Camp Friendship

Posted by TeamCharlie on July 14, 2008 under Kids are Heroes | Be the First to Comment

If you have been following in my daughter MaryMargaret’s footsteps lately, you’ll know that she and her two friends Rianna and Taylor recently held a lemonade stand in front of Flights of Fancy, which is a toy store in downtown Frederick.  The idea, triggered in part by her website, was to sell enough lemonade to buy Webkinz for the kids at Camp Friendship, which is sponspored by the Carol Jean Cancer Foundation.   Camp Friendship is a camp in Laytonsville, MD where children aged 7-17 that have been recently diagnosed/treated for cancer can come for a week of camp in a somewhat “normal” environment.  At each camp their maximun enrollment is 80 children.  On Saturday, June 14th, MaryMargaret, Rianna and Taylor worked in sweltering heat for six hours, sometimes yelling across the street, but always beckoning people to come over to their lemonade stand and buy a cup or two for $1.00 each.  Their aggressiveness netted them $300.00 in just six hours, which was more than a shock to us since we said we would match whatever they made.  The owner of Flights of Fancy was generous enough to sell the Webkinz to us at a discount, and due to all these stars lining up we were able to buy 80 Webkinz which would ensure each camper would get one. Read more of this article »