 Camp Hope to close after providing a temporary home to thousands who helped Camp Hope 3 is run jointly by volunteers and the St. Bernard Parish government.Camp Hope 3, which opened on January 1, 2010, was located in the building of a former Catholic school located in Arabi, Louisiana.Camp Hope 3 was closed in June 2010 and the space was turned over to house BP employees who worked to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.