Special Love’s hallmark program, Camp Fantastic, built on last year’s triumphant post-COVID return with more campers, more staff, and more fun! Forty-nine children in various stages of treatment gathered for […]
Summer 2021 Was a Virtual Masterpiece “Thank you so much for such an amazing week and for making our first time camper feel included…the activities exceeded our expectations…” BRASS Camp and Camp Fantastic each faced a tough task in […]
Sarah Rostock Who doesn’t love a good love story? From The Notebook to Romeo and Juliet everyone has their favorite! This may sound the cheesiest of cheesy, but my favorite […]
This July, we received the terrible news that no parent should ever hear: Our nine-year-old daughter Abby had just days to live. Almost two years ago, Abby’s treatment for […]
Julia Jones, Special Love counselor and former camper (Wilm’s tumor) … For one week every summer, I get to go to camp. Camp is my happy place. This camp is […]
Christopher Barnett, MD, Special Love volunteer … Last night was the Camp Fantastic talent show. About halfway through, a camper came onto stage to perform “holding breath.” He took a […]
When I think of someone that has been a huge inspiration to me I cannot help but think of about one hundred kids, all under the age of seventeen, who […]
It is not that “at Camp Fantastic, the checkups just happen to be bookended by canoe rides, archery lessons, dance classes and a carnival,” but that, “at Camp Fantastic canoe rides, archery lessons, dance classes, and carnivals just happen to be bookended by medline.”
This is my third year of camp and it gets better each time. This year I’m with the teenagers for the first time and it is a whole lot of […]
My name is Tawney and this is my eighth year at camp. Camp Fantastic is a get-away from it all. Here campers don’t have to worry about anything. From the […]