Camp Sanguinity
Through funds raised by its projects as well as generous donations from individuals within the community, the Circle of Friends organization is able to provide camperships that send children with cancer and related blood disorders to Camp Sanguinity each July. This is a special camp held annually at Camp John Marc just outside of Meridian, Texas for children in treatment through the Hematology/Oncology department at Cook Children's Medical Center in Ft. Worth, Texas. Children ages six to seventeen attend a week-long resident camp, while four and five-year-olds attend a one-day camp that is funded and staffed by Circle of Friends members and volunteers.
Listed below are various other programs for Cook Children's Medical Center that benefit from our funding :
Family Christmas Fund
A fund providing for the purchase of gift cards at Christmas for families of children with cancer and related blood disorders.
Teen Survivors Retreat
A special retreat and support group that allows teen patients to interact with other patients allowing them to cope during and after treatment.
Holiday celebrations
An observance of Valentine's Day and Christmas includes providing favors, treats, sending Santa letters and making photo buttons of children with Santa.
Young adult Camp
A camp in Minnesota for 18 to 25 yr old cancer patients for which airfare is provided.
Paul Wallace Foundation
A hospital supported memorial fund providing for the continuance of Camp Sanguinity.
*H/O Clinic Programs:
Special programs and events for hospital outpatients and their families both during and
after treatment.
*Emergency Assistance Fund – A fund assisting with needs of patients and their
families such as travel expenses to and from the hospital for treatment, assisting with
unpaid bills, or if necessary to ease the burden of funeral expenses.
*Celebrate Life
A celebration for children whose cancer has been in remission at least one year.
*Remembrance Dinner
A yearly family-gathering to remember children who have been lost to cancer.