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For participating in 2019 Toronto Sporting Life 10k

Our story…

This year we are running for our Rockstars - Evie and Sophia. This has been a big year for 8-year-old Evie. For the first time in 7 1/2 years, she got to a take a break from chemo for her brain tumor. Her body and mind flourished and she even joined a cheerleading squad. She is back in treatment but is as vibrant and funny as ever and of course can’t wait to see her friends at Camp Ooch again this summer. Eleven year old Sophia is enjoying being back at home and school after undergoing 6 months of intensive treatment for leukemia last year. She still makes monthly return trips to Sick Kids from her home in Timmins but enjoys the opportunity to keep in touch with the Camp Ooch councillors there. Last summer she attended her first ever sleep over camp for two weeks at Camp Ooch and can’t wait to return again this year. Both girls absolutely love Camp Ooch and all the wonderful councillors who have helped them continue to be happy, creative and confident young girls!

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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.

Team members

Click on one of our team members below to make a donation.

Recent donors

Donation date Donor name Donation amount
Mar 31 Karyn Stowe $107.91
Mar 30 The Lash's Go Janet Go! Undisclosed amount
Mar 30 Donna Trottier Go Janet!! Happy to support such a worthwhile charity! $54.24
Mar 28 Robin Pilkey $107.91
Mar 27 The McVeigh's Hope you get a PB:) $54.24
Mar 27 Ottilia Lockhard $54.24
Mar 27 E + J Sustar Undisclosed amount
Mar 27 Anna MacDonald $107.91
Mar 26 Susan Billinkoff Good luck Ash!! $54.24
Mar 25 Jonah Brown Hope you don’t get a case of the runs! $22.03