Moorestown Rotary Club Makes $1,000 Donation to YMCA Camp No Worries

Moorestown, NJ -- The Moorestown Rotary Breakfast Club recently presented club member and YMCA Director Pam Hall with a $1,000 donation for Camp No Worries,a one week overnight camp for children with cancer, their siblings and bereaved siblings, at no cost to the families.

Camp No Worries is funded by donations and staffed by volunteers.

This year, the camp runs from June 26-July 2 at Camp Inawendiwin in Tabernacle.

Camp No Worries campers are all children dealing with a diagnosis of cancer in some way. They are patients, survivors, siblings, or bereaved siblings ranging in age from six to 16.

There is no limit on the number of siblings who may attend, as long as they meet minimum requirements.

This is because Camp No Worries strongly believes there is a therapeutic component of including brother and sisters in the camping experience.

It has served over 1,800 children in 21 years of existence.

Camp No Worries strives to:

• Provide a safe, well staffed environment where children can participate in average camp activities
• Provide special medical expertise and close monitoring required for children with cancer not offered at an ordinary summer camp
• Offer each child and opportunity to make friends with other children who share similar situations and experiences
• Encourage each child to develop and self-sufficient, positive attitude and the self-esteem that is after looking after oneself
• Give children in all stages of their disease an opportunity to meet and learn from others who are in treatment and/or who have
• achieved remission
• Make a camp experience financially feasible for a family who might not otherwise be able to afford it, and to provide respite for other family members while the child is at camp
• Provide an away from home experience that is positive for the child(ren) and that parents can be assured is safe and will lessen separation anxiety

Rotary has been supporting the YMCA for over 10 years, Aschoff said.

The attached image was provided by the Moorestown Breakfast Rotary Club: Scott Aschoff, Rotary Club President, and Pam Hall, YMCA Director.