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Heather Rock

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Help me raise money to send kids with cancer to #CampOoch through the #SL10K https://raceroster.com/events/2020/27499/sporting-life-10k-virtual-run/pledge/participant/8262219

My Story…

Hello my name is Heather and I am a cancer survivor! I was diagnosed a month before my 9th birthday with AML and ALL, both forms of Leukemia effecting my bones and blood. I lost my childhood that day, the next 5 years were spent in and out of hospital receiving chemotherapy. The only place I felt like a could be a kid was at Camp Ooch, no one stared at me for being bald and I got to meet others who were going through the same illness. This year I am celebrating 15 years cancer free and would like to raise enough money with my team to send a child to camp. Every child that has to fight for their life deserves a place like Camp Ooch where they can forget cancer and just be.

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Kids affected by childhood cancer still need the chance to just be kids!

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 powers 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 1,900 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.

We still run for Ooch!