Next Events
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Gwinnett Stripers Game
Coolray Field2500 Buford Dr, Lawrenceville, GA 30043, USAJoin us, September 8th, at Coolray field to watch the Gwinnett Stripers take on the Worcester Red Socks!
For more information or to RSVP please reach out to Jamie.
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Apple Picking at Hillcrest Orchards
Hillcrest Orchards, Georgia 52, Ellijay, GA, USAHillcrest Orchards, Georgia 52, Ellijay, GA, USA
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Day with the Atlanta Braves
Join us at Truist Park on Sunday, September 10, 2023, for Childhood Cancer Awareness Day as the Atlanta Braves take on the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1:35 p.m. This MLB league-wide initiative will honor those who are currently fighting or who have courageously battled childhood cancer.
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Pirates of Lanier Charity Poker Run
Lanier Partners of North Georgia, Inc. is a community-based charity that has been raising money for Georgia’s children since establishment in 2010.
Their signature event is hosting the Pirates of Lanier Charity Poker Run allowing them to serve hundreds of children annually live a fuller, happier and more productive life. They ask for contributions and participation so they can continue serving Georgia’s children. Camp Sunshine is a beneficiary each year.
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Pirates of Lanier Charity Poker Run
Lanier Partners of North Georgia, Inc. is a community-based charity that has been raising money for Georgia’s children since establishment in 2010.
Their signature event is hosting the Pirates of Lanier Charity Poker Run allowing them to serve hundreds of children annually live a fuller, happier and more productive life. They ask for contributions and participation so they can continue serving Georgia’s children. Camp Sunshine is a beneficiary each year.
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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