As many of you know, bloggers who win a spot on the BlogBurst 100 Leaderboard can opt to have their payment donated to charity. This year’s charity is The Periwinkle Foundation, which provides camping and recreational programs for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses – free of charge to campers.
We’re thrilled to announce that BlogBurst bloggers have donated enough money to send two campers to Camp Periwinkle this year! Because of your generosity, two children battling cancer will spend the next week doing such fun activities as swimming, horseback riding, archery, arts and crafts, nature, campfires, ropes course, biking, boating, baseball, volleyball and dances.
Upon the announcement that BlogBurst bloggers could contribute to The Periwinkle Foundation, Pat Sorrells, the foundation’s executive director, offered her sincere thanks: “From all of us at The Periwinkle Foundation, thank you to everyone that participated in this wonderful donation! You have changed lives!â€
And we thank you as well!
About The Periwinkle Foundation:
Founded in 1983, The Periwinkle Foundation provides camping and recreational programs for children with cancer and other life threatening illnesses. The Foundation offers four programs throughout the year, free of charge:
Camp Periwinkle is a one-week summer camp for cancer patients and their siblings from Texas Children’s Hospital. The children, ages 7 to 15 years, enjoy a full camp experience. In 2006, Camp Periwinkle topped an all-time high of 184 campers.
Camp YOLO is a weekend camp providing support for teenagers with cancer, cardiac diseases, renal diseases and HIV. The camp, named by a camper for You Only Live Once, takes place two weekends of the year and allows campers ages 13 to 18 years old share their experiences living with life-threatening illnesses.
Making a Mark provides children undergoing treatment at Texas Children’s Cancer Center with artistic and creative writing opportunities. Children get to work with professional artists and writers to express themselves through the arts. More than 250 children participate each month, and their works travel across the country for display, including the Texas State Capitol, Houston Children’s Museum and Norfolk Virginia Children’s Hospital.
Celebration of Life is an annual gathering for long-term cancer survivors and current patients to share stories of hope. More than 200 adults and children attend this event.
- Related post: Long-term camp counselor describes camp in his blog post.
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