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For participating in 2019 Toronto Sporting Life 10k

Bobby Schimmel

Raised: $374.58
Goal: $500.00
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Canadian Adventure Camp

Total raised: $0.00

Goal: $4,000.00

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Help me raise money to send kids with cancer to #CampOoch through the #SL10K https://raceroster.com/events/2019/19641/2019-toronto-sporting-life-10k/pledge/participant/5231209

My Story…

I wouldn't be who I am today if it wasn't for the magic of Summer camp! I am so luck to have gotten to go to camp as a teenager and work at Canadian Adventure Camp for 5+ years there after. As a camper, I got to be my truest self, make new lifelong friends and try things I never could have even dreamed of. Later, as staff, I got to see this magic unfold for hundreds of children every single day. I watched the shyest, most homesick kid turn into one of the most popular kids at camp, I saw children explore their independence, away from home, technology and the social pressures of school and I got to be a counsellor, role model and friend to some of the most amazing girls! To know that because of a cancer diagnosis, many children don't get to go to camp like I did breaks my heart. Camp Ooch ensures that there is on-site treatment, trained staff, doctors and all the other necessities for children experiencing cancer to be able to stay at and enjoy their overnight camp experience.

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Help send kids affected by childhood cancer to Camp Ooch!

A diagnosis of childhood cancer is a big, scary, sudden swerve in the road, changing life in an instant. 

For affected families, it can feel like everything is about cancer. Simple, childhood joys like friendships, birthday parties, or sports teams are left behind in the need for medical appointments, hospital stays, and long absences from school.

For over 35 years, Camp Ooch has offered a different path – the healing power of fun, friendship and self-confidence, and the joy of kids getting to just be kids! 

Often referred to as the social cure for cancer, Ooch provides programming at an overnight camp in Muskoka, at SickKids in Toronto, in specialized paediatric centres and in communities across Ontario. Camp Ooch is the only overnight camp in Canada to offer onsite IV chemotherapy and blood transfusions. 

Camp Ooch is a privately funded, volunteer-based organization that relies exclusively on the generous support of fundraisers, corporate donors and individuals, like you.

Ooch changes the lives of over 1,500 kids affected by childhood cancer every year. However, almost 80% of kids with cancer in Ontario don’t have access to the wonders of camp. You can help change that.

Cancer changes a child's life.  So does Camp.  And so can you.

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Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Mar 21 Michael Schimmel You go, Bobby Schimmel! $320.34
Mar 21 Roberta Schimmel $54.24