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September
  • 02

    Remember the Sunshine Family Night

    6:00 PM-7:00 PM
    09/02/2021

    No additional detail for this event.

  • 06

    Office Closed

    All day
    09/06/2021

    No additional detail for this event.

  • 11

    Apple Picking at Hillcrest Orchards

    All day
    09/11/2021

    Please join us for apple picking at Hillcrest Orchards in Ellijay, GA.

    Come and enjoy a hayride, a petting zoo, and fresh apple cider! Watch the pig races, pick apples, play mini golf, milk a cow, take a ride down the giant slide, visit the country store, and enjoy live bands and cloggers on the Hillcrest stage!

    WHO: All Children 12 years old and under who have or had cancer and their families.

    WHEN: Saturday, September 11, registration at 10:30-12:30

    WHERE: Hillcrest Orchards, Ellijay GA
    RSVP: Ann at 404-325-7979 or ann@mycampsunshine.com. Please indicate the names of everyone attending. Immediate family members only!

  • 13

    Bingo Night on ZOOM

    6:00 PM
    09/13/2021

    No additional detail for this event.

  • 14

    Planning for College

    5:00 PM-6:30 PM
    09/14/2021

    What’s Next? Planning for College is a program offered each fall for our high school juniors and seniors. Topics include navigating the admission process, getting into the college of your choice, and available scholarships for cancer survivors.

    Join us September 14 on Zoom from 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM.

    For more information and to register, contact Tenise Newberg at tenise@mycampsunshine.com or 404.325.7979, ext. 116.

  • 18

    Ferrari of Atlanta's Rides to Remember

    All day
    09/18/2021

    Rides to Remember brings together childhood cancer patients and exotic car owners. At this annual event, these kids and their families get a timeout from cancer and the opportunity to create joyful and exhilarating memories. The kids will be paired with drivers and their cars to ride the tracks in a Ferrari or other exotic vehicle. For more details and to register, go here.

     

  • 19

    Cagle's Dairy Farm - Canceled

    3:00 PM-5:00 PM
    09/19/2021
    Cagles' Dairy Farm, Holly Springs, GA
    362 Stringer Rd, Canton, GA 30115, USA

    This event has been canceled.

    Who: Camp Sunshine Campers who have or have had cancer and their immediate family members (those that live in their household)
    When: Sunday, September 19th, 3:00pm-5:00 pm
    Where: Cagle’s Dairy Farm in Holly Springs, GA

    RSVP to Morgan at morgan@mycampsunshine.com by Sept. 8th!

    Come get lost in a whopping big corn maze or in Mica’s mini-maze! Cheer on your favorite in the Pig Races. Come to Clay’s Corner for yard games galore. Pose your pals at our photo ops, and then just rest a spell in the Octagon Swings.

     

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

Amazon.com

Barnes & Noble