St. Louis summer camp helps kids after parents die. But it needs more counselors.

This year has been more stressful than most. Camp applications are rolling in every day, but commitments from counselors, specifically male counselors, are not keeping pace. It’s a persistent problem for summer programs of all types — some of which have been forced to trim their offerings because of staff shortages — but the repercussions are heavier for Camp Courage. In 1998, Byrne, then a pediatric oncology nurse, formed Annie’s Hope — named after a little girl who had been her patient — to provide grief counseling for children and...