Yearly camps for 80 children with cancer age 6-18

Dear donors,

Last year, thanks to your generosity, we raised € 2.336,14 for our camps for children and adolescents with cancer and their siblings. 

In 2016 VOKK organized three camps.
- In March for the 12-18 old with 24 participants at StayOkay Soest  http://www.stayokay.com/nl/hostel/soest.
- In May for the 6-12 old with 41 participants at camping de Oldemeyer in Rheeze (Hardenberg) http://www.oldemeyer.nl/
- In September for the age of 18 and older with 23 participants at StayOkay Domburg https://www.stayokay.com/nl/hostel/domburg

The basis or our camps is sharing, making fun, knowing you are not alone, making friends. The programs for each camp are different and according to the age of the participants. The camp for the youngest children has lots of sports & play, whilst the middle group do challenging things like high ropes. The oldest go to a pub/discotheque on the Saturday evening, something they never do in daily life. All camps have creative workshops and a memorial moment for the children that have died.

The stories children share at camp are often emotional and special. There is an open atmosphere that provides recognition. “Half a word is enough”. “Everything is possible.” “Everybody accepts me as I am.’

We are working hard on the preparations for the 2017 camps. The dates and locations are fixed and we are working on the programs. The first camp for 12-18 year old is from March 22-24 in the StayOkay in Heemskerk: www.stayokay.com/nl/hostel/heemskerk. To date there are already 23 registrations.

The camp for the 6-12 year old in Rheeze (http://www.oldemeyer.nl/) hasn’t been promoted yet but there are already 16 registrations. Families are really looking forward to this annual weekend.

We hope you will keep on supporting these camps that are so important for our kids.

We thank you on behalf of the children!