CAMP M.A.S.H.

The Arthritis Foundation’s Camp M.A.S.H. provides kids with arthritis and related childhood rheumatic diseases a chance to have fun, build confidence and make lasting memories.

Sunday, August 16 – Thursday, August 20, 2026
Wisconsin Lions Camp, Rosholt, WI

About Camp M.A.S.H.
Camp M.A.S.H. stands for Make Arthritis Stop Hurting. We are one of the longest-running consecutive camps in the country. Camp M.A.S.H. was founded in 1989 with just six campers. Our largest year held 100 campers! Activities for campers include Arts & Crafts, games, life skills (medical programming), campfires, swimming, photography, camp under the stars for ages 15 and older, outdoor movie night, ropes course, archery, and so much more!

Sample Daily Schedule
•   Wake up and get ready!
•   Gentle morning warm-up
•   Breakfast
•   Meds
•   Morning activities (crafts, physical activity and education series)
•   Lunch
•   Afternoon activities (varies each day)
•   Cabin time followed by rest time
•   Free time
•   Dinner
•   Evening activity (varies each day)
•   Night meds and wind down
•   Lights Out

Camp M.A.S.H. Leadership & Staff

Robin Kingham, Director, JA Family Engagement

Robin has been a passionate advocate for the magic of summer camp for many years. In 2022, she brought her expertise to the Arthritis Foundation, where she oversees the national JA summer camp program, creating unforgettable experiences for kids with rheumatic diagnoses.

Danielle Fair, MD, Medical Director

Dr. Fair is a pediatric rheumatologist at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee. This will be her fourth year at camp and her second as our Medical Director. She has been to camp in the past as a pediatric rheumatology fellow and has been wanting to get more involved with camp. She really enjoyed her first year at camp, but her time was cut short due to the arrival of her second child! We’re super happy to have her back. She volunteers at camp because she wanted to get to know her patients — and let them get to know her — outside of the hospital. She wants them to see that doctors are fun, friendly and caring individuals who really aren't all that scary. Her favorite part of camp is helping the older kids learn about different types of rheumatic diseases through playing games.

McKenzie Tischauser, CCLS, M.E.S.H. Director

McKenzie is a Child Life Specialist (CCLS) at Marshfield Children’s Hospital. She has been involved with camp for over five years as the Mental, Emotional, and Social Health Director. She volunteers because she works with many kids that have some form of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and she wants to not only be a part of these kids' medical journeys, but also to help them have fun and be kids! McKenzie first volunteered at camp as a student and got to see first-hand what children/teens with JIA go through. Camp was so special to her that once she graduated from college, she wanted to continue being involved in camp and in changing campers' lives. Her favorite part of camp is Off the Hill with our older campers, cooking their own food, playing games, great deep discussion and sleeping under the stars.

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