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P.A.C.K. Camp is the only camp in Pasco County that takes in kids with severe disabilities during the summer.

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26 Years and Counting

A Pasco County summer camp for kids with disabilities is celebrating its 26th year.

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Celebrating  25 Years

P.A.C.K. Camp, which stands for the Pasco Association for Challenged Kids, just wrapped up its 25th year. PACK takes in kids with disabilities that other camps won’t.

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2017 Spectrum
Bay News 9 Video

Paula and Barry Cohen celebrate 20 years of being one of the only summer camps in Tampa Bay to take in kids with disabilities.

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2017 Tampa Bay Times Article

Camper Kimmy Gilliland, 21, center, spends time with Barry and Paula Cohen at Genesis School in New Port Richey in July, where the Cohens run the P.A.C.K.

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2019 Spectrum Bay News 9

P.A.C.K., which Pasco Association for Challenged Kids, is the only camp in the county that takes in kids with severe disabilities during the summer.

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2021 Spectrum
Bay News 9

P.A.C.K. Camp returns in Pasco County, helps campers with disabilities.

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2022 ABC Action News

Barry and Paula Cohen struggled to find a summer camp for their son Gregory, who has autism. So they decided to start one themselves, and that was 25 years ago.

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2024 Spectrum
Bay News 9

P.A.C.K. stands for the Pasco Association for Challenged Kids. The camp takes in kids with disabilities that other camps can’t.