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Help Shawna raise money

For participating in 2019 Toronto Sporting Life 10k

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/5515431

My Story…

This mothers day I will be running for Marky and his superhero mom Heidi ! Working at The Hospital For Sick Children as a Social Worker in the oncology program, I get to see the magic each day that Camp Ooch brings to the program. Camp Ooch brings daily fun and creativity to the lives of children and their siblings affected by cancer. Camp Ooch gives children an opportunity to do fun and creative activities while in the hospital. They also give children and their siblings the gift of camp and many other programs. I am proud to support Camp Ooch and all the important work they do.

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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
Apr 09 Haddie and Zev Undisclosed amount
Apr 04 arlin markowitz Kol ha kuved shawna Undisclosed amount
Apr 02 Jonathan Bloomberg and Emily Burnett $180.00
Mar 30 Lindsay Brand Undisclosed amount
Mar 30 Brand Family $1,056.50
Mar 30 Faye Markowitz Kol ha kavod shawna $384.41
Mar 07 Shawna Markowitz Undisclosed amount