Another weekend, another 10k run and another fundraiser not attempted. I did much better last year ~ shame on me! Camp Oochigeas is an incredible place ~ they do an astonishing job making kids with cancer feel like kids. Kids with cancer are always being told what they can't do, but at camp the focus is on what kids can do - swim, water ski, canoe, etc. Cancer does not define them!
Ooch continues to be the only residential camp in Ontario to offer onsite chemotherapy IV treatment and blood transfusions. It cost about $250 per day or $3,500 for two weeks, although the camp is free to campers. Often referred to as the social cure for cancer, they have expanded programs year-round in Muskoka, at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Ooch Downtown and three other regional cancer centres.
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