Providing A Free Camp Experience since 1982
The Lions of Kentucky have been dedicated to providing a FREE camp experience for underserved children. They founded the Kentucky Lions Youth Camp for blind and visually impaired children in 1982. In 1992, the camp expanded to include deaf and hard-of-hearing children. The Lions purchased Camp Crescendo in March of 1996 and created two additional free camps. Those two camps were Camp Heart to Heart for children living in the shadows of HIV/AIDS in 1999 and Camp Freedom for children in foster or kinship care in 2006. These free, week-long camps are the heart of our mission.
In summer 2024, the Lions Camp Crescendo board of directors made the difficult decision to sell the camp property to return all of our focus to providing the best youth camps for our campers while doing so at no cost to the campers. With COVID-19 preventing us from receiving income from rental of our facilities, we could no longer provide these camps and maintain the camp property. The good news is that the new owner agreed to allow us to continue to host our camps at the facility for at least 5 years, and hopefully many more years to come.
A counselor rows a canoe in the lake with two young campers.
Free Camps
We will resume our youth camps in 2025.
Check back in the coming months for more information.
Lions Camp Crescendo serves children who are blind/visually impaired, deaf/hard-of-hearing, or are in foster/kinship care.
A team of campers and counselors walking through the woods toward the nature center.
Aerial view of pool
Helping Hands
Find out about our mission, goals, and the lives we have changed through our free camps.
Support Our Mission
Find out how you can help Lions Camp Crescendo and the children we serve by getting involved.
Campers hands forming hearts
View of the cafeteria and surrounding landscape
Enjoy Our Facility
Find out how our facility can accommodate your group.