Instead of playing outside or going to a friend’s house, children suffering from cancer are constantly in and out of hospitals. But Camp Rainbow — a local non-profit that allows children with cancer and blood-related illnesses to attend a camp for free — gives kids the chance to be a kid, even if it’s just for a little bit.
“Camp Rainbow gives the kids a place where they feel accepted,” said Debbi Braunstein, executive director of the Camp Rainbow Foundation. “They can be themselves. They can put the adult life situations that have been thrown at them aside and come and just have fun and be a kid and make friends.