There's nothing like summer fun at camp when you're a kid. But at a camp on Beaver Lake in White Haven is different. The campers have asthma, a chronic inflammation of the airways that can make it difficult to breath.

"We can't go to any other camp because we have asthma, so they make it clean and nice here," says Erin Maloney.

Camping in the woods is definitely tricky if you suffer from asthma, but Camp Asthmacadabra has dozens of volunteers: doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists who donate their time for four days, to give these children an outdoor adventure they'd never be able to enjoy because of their asthma.

"I would never go boating if I never came here," says Maloney.

"It’s really fun and you kind of forget about your asthma that you have it," says camper Emily Quirts.

"I was here the first year. I was 8 years old. I was terrified. I'd never been away from my parents before and loved it. When they came to get me, I didn't want to go home," says Meghan Padden.

And Meghan still won't go home. At 18, she's now a counselor.

"It’s like a big fraternity. Everybody knows everybody. Everybody takes care of one another and I love that atmosphere," says Meghan.

And besides the friendships, the fun and games, the boating, and all there is to do here, Camp Asthmacadabra's goal is to educate campers about asthma and make sure they know how to manage their illness.

"We are measuring how fast the air comes out of her lungs which is an important measurement for children as far as monitoring their asthma," says Chris Tino, Camp Asthmacadabra’s Respiratory Director

Parents also sit in on an asthma education session so everyone in the family knows what to do.

"I had a hard time in the beginning trying to get him to take his medicine, and I guess coming here for four days is making him take that medication, so I learned a lot," says mom, Crystal Parker.

"I thought she was under control, but I’m finding out, there's a lot more we can do and she was actually in more trouble than I knew," says mom, Kate Lavery.

Camp Asthmacadabra has been working its magic now for ten years.

"Probably the most positive thing in the camp is the kids learn to get better and control their health,” says founder Mike Tracy.