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August
  • 01

    Remember the Sunshine Family Night

    12:00 AM
    08/01/2019
    Camp Sunshine House
    1850 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA, USA

    Bereaved Family night with dinner and support group for parents and age-appropriate play groups for children. Contact Tenise Newberg at Tenise@mycampsunshine.com for more details.

  • 09

    Pooler Fun Zone Family Night for Savannah families

    6:00 PM-8:00 PM
    08/09/2019
    Pooler Fun Zone Amusemant and Sprorts Park
    1040 US-80, Pooler, GA 31322, USA

    Sign up to have a fun night with your family and meet other Camp Sunshine families in the Savannah area. Camp Sunshine family wristbands will include go-karts and mini golf. Also included are chicken fingers/ hotdog/corndog and a fountain drink. Please contact Stephanie for more info and to register at stephanie@mycampsunshine.com or call 404-216-2158. An email confirmation will be sent to those that sign up.

     

  • 11

    Seasonal Sunshine

    4:30 PM-7:30 PM
    08/11/2019
    1850 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA, USA
    1850 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA, USA

    WHERE: Camp Sunshine House
    1850 Clairmont Road
    Decatur, GA 30033
    4:30 – Bingo
    5:30 – BBQ Dinner
    RSVP: Call Ann at 404-325-7979 or email ann@mycampsunshine.com
    Immediate family members only.
    Please indicate names of everyone attending.

  • 13

    Sunshine 2U at Egleston

    10:00 AM-2:00 PM
    08/13/2019

    It’s just like summer camp, but we bring it to you in the hospital-all week! Games, Crafts and Camp Activities brought to the inpatient and outpatient areas of the AFLAC Unit at the Egleston campus.

  • 14

    Sunshine 2U in Savannah

    9:00 AM-1:00 PM
    08/14/2019

    Games, crafts and camp activities brought to the inpatient and outpatient oncology areas of Memorial Health in Savannah.

  • 14

    Sunshine 2U at Scottish Rite

    10:00 AM-2:00 PM
    08/14/2019

    Games, Crafts and Camp Activities brought to the inpatient and outpatient areas of the AFLAC Unit at the Scottish Rite campus.

  • 16

    Summer Sibling Camp Weekend

    All day
    08/16/2019-08/18/2019

    Camper’s siblings ages 7-18 are invited to join us for summer sibling camp weekend at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, GA. All siblings are welcome to submit applications. Applications will be accepted from all; however, preference will go to those siblings with a camper currently on treatment or off treatment within the last 2 years.

    Please contact Astin at  astin@mycampsunshine.com for more information.

It’s Like Heaven: Stories from Camp Sunshine edited by Dorothy H. Jordan

Published by UGA Press:  In 1982 Dorothy H. Jordan founded Camp Sunshine to provide children with cancer a safe, normal childhood experience, to show them that others share their challenges, and to help them find community and support. In 1983 approximately forty campers between the ages of seven and eighteen attended the first summer camp, held in the north Georgia mountains. Thirty-five years later, more than four hundred campers attended the 2018 summer camp, and several hundred more children and family members participated in more than 150 additional recreational, educational, and supportive Camp Sunshine programs held throughout the year in metro Atlanta, Savannah, and other areas of Georgia.

Today Camp Sunshine, a nonprofit organization, has hundreds of dedicated volunteers who help the leadership staff of the camp with its multiple year-round programs, as well as pediatric oncology nurses and other medical professionals who take care of the campers’ medical needs while they attend those programs.

It’s Like Heaven documents the story of the first thirty-five years of Camp Sunshine through the voices of campers, their nurses, counselors, and other volunteers. Each chapter is a former camper’s first-person story about childhood cancer and the Camp Sunshine journey, followed by reflections on the camper’s experience by the camper’s nurse or another member of the camp community, creating a unique narrative of each camper’s struggle and path toward healing. Every story includes photos of both the camper and the camper’s mentor as well as several photos that illustrate the connections, bonds, and strength of community created through Camp Sunshine.

 

“These powerful stories show us the resilience of the human spirit. Cancer touches all of our lives and the message of this book is universal. Camp Sunshine has created a little piece of heaven in Georgia for children and their families impacted by cancer, and everyone will find inspiration in these moving accounts about the healing power of community.” – PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

All proceeds benefit Camp Sunshine.

Order your copy here:

UGAPress

Indiebound.org

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