Remember Lauren, the 19-year-old girl who was diagnosed with leukemia just after she started her sophomore year of college and had to drop out? We thought you’d like to know what she’s been up to! Despite all the debilitating treatments that Lauren has had to endure, her enthusiastic spirit remains untouched. She was so grateful…
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About a month ago, Brooke and Hannah (the two girls in the middle of the top row), friends of Summer’s from Riverwood High School, called Team Summer to say that they were planning a Team Summer fundraiser to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Summer’s passing. On their own, they found someone to make Team Summer…
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Reid just had his Bar Mitzvah! Sure, he wanted to have a big party, but he also wanted to give back, too. He had heard of Team Summer through school and wanted to help. Unfortunately, Reid is all too familiar with cancer. His dad has been battling it for a year and a half. What Reid…
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One year ago today, Summer Dale, the founder of Team Summer, lost her battle with cancer. Yesterday, I, her mother, Lynne Dale, was privileged to be asked to speak at my church about her loss and my faith. Here’s what I said, and it is an answer to the question of how I am doing…one…
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Sydney, who just turned 14, recently got a very special Team Summer gift! She is having a tough time battling a recurrence of osteosarcoma, which has shown up again as a tumor on her spine. If you met Sydney, you would immediately be struck by her poise and grace. Already 5’8″, it’s no surprise that…
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A year ago, Lauren’s life was derailed. At 19, she was just starting her sophomore year at college when she started feeling very sick. Before long, the doctors had a diagnosis: high risk, acute leukemia. Life as Lauren knew it was over. She was transported into a medical world she found overwhelming. To date, she…
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Remember Kayla? She is the 11-year-old battling a brain tumor. We call her the “Bling Girl” because she’s the one who had wanted fancy bling tack for her horse! Thankfully, Team Summer was able to get it for her! What you might not know is that whenever a kid receives a Team Summer gift, the…
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Team Summer is excited to invite you to an amazing event, honoring Summer Dale, founder of Team Summer, on October 5, 2013 right here in Atlanta! It’s called Polo in the Pines and is an annual fundraiser for sarcoma research. This year, the organization has chosen to honor the amazing life of Summer. Late last…
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This guy should look familiar to you. He’s been involved with Team Summer from the beginning. In June of 2011, a few months before Team Summer founder, Summer Dale, was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma, Tyler was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma in his rib cage. Summer and Tyler met through mutual friends and became the best of…
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Remember Antonio? In May 2012, he was the 12-year-old battling leukemia lymphoma who got a laptop from Team Summer — given to him by Summer herself! And he’s the kid who, when you mention his name to people at the hospital, their faces light up, and they say, “Ohhhhh, Antonio! I LOVE Antonio!” Antonio also…
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