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     MILTON MARKS NEURO-ONCOLOGY FAMILY CAMP
      PROVIDING RESPITE, JOY AND COMMUNITY FOR FAMILIES COPING WITH A PARENT'S BRAIN TUMOR

5TH ANNUAL FAMILY CAMP SPONSOR-A-STAFF-MEMBER CAMPAIGN

by Milton Marks Family Camp

Abby Marks

Hello dear family and friends,

As most of you know, Milton Marks Family Camp has been my heart's project since shortly after my husband Milton died in 2012.  It is one of the most fulfilling, meaningful things I've ever done and I look forward to it every year.  I love seeing the way it transforms families: brain tumor patients and caregivers feeling the end to an isolation they didn't even know how to name, kids meeting other kids going through the same thing, and everyone having an intense, meaningful, art and music-filled great time! 

I don't think we would have been able to get Camp off the ground, or continue to hold it year after year, without the generous support of Milton's and my family and friends -- especially those of our amazing friends (you know who you are!) who have given generous donations to us every single year.  Our volunteer staff this year has created a crowdfunding campaign to help us get to our goal of raising $40,000 before the end of the summer.  I've pledged to raise an additional $5000 from smaller, individual donations -- won't you help us get there and help transform the lives of the 16 families we are expecting at camp this year?  

Thank you, and TONS of Camp Love,

Abby

Summer is here, and that means we are busy planning for our 5th annual Milton Marks Family Camp in September! Each year since 2014, we've been able to give families coping with a parent's brain cancer what we would like them to have all year: a place where they feel taken care of and deeply understood, a place to share meaningful time with their kids and each other, and a true community with others. Over the years, camp has become even more -- it's a magical, joyful time for all of us (staff very much included), filled with art, play, camp songs and love. At camp, we see patients, caregivers, and kids slowly begin to let the walls come down, and let the love come in. Relationships made at camp extend throughout the year, with conversations between families, a yearly spring reunion, outreach to struggling families, and home visits to kids from youth counselors. As the camp is a collaboration with the neuro-oncology staff at UCSF, patients, caregivers and kids get to spend relaxed time with their medical providers at camp, and those relationships deepen as well.

Families now tell us Milton Marks Family Camp feels like a year-round community for them, a community of people going through the cancer journey together. In a follow-up survey, patients, caregivers and kids report that camp has led to lasting connections with others, made them feel less alone, and feel closer to their medical providers. As our camp site at Camp Newman burned down last year in the Santa Rosa fires, we're creating a new home at Walker Creek Camp in West Marin. We have a record-breaking 16 families coming this year!  With the site change and increased number of families we're surving, and other changes, we have set a goal of raising an additional $40,000 this year.

Camp staff have started a crowdfunding effort to invite their friends and family to support the amazing work they do to make this magical experience happen for families who so desperately need it. We encourage you to learn more about why our staff is so dedicated to camp, and about exactly what they do to bring community and joy to families coping with a parent's brain tumor. To learn more about our camp, please check out our website at http://www.miltonmarksfamilycamp.org
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$2,280 RAISED

$5,000 GOAL

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