As 2022 draws to a close, we are sharing with you one of the many chains of giving that happened at Team Summer this year! It’s a beautiful thing to be there as these kids find each other…to watch them connect…and to see firsthand how they help each other cope with their difficult circumstances. We…
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This is Part Two of our trilogy highlighting one of the many chains of giving this year! Last week, we told you how Lex in Georgia reached out to Beckett in Pennsylvania. Now it was Beckett’s turn to help another kid with cancer – Melody in Florida. Here’s their story: Every kid has got their…
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Between now and the end of the year, we’ll be telling you the story of one of the many 2022 Team Summer chains of giving. Well, it’s three stories, actually. A trilogy, if you will. These stories take us from Georgia to Pennsylvania to Florida. We start with a kid named Beckett in Pennsylvania. For…
Keep ReadingIT’S GIVING TUESDAY! We Need You! Dear Friends and Family, It’s GIVING Tuesday, and we hope you will choose Team Summer to support!! We are growing and need you now more than ever! We are going where our Team Summer kids are taking us, and that’s to 23 states (so far). WOW! All that purple…
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A message from Lynne Dale, Summer’s mom: Ten years ago, we lost Summer. It’s hard for me to believe that a decade has passed, because my memory of her is still so vivid. When she died, the emotional pain was intense. I remember thinking that, certainly, after one year, things will get easier. Or maybe…
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From Lynne Dale, Summer’s mom: It’s hard enough to be a kid with cancer, but to be a kid with cancer in a war zone raises the dangers of childhood cancer to a whole new level. In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Team Summer is today launching a very special fundraiser. We have teamed…
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A year and a half ago, Cora was a little girl with a big ambition! She wanted to be a Ninja Warrior. Now, if you have no idea what that means, you’ve probably never seen the reality TV program American Ninja Warrior. It’s a show where contestants – with a WHOLE lot of athletic ability…
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Pandemics are hard. They are even harder when you have cancer. Kalani got diagnosed with leukemia and lymphoma just as the pandemic was in full swing – July of 2020. All cancer patients have to be careful because of their compromised immune systems. But the pandemic has taken being careful to a whole new level….
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It’s GIVING Tuesday, and we hope you will choose Team Summer to support!! This is an exciting time at Team Summer, and we need our donors now more than ever. We’ll fill you in on the latest happenings, but first we want to tell you about an amazing group of Team Summer supporters – listed at the bottom of this post!…
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A couple of years ago, Emma suddenly became very lethargic. Her mother really noticed it when Emma pretty much slept through her entire Spring Break. Still, her mom thought maybe it was just the flu, or worse, mono. They headed to the pediatrician where the doctor did some bloodwork. Truth was, it was much worse….
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