It’s Giving Tuesday, and we hope you will choose Team Summer to support this year! We are right in the middle of our Annual Matching Challenge, which means that every contribution will be matched dollar for dollar up to $20,000! So, this is a GREAT time for you to make a tax-deductible* donation to Team…
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First an update on where we are with our Annual Matching Challenge! So far, we have raised about $5,000…which puts us 1/4 of the way to our goal. Remember, all of your donations through the end of the year will be matched 100% up to $20,000*. So this is a great time of year to…
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A message from Lynne Dale, Summer’s mom: Twelve. That’s how many years have passed since Summer died. Twelve years ago today. Grief is peculiar. It can hide so cleverly within you that you have the audacity to think the worst is behind you. And then on anniversaries like this one, grief comes at you so…
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This is the last day of our Edison E-bike fundraiser! As you might recall, we set a goal of $35,000. And we are only $3,000 away from reaching that goal! Can you help us get us all the way there today? Every $50 you donate gets you one chance to win. Donate $200 and you’ll…
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September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and Team Summer has launched its sixth annual Team Summer Challenge! YAY!! Supporters will be raising money for Team Summer throughout the month. We have a big goal – $35,000!! And this year we’ve added an exciting surprise! Team Summer is giving away an Edison e-bike! Built in Atlanta…
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Here’s a Team Summer first! Three, count them, three Team Summer kids nominated the same kid…all within a week of each other!! This kind of outpouring is what Summer Dale, the founder of Team Summer, was talking about when she said her dream was that no child with cancer ever feel alone. Talk about being…
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Dear Family and Friends, Today is that bittersweet day, rolling around once again. Happy birthday to my precious Summer who is not here, and happy birthday to her amazing twin brother, Jordan, who turns 28 today. Jordan is a wonderful young man working as a political producer for CBS News in NYC. His poise and…
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We are deep into our most important fundraiser of the year – the Matching Gift Challenge!! And we are pleased to tell you that it’s going really well! A wonderful group of people – listed below – put together a matching pool of $20,000 and challenged our donors to match it. And you all are…
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Our end-of-year Matching Gift Fundraiser is well underway! We are happy to report that, so far, we are about a third of the way to our matching pool goal of $20,000! DONATE HERE TODAY! Here’s a reminder of why the success of this fundraiser is so important. It’s all about kids like Bria who have…
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Dear Friends and Family, Eleven was always a special number for Summer. Whenever a clock hit 11:11, she would stop and tell everyone to make a wish. So it seemed fittingly ironic that she died on 11/11. And now it’s been 11 years to the day since we lost her. In keeping with this bittersweet…
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