Your Cans Are Their Childhood
Join New York’s mission to turn aluminum waste into hope for young burn survivors.
Your Cans Are Their Childhood
Join New York’s mission to turn aluminum waste
into hope for young burn survivors.
Join New York’s mission to turn aluminum waste into hope for young burn survivors.
About Cans For Camp
About Cans For Camp
Turn Everyday Waste Into Hope and Support
Turn Everyday Waste Into Hope and Support
Our Mission
Our Mission
Turning everyday recycling into opportunities for recovery, community, and hope.
Turning everyday recycling into opportunities for recovery, community, and hope.
Turning everyday recycling into opportunities for recovery, community, and hope.
We believe that small, collective actions can create powerful change: cleaner streets, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
We believe that small, collective actions can create powerful change: cleaner streets, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
We believe that small, collective actions can create powerful change: cleaner streets, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
Our Vision
A New York where recycling doesn’t just protect the planet — it transforms lives.
Through partnership, education, and action, we aim to inspire communities to recycle with purpose and care.
Our Vision
Our Vision
New York City is a leader in sustainability and through our efforts it can also help to transform lives.
New York City is a leader in sustainability and through our efforts it can also help to transform lives.
Through partnership, education, and action, we aim to inspire communities to recycle with purpose and care.
Through partnership, education, and action, we aim to inspire communities to recycle with purpose and care.
Why It Matters
Three Challenges.
One Simple Solution.
The Environment
The Environment
Aluminum cans make up a significant portion of NYC's daily waste, yet nearly half of them never get recycled.
Each can tossed in the trash adds to landfills, pollution, and a cycle that harms both our environment and our communities.
Aluminum cans make up a significant portion of NYC's daily waste, yet nearly half of them never get recycled.Each can tossed in the trash adds to landfills, pollution, and a cycle that harms both our environment and our communities.
Amount of waste generated in NYC Daily
Tons of waste made daily in NYC
Amount of waste generated in NYC Daily
The Human Impact
The Human Impact
The Human Impact
Through our partnership with ACBC every recycled aluminum can helps fund summer camps where young survivors rebuild their confidence and rediscover joy — surrounded by others who understand what they’ve been through.
Through our partnership with ACBC every recycled aluminum can helps fund summer camps where young survivors rebuild their confidence and rediscover joy — surrounded by others who understand what they’ve been through.
Children hospitalized annually for burn injuries
Children hospitalized annually for burns
Children hospitalized annually for burns
Supporting Our
First Responders
Supporting Our
First Responders
Community support and partnerships are vital for fire safety awareness! An apportioned amount of all collected funds are donated to support our first responders.
Of U.S. firefighters
are volunteers
Of U.S. firefighters
are volunteers
Of U.S. firefighters
are volunteers
What If One Action Could Solve
Three Problems At Once?
What If One Action Could Solve Three Problems At Once?
What If One Action Could Solve
Three Problems At Once?
Environmental responsibility, survivor healing, and community protection — they are all part of one story.
When you recycle with Cans for Camp, you are engaging in sustainability through waste management — you are supporting survivors, honoring first responders, and investing in a safer, cleaner, more compassionate city.
Environmental responsibility, survivor healing, and community protection — they are all part of one story.
When you recycle with Cans for Camp, you are engaging in sustainability through waste management — you are supporting survivors, honoring first responders, and investing in a safer, cleaner, more compassionate city.
Our 4-Step Solution
Our 4-Step Solution
Our 4-Step Solution
Turn Everyday Waste Into Hope and Support
Place, Collect, & Connect
We start by placing clearly marked aluminum can collection bins in high-traffic areas across New York City — from schools and community centers to local businesses and fire stations.
Place, Collect, & Connect
We start by placing clearly marked aluminum can collection bins in high-traffic areas across New York City — from schools and community centers to local businesses and fire stations.
Collect & Connect
We start by placing clearly marked aluminum can collection bins in high-traffic areas across New York City — from schools and community centers to local businesses and fire stations.
Educate and Engage
Through community outreach, school partnerships, and local fire department collaborations, we educate the public about why recycling and fire safety matter — and how they intersect.
Educate and Engage
Through community outreach, school partnerships, and local fire department collaborations, we educate the public about why recycling and fire safety matter — and how they intersect.
Educate & Engage
Through community outreach, school partnerships, and local fire department collaborations, we educate the public about why recycling and fire safety matter — and how they intersect.
Recycle and Reinvest
Collected cans are sorted and turned in for recycling. The funds raised go directly toward ACBC’s burn survivor programs, local fire department initiatives, and community sustainability efforts.
Recycle and Reinvest
Collected cans are sorted and turned in for recycling. The funds raised go directly toward ACBC’s burn survivor programs, local fire department initiatives, and community sustainability efforts.
Recycle & Reinvest
Collected cans are sorted and turned in for recycling. The funds raised go directly toward ACBC’s burn survivor programs, local fire department initiatives, and community sustainability efforts.
Celebrate and Grow
We track every can collected, every dollar raised, and every program supported — then share those results with our community and sponsors. Whether it’s a milestone in cans recycled, a new camp session funded, or fire safety equipment delivered, we celebrate progress as one city, one cause, and one community.
Celebrate and Grow
We track every can collected, every dollar raised, and every program supported — then share those results with our community and sponsors. Whether it’s a milestone in cans recycled, a new camp session funded, or fire safety equipment delivered, we celebrate progress as one city, one cause, and one community.
Celebrate & Grow
We track every can collected, every dollar raised, and every program supported — then share those results with our community and sponsors.Whether it’s a milestone in cans recycled, a new camp session funded, or fire safety equipment delivered, we celebrate progress as one city, one cause, and one community.
See Our Work at UNGA!
See Our Work at UNGA!
In September 2025, Maya launched her first in-person event and brought together the New York, Cleveland, and Puerto Rican Fire Departments for a night of partnership, collaboration, and sustainability at the United Nations General Assembly.
In September 2025, Maya launched her first in-person event and brought together the New York, Cleveland, and Puerto Rican Fire Departments for a night of partnership, collaboration, and sustainability at the United Nations General Assembly.
In September 2025, Maya launched her first in-person event and brought together the New York, Cleveland, and Puerto Rican Fire Departments for a night of partnership, collaboration, and sustainability at the United Nations General Assembly.
Support Our Work
Turn Everyday Waste Into Hope and Support
Turn Everyday Waste Into Hope and Support
How You Can Help
How to Help
We believe that small, collective actions can create powerful change: cleaner streets, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
We believe that small, collective actions can create powerful change: cleaner streets, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
We believe that small, collective actions can create powerful change: cleaner streets, stronger communities, and brighter futures.
