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By Chad Petri Reporter
Published: Mon, June 09, 2008 - 5:30 am
Last Updated: Monday, June 09, 2008 - 10:22 am
Last Updated: Monday, June 09, 2008 - 10:22 am
Chad Petri
“They're teach you to swim and every year they'll have something like a theme, this year they're having a circus setting,” says 4th Grade Camper Deanna Heard. “It's fun because they know how you've all been; they can be your friends because they're all nice.”
Here cancer's the norm rather than the thing that makes you stand out. Campers are treated to a week of fun, games and normalcy.
“You come here and you realize there's more than just a hospital bed you realize that you can have fun again and as a counselor to show those kids that it's an amazing experience,” says Counselor West Sanders.
He has a special connection to this place. He's one of the few here who's a leukemia survivor and former camper. West says other campers seek him out
“So when they find one that was they really look up to you and they're like wow can I come back, so camp doesn't end when you're 17,” says West.
Most other counselors here aren't cancer survivors but those interested in medicine and helping others with the illness.
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I’ve been there and know what it feels like, Chemo and all and I would feel so sorry for babies and kids going through it. When I was able I used to send a check each month to ST.JUDES for kids to help ease the pain of seeing kids having to go through it. NICE GOING CHAD, I think you have did another good job for the public.