miracles of mitch foundation donates to camp courage

drove to annandale, minnesota yesterday
to tour the camp courage facility!
what an amazing place! it was built in 1965.

there was about 15 of us and we caravaned up
and brought picnic lunches.
dr. joanna perkins, one of the doctors at
children's in st. paul and a current board
member for the MOMF, was our tour guide.
she's gone up many times in the role of dr.
on staff. she guided us around the entire camp!
thanks so much joanna! you are tireless!
(she's the one in the orange shirt with the
gorgeous, long wavy brown hair!!!)

the week that the foundation is sponsoring
is the week of july 29th through the 3rd
of august. this will be all cancer patients.
my plan here is to be up there the day all the
campers arrive for sure and then perhaps
one other day.
it was quiet while we were there as it was
mostly staffers and jr. counselors preparing
for the MDA (muscular dystrophy) campers
who were arriving that afternoon.
so i think it will be really energizing to
be there when everyone is arriving and
getting settled into their cabins and bunks!
i can't wait to be there!!
here's a few shots from the day....

steve bringing up the rear with his
gay blackberry in his left hand!



it started out a little drizzly and
chilly but the sun eventually came out!
(like STEVE should! kidding!)



here (l to r) is steve (mitchie's dad),
shawn anderson (from the airport hilton)
and mitchie's grandfather, ron stanchfield.
(oh, and shawn mentioned that he wants the
hilton to get involved that week as well so
i'll keep you posted on their input too.)



the picnic was fun and the kids ran around
for an hour...at what point in our lives
do we lose that energy!??? love to get that back!



okay, here's something fun....
all around the camp are these little
elf homes. you open the door and there's
furniture and stuff inside...pretty fun
for the kids!



all in all, a great day!
we can now all visualize the time
that these kids are going to have there.
the MOMF is going to sponsor
kids with cancer from the ages of 7 through 17 and
i'm most certain that this will be an annual
donation for years to come!