From Lynne Dale, Summer’s mom: Yesterday was six months to the day since Summer died. My heart has ached so much over the last six months that sometimes I don’t think I can bear it. Mostly, I have no idea when, or if, this sadness will ever leave me. I have no experience with grief…
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Summer Dale loved Riverwood High School, and now Riverwood is loving her right back. This Tuesday night, April 16th, the Riverwood National Honor Society is hosting an art show and silent auction from 5:30-8:30p. The proceeds from the silent auction will be donated to Team Summer. One of Summer’s favorite classes at Riverwood was photography,…
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Haley is 16 years old. Last November, she was diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer…so rare that she is the only child ever to have been diagnosed with this particular type. Needless to say that between surgeries and chemo, Haley’s young life has been turned upside down. Before she got sick, she played…
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Please join us for a wonderful concert to benefit Team Summer to be held January 13th at 4:00pm (doors open at 3:30) at Steve’s Live Music at 234 Hilderbrand Dr. NE, Sandy Springs, GA 30328! Jack Schneider is a Wunderkind of sorts, who at age 15 is already a talented singer and songwriter. He knows about…
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The Dunwoody High School Harry Potter Alliance has created a video about Team Summer and entered it in a contest called Project for Awesome! This is the same group, led by 11th graders Mallory Harris and Lauren Palgon, that raised $256 for Team Summer a month ago by holding a quidditch match. (Mallory’s family is…
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Through their innovative on-line concert, the fabulous duo, Godfrey and Guy, raised nearly $1,000 for Team Summer! Accompanying them were Lauran Hunt on bass and Tom Olsen on keyboards. During the holiday open house at Rev. Terry Davis’ home, minister of Northwest Unitarian Universalist Congregation (and the very same minister who officiated Summer’s Celebration of…
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Many of you have asked what you can do to support Team Summer. Here’s a simple way! Godfrey and Guy, the amazing jazz duo, are having a concert to benefit Team Summer! Here’s the cool part – you can be part of it right from your home because…(roll of drums) it’s an on-line concert! You can decorate…
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Yesterday was a big day for Team Summer. Bittersweet to say the least. We gave our first Team Summer gift without Summer. The gift recipient was a gentle 10-year old boy named Enrique who has leukemia. Diagnosed just this past summer, he has already been through so much, including four consecutive months in the hospital….
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In the sixteen short years Summer Dale graced this planet, she made more of a difference than most people do in a lifetime. Today was not a day to mourn; there would be time for that. Today was a time to celebrate Summer’s incredible life. People dressed in purple, her favorite color, and came by the…
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Summer’s Celebration of Life will be held this Sunday, November 18th at 3:00p at Opera in Midtown. In the spirit of Summer’s offbeat style, we ask that her family and friends leave their black clothes and glum faces at home. Instead, put on her favorite color, purple, and come ready to toast her extraordinary life!…
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