Barretstown Foundation Usa

the magic of barretstown arrives to the united states! barretstown is a specially-designed camp in county kildare, ireland, that provides therapeutic recreation programs for children with serious and often life-threatening illnesses and their families. barretstown is expanding it's reach further across the globe by opening an office in the u.s. this year. from creating a referral program to send campers from the us to barretstown's camp in ireland, to providing opportunities for summer placements for us college students. more than two decades ago, paul newman had a vision: imagine if children living with serious illness had the chance to simply be children. to just have fun. so he started a camp where kids could, in his words,“raise a little hell.” today, we continue paul’s legacy as an independently financed and managed camp. barretstown is a proud member of the seriousfun children’s network, a growing global community of independently managed and financed camps and programs, paul