Kids with cancer go to camp

Posted By: Rachael Miner
rminer@klkntv.com
Singing and laughing– it’s something not many of these kids have done in months.
But at Camp Coholo for a few days they get to step outside a hospital and just be kids.
"When you have cancer or a blood disorder your life is so much different than a normal kids," said Molly Lambert, one of the camps counselors.
The camp is outside of Gretna and designed specifically for children who have cancer or a blood disease.
It allows more than one hundred children from across the state to have a normal camp experience, something they couldn’t have otherwise.
Doctors and nurses are always on site for any medical needs and many of the camps counselors are former campers.
"I think it’s awesome I have the chance to give back. As a camper I had so much fun so now I can make sure other kids have fun too," said camp counselor Seth Ostrander.
Kids get to partake in normal activities like swimming, canoeing, and camp fires.
Each of the campers had a different favorite activity.
Grace Fry loved camp fires, "We sang songs, and told jokes, and had s’mores, it was just a lot of fun."
While Davis Carter loved painting shells, "Here’s red, here’s orange, here’s yellow, here’s blue, here’s green, here’s indigo, and here’s violet."
The most important part of the experience is giving the kids a sense of normalcy and hope.
"Your friends at home don’t always know what’s happening but when you can come together and talk about it with people that actually understand it makes a world of difference. Sometimes it’s that one thing you need to keep you going," said Lambert.