Share Your Heart this Valentine’s Day with a Child Battling Cancer
February 9, 2015
SC – For Valentine’s Day, Camp Happy Days will give every child battling cancer in each of South Carolina’s Children’s Hospital’s a special hand delivered Valentine’s Day present. A gift that is sure to brighten their day and make it special. Each child will receive a hand written and designed card, a blinking red heart and Gerry the Giraffe, a stuffed animal that sings “Your love keeps lifting me higher and higher”.
Each child diagnosed with cancer in Palmetto Health Children’s Hospital in Columbia, Greenville Memorial Children’s Hospital in Greenville and McLeod Children’s Wing in Florence, SC will receive this gift on Friday, February 13.
For MUSC Children’s Hospital in Charleston, they will receive the Valentine’s Day gift and have a special guest appearance by Cole Swindell on Valentine’s Day. Cole Swindell, a country music artist, is performing with Jason Aldean at the North Charleston Coliseum on Saturday night. He is known for “Chillin’ It” and “Hope You Get Lonely Tonight.”
Camp Happy Days’ mission is to offer support and encouragement to children diagnosed with cancer and their families by providing cost free year-round programs, special events and access to crisis resources. Our goal is to improve the physical, emotional and psychological health of the entire family facing pediatric cancer.
Cindy Hay Johnson, Executive Director for Camp Happy Days states ”This is the first time we have given Valentine’s Day gifts to the children we serve. We felt that during the winter months before spring this would be the ideal time to bring a bit of sunshine and warmth to these children. We want it to be a moment of lightness and hope during their battle with cancer.” We are raising the funds to make this happen. In the future we want to be able to give every child diagnosed with cancer something special for Valentine’s Day to show how much we care.
To send a Valentine’s Day gift, visit the CampHappyDays.org website. Each gift is $25.
Since 1981, CampHappy Days has offered support and encouragement to children diagnosed with cancer and their families by providing cost free year-round programs, special events and access to crisis resources. For more information or to donate to Camp Happy Days, please go to www.CampHappyDays.org or call us at 843.571.4336.
