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Rome Braves Game
State Mutual Stadium, 755 Braves Boulevard Northeast, Rome, GA 30161, USAState Mutual Stadium, 755 Braves Boulevard Northeast, Rome, GA 30161, USA
Northwest Georgia region Camp Sunshine families are invited to cheer on the Rome Braves as they take on the Columbia Fireflies on Tuesday, July 24, 2018.
Buffet will be provided from 5:30 – 7:00 PM. Games starts at 7:00 PM at State Mutual Stadium, 755 Braves Boulevard, Rome, GA 30161.
For more information and to RSVP contact Morgan at Camp Sunshine by July 20th at morgan@mycampsunshine.com or call 404-325-7979.
Check out more about the Rome Braves here: https://www.milb.com/rome
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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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