Camp Sundown
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Camp Sundown is an American summer camp in Craryville, New York for children with extreme sun sensitivity, including conditions like xeroderma pigmentosum, erythropoietic protoporphyria, and actinic prurigo. All activities are held after sundown, to ensure that the children are not injured by the ultraviolet radiation from the rays of the sun.[1][2]
The camp was founded in 1996 by Dan and Caren Mahar, whose daughter, Katie, had xeroderma pigmentosum and could not attend a traditional summer camp. Initially, the camp consisted of 11 families who gathered at a local motel in Poughkeepsie[3] for five days.[4]
In 2003, the Mahars acquired land in Craryville and built the camp's current structure.[4]
