Special Love’s Young Survivors Forum brought together young adult cancer survivors and current patients ages 18–40 for a weekend dedicated to healing, hope, and connection. This year’s event, held October […]
After a year packed with programs fostering connection, support, and fun, Special Love’s annual Holiday Party closes out the year and signals the beginning of a new one. This festive […]
Four years after its development during the COVID-19 pandemic, Special Love’s Virtual Online In-home Camp Experiences (VOICE) Program is still going strong! This year, the team at Special Love, with […]
This November, Special Love joined forces with the Kara Amey Cancer Survivorship Program and The Herman & Walter Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai to host our inaugural Moving Forward Young […]
Special Love volunteers and former campers Serena Wade (above left) and Olivia Adams (above right) hosted “Winter Chill,” a night of painting and socializing in late January for Special […]
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 […]
Ryan pictured center with the tennis class at Camp Fantastic When I was asked to write a blog for Special Love and what the transition was like from Camper to […]
The following is excerpted an essay written by our very own Julia Jones (below left) for World Harvest Outreach. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did: For […]
West Springfield High School student Jordan Trufio’s fight with cancer ended today. Fellow student Sean Ngo contributed these thoughts on his passing.
The sun is setting over the James as my car roles to a stop, its tires crunching in the gravel parking lot outside of the Jamestown 4H Center’s mess hall. Despite traffic and an unfamiliar route, I seem to be the first to arrive and I take a moment to savor the quiet tranquility of the slow, deep water that, like me, has reached the end of its long journey.
It’s good to be home.
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