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		1	2	3 Remember the Sunshine Family Night 6:00 PM-7:00 PM 06/03/2021 Tenise No additional detail for this event.	4	5
6 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Teens All day 06/06/2021-06/11/2021 Edith Virtual Summer Camp, Sunshine 2.1! We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Teen Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 6-11. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	7 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Teens All day 06/07/2021-06/11/2021 Edith Virtual Summer Camp, Sunshine 2.1! We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Teen Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 6-11. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	8 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Teens All day 06/08/2021-06/11/2021 Edith Virtual Summer Camp, Sunshine 2.1! We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Teen Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 6-11. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	9 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Teens All day 06/09/2021-06/11/2021 Edith Virtual Summer Camp, Sunshine 2.1! We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Teen Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 6-11. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	10 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Teens All day 06/10/2021-06/11/2021 Edith Virtual Summer Camp, Sunshine 2.1! We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Teen Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 6-11. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	11 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Teens All day 06/11/2021-06/11/2021 Edith Virtual Summer Camp, Sunshine 2.1! We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Teen Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 6-11. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	12
13 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Juniors All day 06/13/2021-06/18/2021 Edith We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Junior Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 13-18. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	14 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Juniors All day 06/14/2021-06/18/2021 Edith We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Junior Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 13-18. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	15 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Juniors All day 06/15/2021-06/18/2021 Edith We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Junior Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 13-18. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	16 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Juniors All day 06/16/2021-06/18/2021 Edith We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Junior Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 13-18. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	17 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Juniors All day 06/17/2021-06/18/2021 Edith We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Junior Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 13-18. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	18 Summer Camp Sunshine 2.1 for Juniors All day 06/18/2021-06/18/2021 Edith We know you have been patiently waiting for an announcement about our plans for this year’s summer camp. After closely following the pandemic and vaccine status and careful discussions with our medical team, we have agreed that out of continued concern for the safety of our campers, volunteers, and staff, we will offer virtual summer camp this year, Sunshine 2.1. Like many of you, we had hopes of returning to in-person camp with restrictions and safety guidelines, but the ultimate decision was a unanimous one. We are already working to make Sunshine 2.1 innovative and interactive to engage and connect with our camp community. Junior Week Sunshine 2.1 is June 13-18. Please register your camper for a week of Sunshine 2.1 our virtual summer camp at the link below. Click this link to register: https://campsunshine.campmanagement.com/campers	19
20 Family Getaway Retreats at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge All day 06/20/2021-06/25/2021 Camp Twin Lakes – Rutledge, GA 1391 Keencheefoonee Road, Rutledge, GA, USA We are offering a Family Getaway Retreat at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge this summer. The two-night getaway will be a modified family camp with strict COVID-19 safety precautions in place. We will have limited availability and details will be released later. Currently we are planning 2, 2 night getaway retreats for the week of June 20-25 (June 20-22 and June 23-25). Details on the schedules and registration will be available soon.	21 Family Getaway Retreats at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge All day 06/21/2021-06/25/2021 Camp Twin Lakes – Rutledge, GA 1391 Keencheefoonee Road, Rutledge, GA, USA We are offering a Family Getaway Retreat at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge this summer. The two-night getaway will be a modified family camp with strict COVID-19 safety precautions in place. We will have limited availability and details will be released later. Currently we are planning 2, 2 night getaway retreats for the week of June 20-25 (June 20-22 and June 23-25). Details on the schedules and registration will be available soon.	22 Family Getaway Retreats at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge All day 06/22/2021-06/25/2021 Camp Twin Lakes – Rutledge, GA 1391 Keencheefoonee Road, Rutledge, GA, USA We are offering a Family Getaway Retreat at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge this summer. The two-night getaway will be a modified family camp with strict COVID-19 safety precautions in place. We will have limited availability and details will be released later. Currently we are planning 2, 2 night getaway retreats for the week of June 20-25 (June 20-22 and June 23-25). Details on the schedules and registration will be available soon.	23 Family Getaway Retreats at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge All day 06/23/2021-06/25/2021 Camp Twin Lakes – Rutledge, GA 1391 Keencheefoonee Road, Rutledge, GA, USA We are offering a Family Getaway Retreat at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge this summer. The two-night getaway will be a modified family camp with strict COVID-19 safety precautions in place. We will have limited availability and details will be released later. Currently we are planning 2, 2 night getaway retreats for the week of June 20-25 (June 20-22 and June 23-25). Details on the schedules and registration will be available soon.	24 Family Getaway Retreats at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge All day 06/24/2021-06/25/2021 Camp Twin Lakes – Rutledge, GA 1391 Keencheefoonee Road, Rutledge, GA, USA We are offering a Family Getaway Retreat at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge this summer. The two-night getaway will be a modified family camp with strict COVID-19 safety precautions in place. We will have limited availability and details will be released later. Currently we are planning 2, 2 night getaway retreats for the week of June 20-25 (June 20-22 and June 23-25). Details on the schedules and registration will be available soon.	25 Family Getaway Retreats at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge All day 06/25/2021-06/25/2021 Camp Twin Lakes – Rutledge, GA 1391 Keencheefoonee Road, Rutledge, GA, USA We are offering a Family Getaway Retreat at Camp Twin Lakes, Rutledge this summer. The two-night getaway will be a modified family camp with strict COVID-19 safety precautions in place. We will have limited availability and details will be released later. Currently we are planning 2, 2 night getaway retreats for the week of June 20-25 (June 20-22 and June 23-25). Details on the schedules and registration will be available soon.	26
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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.

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A New Book About Camp Sunshine

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