By Patty Brouwer | Project Leader
Dear donors,
In June it will be worldwide childhood cancer survivors week: we celebrate the life of our survivors. We honor their courageous journeys and recognize the challenges they continue to face. For more information visit our umbrella organization Childhood Cancer International: http://www.childhoodcancerinternational.org/cci-signature-events/international-childhood-cancer-survivors-week/
With your care for children with cancer we received $1.155 of the $15.000 we aim for. Recently 24 children have visited our camp of 12-18 year olds: patients, ex-patients and brother or sisters. They stayed from the 18th of March till the 20th of March in the Youth hostel in Soest http://www.stayokay.com/nl/hostel/soest. With your donations all registration fees of the children for this camp have been covered. This is wonderful!
We gathered some quotes of the group and added a copy of our magazine where it was reported in (in Dutch).
Quotes of the kids:
The camp for me is ...
“a place where it is enough to say two words and where you can be yourself”; “coziness where you can be yourself”; “a camp where I can talk”; “an amazing experience”; “a camp with little sleep lots of fun and sociability”; “a place where you are understood”; “I can talk to anyone and it's just fun”; “lots of fun and laughing a lot”; “having a great weekend where I see my friends again”; “the best camp to go to”; “cosy, everyone knows what cancer is, so you can talk. It is too short! ‘; “share, have fun, and understanding yourself (secretly enjoy! :))”; “understand and share”; “a weekend retreat with people who know what you've been through. And fun activities, alternating with serious discussions and stories”; “great, everyone has experienced the same so you do not have to explain”; “a camp where you are equal and where your disease is not prejudged. It is a cozy and sometimes emotionally camp with cozy staff and fellow camp mates”; “a nice experience, I would not have missed it”.
Do help us to gain our goal and distribute this message to family and friends, people who care for children with cancer.
Thank you very much to you all!
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