Sixty campers are expected at the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation's Second Annual Camp Cartwheel for ill children and their siblings. These special youngsters are given the opportunity to run and play, and to forget about the hospitals, clinics, and diseases that rob them of a normal childhood. Local community sponsors help bring these children' s dreams to reality. Community leaders serve the children as Camp Counselors and must be willing to do almost anything to raise the campers' spirits.
Campers sing silly songs and form life-long bonds.
Camp Cartwheel gives the youngsters an opportunity to be away from parents and to talk to their peers and trained adult counselors about what is going on in their young lives. The Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation always includes siblings in activities such as Camp Cartwheel, because many times, the siblings are often set aside during the diagnosed child's course of treatment. This year's Camp Cartwheel will be held from July 24th - 27th.