Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, so it’s a great time to highlight a few of our Team Summer kids and tell you about all the good they’ve been doing! As you probably know, once kids get a Team Summer gift, it’s then their turn to give a gift to another kid fighting cancer. And…

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SUCCESS!!!

We have fantastic news! We reached our Team Summer Challenge Team Goal of $30,000! And then some!!! Just in the nick of time, as the Challenge ends today. We are so proud of everyone who participated and grateful for everyone who donated! We can’t thank you enough for your help in funding this important mission!…

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Ian and Evan’s Story Kicks Off Our 2023 Challenge!

Today we are launching the fifth annual Team Summer Challenge! YAY!! Supporters will be raising money for Team Summer from June 6th – July 10th. We have a big goal – $30,000!! Team Summer has been growing by leaps and bounds. Our kids have already given gifts in 23 states, and we are determined to…

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Cheering Ian On!

It is not an exaggeration to say that Ian is a sports-obsessed kid. He loves ALL sports. And when we say all sports, we mean it! Back at the beginning of 2022 – pretty much all at once – he was playing baseball, basketball, soccer, golf, tennis, football, and hockey! Wow! Then the headaches started…and…

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Happy Birthday, Summer!

Dear Family and Friends, Today would have been Summer’s 27th birthday. For me, this day has always been an emotionally intense one. There is no preparing for it; it just hits me hard. Yet, there is also joy. I love remembering her wacky ways and her outrageous sense of humor. She could always make me…

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Alba’s New Reality

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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Melody’s Twists and Turns!

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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Beckett’s Big Catch

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…

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IT’S GIVING TUESDAY!!

IT’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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Cora the Ninja!

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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