Camp Firefly is a week-long

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run by the non-profit Firefly Foundation in

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, which was founded by married-couple film actors

Kirk Cameron Kirk Thomas Cameron (born October 12, 1970) is an American actor, author, Evangelism, evangelist, television host, documentarian and producer. He first gained fame as a teen actor playing Mike Seaver on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC si ...

and

Chelsea Noble Chelsea Cameron (née Noble; born Nancy Mueller; December 4, 1964) is an American actress known for her role as Kate McDonnell on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television sitcom ''Growing Pains'' (1989–1992). Noble is married to her ...

. It gives

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children and their families a free week's vacation. Inspired by Cameron's work with sick children when he was a television actor, Camp Firefly began around 1990 and focuses on also helping accompanying family members. Six or seven families attend each year's retreat, and as of 2012, over 100 families had attended, according to an interview with Cameron by Indiana Wesleyan University. Theme nights during the camp week have included activities such as luaus, barn dancing, and

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s. The camp received a donation from

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, in whose major 2008 film, ''

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'', Cameron had starred without payment.

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