Hearts In Action

Four-year-old Julia and three-year-old Addison have a lot in common. Both are battling cancer. Both have endured many trips to the hospital and struggled with difficult treatments like chemotherapy. Now they have something else in common. Something a lot more fun. They are Team Summer friends! They met in a play area in the hospital…

Team Summer is pleased to announce that 13-year-old Kayla has become our very first Team Summer Superstar Kid!! Kayla was diagnosed with a brain tumor back in January 2013. She came to us through 16-year-old Haley (thank you, Haley!), who was battling cancer herself. Haley selected Kayla for a Team Summer gift and gave her…

Team Summer has lost a dear friend.  Michael Johns, an American Idol runner-up in 2008, died suddenly this past Friday from an apparent  blood clot. He was 35 years old. Michael was very special to Summer Dale, the founder of Team Summer. When a family friend arranged for Summer to fly to Los Angeles to watch an…

The intent of a Team Summer gift is to make a child’s cancer journey a little easier by distracting or entertaining the child. Sometimes that means a cool electronic device. Sometimes it’s a ride in a limo. Or a fashion photo shoot. But for three-year-old Addison, who is battling a brain tumor, it simply meant…

Up until last November, Maddie was a happy-go-lucky eighth grader. Her biggest problem was figuring out how to get her naturally-curly hair to stay straight! But then right after Thanksgiving, she developed a pain on the side of her left calf that just got worse with each passing day. It did not take doctors long…

The Riverwood International Charter School Art Auction went off without a hitch! Students from all grades submitted art work for family, friends, and fans to bid on. Together, art lovers purchased $1143 worth of creativity, all to benefit Team Summer! Many thanks to the coordinators of this event, Riverwood teachers Dana Munson and Elizabeth Karp. We…

Mark your calendars – Thursday April 17th from 5:30p-7:00p! It is time once again for the second annual Art Auction Fundraiser for Team Summer at Riverwood High School in Sandy Springs!! The Riverwood National Honor Society is hosting an art show and silent auction (followed by  Riverwood’s Showcase for Visual and Performing Arts at 7:00p)….

After years of being told what to, where to go, what treatments he had to endure, Jack is finally in the driver’s seat! We met 7-year old Jack after a teacher at his school nominated him through the Team Summer website! Jack battled leukemia for three years – as long as he can remember, if…

As the fifth of  six children in her family, 11-year-old Hannah Cate has always been surrounded by a lot of love and support. But her life has not been easy. Not by a long shot. Born with Downs Syndrome, she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia when she was just six years old….

Josiah was only two years old when he got his Team Summer gift from Summer. Now four years old, he just gave his first Team Summer gift…to three-year-old Elijah! The two boys have a lot in common. Both were diagnosed at the same age, just under 2, with the same disease, neuroblastoma – which is…