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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…

We were honored to be featured on Atlanta & Company (ATL & Co) in a special segment sponsored by RaceTrac, highlighting Camp Sunshine’s mission to bring hope to children with cancer and their families. During the interview, our team shared insights about the year-round programs we offer, from summer camps to day programs, and the profound impact these experiences have…

Paul Milliken from Fox 5 on Good Day Atlanta visits Camp Sunshine's first in-person program in more than a year. If you know anything about Camp Sunshine, you know it’s more than just a camp. Offering programs for Georgia youth with cancer and their families, a week at camp is a time when kids can focus on something other than…

Paul Milliken from Fox 5 on Good Day Atlanta visits Camp Sunshine's first in-person program in more than a year. If you know anything about Camp Sunshine, you know it’s more than just a camp. Offering programs for Georgia youth with cancer and their families, a week at camp is a time when kids can focus on something other than…

Paul Milliken from Fox 5 on Good Day Atlanta visits Camp Sunshine's first in-person program in more than a year. If you know anything about Camp Sunshine, you know it’s more than just a camp. Offering programs for Georgia youth with cancer and their families, a week at camp is a time when kids can focus on something other than…

Savannah Now Savannah Morning News Camp Sunshine conducts year-round virtual camp weekends, according to Stephanie Irwin, Savannah program manager for the camp. A virtual family camp weekend for families of children with cancer will be held March 10-20, she said. “For these programs, we ship ‘camp-in-a-box’ packages to our campers, so they have the supplies needed to participate in our…

Simply Buckhead Magazine You may know someone like Dorothy Jordan. She’s one of those people who always has a story to tell. The Peachtree Hills resident never shrinks from sharing them, either. Her endless supply of uplifting tales comes from her association with Camp Sunshine, the nonprofit she founded to support children with cancer. An associate clinical professor in Emory’s…

Lighthouse Family Retreat Podcast The Lighthouse Podcast sat down with Tenise Newberg from Camp Sunshine. In this episode, she opens by talking about her personal experience with camp as both a camper and then as a volunteer. She discusses the current programing at Camp Sunshine, what the value of camp is for an individual and for families, and the ways…

WSBTV People 2 People WSB covered this news story featuring the efforts of Camp Sunshine and how a virtual camp made a difference to the children with cancer in Georgia. Sunshine 2.0 was Camp Sunshine's answer to providing a virtual camp this summer. Campers connected safely online - one week for teens and one week for our junior campers. Hear…

Northside Neighbor - Everett Catts Gardner is one of 14 former and/or current campers whose stories have been compiled into a book, “It’s Like Heaven: Stories from Camp Sunshine,” edited by Dorothy Jordan, who founded the camp in 1982. Each chapter includes both a camper’s first-person account of childhood cancer and reflections by the camper's nurse or another camp staff…