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Steve Wolfe

Raised: $10,464.49

Goal: $10,000.00

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My Story…

We first heard about Camp Oochigeas when our son, Noah, was a patient on the 8th Floor at Sick Kids. That's the cancer floor and I sincerely hope you have never had a reason to be there. Noah was reluctant at first to go to to a special camp for kids with cancer but he decided to give it a try his first year during treatment and has never looked back. He has been going to Camp as either a camper or volunteer councillor ever since. Ooch truly is a magical place where kids who dealing with this horrific, life threatening disease get the chance to put their challenges aside for a while and just be kids again in a safe environment with peers (and often councillors) who truly understand what they are going through. Thank you for supporting our efforts to help Ooch continue doing the amazing work that 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.