpillar Gallery

All activities are led by Hospice of San Joaquin grief staff and grief volunteers.

Thank you to our wonderful partners Great Wolf Lodge Manteca, St. Joseph's Spirit Club and all of our Sponsors