Deputation: Item 5.1 - Bill McMeekan, Camp Oochigeas, Summer Camp for Children with Cancer The Magic Of Ca Camp mp Ooc ochi higeas eas
My Story… Cancer Affects Us All
Cancer Changes A Child’s Life. So Does Camp. Ki Kids wi with th c cancer er g grow up fas ast. t. They d deal al wi with th s serious “grown up” p problems e every d day. B Betw tween tr trea eatm tments ts, surger eries, an and visits ts to to th the doctor, i it’s almost i impossible to to find d ti time f for th the e equally ser erious business o of b being a g a kid. That’s w s why C y Camp mp Ooc ochi higeas is so speci cial. It’s a a plac ace wh where kids wi with th ca cancer can an j just b t be e kids. It’s al also th the o only c cam amp in Ca Canada da th that t del elivers o on-site te c chem emotherapy a and blood tr transfu fusions, one e of th the m e many r reas asons oncologists ar are advocates and b bel elieve in th the h e heal aling p power o of Ca Camp Ooch ch for th their p pati tients.
The Magic of Ooch Muskoka • For o over er 30 30 year ears, C Cam amp Ooch ch has as b been een a a pla lace w wher ere kids ar are e define ned b by who ho the hey a are – not not w wha hat t the hey ha have. S Set i in n beaut utiful Muskok oka, m a, minutes es past Rosseau eau on on hw hwy. 1 141, Ooch ch offers k s kids ds a chance t ce to experi erien ence t ce the joys o of trad aditional onal o overni rnight ht camp mping ng, l , like e canoei oeing ng, f , fishi hing ng, w water erskiing ng a and r rock c climb mbing ng, , all w while p e providing ng q qual ality m medical cal c care, a , along ongside n e neces essary ary su support st staff. • Parents sa say t y that C Camp Ooch ch has as m mad ade th e thei eir kids m more independ endent ent, , confident ent a and r resilient ent. . But m more i e imp mpor ortant antly, , the hey s say it’s he helped t the hem g gain a a mor more p pos ositive out outlook ok on on the heir can cance cer, an and th thei eir lif life.
More Than A Camp. • IN-HOSPITAL: Ooch runs programs for children and their families year-round, seven days and four nights a week at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and weekly at a number of other hospitals. These programs bring the Magic of Ooch where it’s needed most. • OOCH DOWNTOWN: This one-of-a-kind facility lets the Magic of Ooch live year-round. It provides programs that are especially important for children who are too sick to go to Camp, or for whom going to overnight camp is too big of a stretch.
DONOR ORS M MAKE A KE A DIFFER FFERENCE CE. • Camp p Ooc Ooch Musk skoka a had more c e camper ers t s than e ever r bef efore th this seas eason… a a to total of 596, 596, th thanks to to th the generosi sity o y of private te donors! s! • However er, about t only 2 20 p percen cent t of kids w s with th c cancer cer get th et the c e chan ance to to go to to cam camp. C Cam amp Ooc Ooch ha has a an n ambitious g s goal o of se sending a all k kids s with th c cancer cer, in n Ontari tario t to camp. • Let Let’s s chang hange thi this! s!
DONOR ORS M MAKE A KE A DIFFER FFERENCE CE. Symbolic lic Donat ation L Lev evel Giv iving Le Level Sen end a a kid to to $4,000 Ooch ch fo for 2 2 week eeks Sen end a a kid to to $2,000 Ooc och f for or 1 1 week eek Sen end a a kid to to $600 Ooc och f for or a a week eekend Sen end a a kid to to $300 Ooch f h for 1 1 da day
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