The donation, generated by a restaurant chain’s fundraiser, is the largest in the nonprofit’s history.
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Navy SEALs to swim, bike, run 69.2 miles to raise $40,000
SEGUIN ISLAND – A group of servicemen, including Navy SEALs, will participate in a 69.2-mile triathlon as part of Camp Sunshine’s 2018 Stone Coast Challenge. The challenge, along with the Landing Party and Meet the SEALs Gala, is part of a continuing effort to raise money to send military families with children with life-threatening illnesses to attend […]
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Votes are in: Camp Sunshine wins
AUBURN — Day’s Jewelers of Auburn presented a $5,000 grant from Jewelers for Children to Camp Sunshine in Casco recently. Camp Sunshine, established in 1984, is dedicated to helping children, along with their families, cope with serious illnesses. Jewelers For Children, a nonprofit organization founded by the jewelry industry in 1999, is dedicated to helping […]
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Rumford concert to benefit Camp Sunshine
RUMFORD — The Rumford Performing Arts Committee and NAPA Auto Parts of Mexico are presenting the 4th Annual Concert to benefit Camp Sunshine in Casco. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, in the upstairs auditorium of the Rumford Municipal Building, 145 Congress St. The auditorium is handicapped accessible. Doors open at 5:30 […]
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Sailors rap and teach at Camp Sunshine
CASCO — Can sailors rap? At Camp Sunshine on Wednesday, the Navy Band Northeast proved indeed they can. While dozens of children and their families watched with wide smiles and dancing bodies, not only was there fun, but learning, too. This week is the 204th Navy Week since 2005, and the Navy Office of Community […]
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Third annual Camp Sunshine benefit concert set for April 9
RUMFORD — The third annual Concert to Benefit Camp Sunshine is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at Rumford Falls Auditorium on Congress Street, said Andy St. Pierre of Peru. St. Pierre came up with the idea for the benefit concert after participating in events with NAPA Auto Parts to raise money for the […]
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S. Johnson: Offering a brief respite
My husband and I belong to the Mountainview Boat Club of Maine and we recently participated in a classic/antique boat ride activity for the children at Camp Sunshine. Along with three other boats, we gave rides to groups of children between ages 5 and 18 afflicted with cancer and their siblings. We were both so […]
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Second annual Camp Sunshine benefit concert set for Saturday
RUMFORD — Andy St. Pierre of Peru has organized another concert to raise money for two families to attend Camp Sunshine in Casco this summer. “The concert last year was very successful,” St. Pierre said. “We were $2 shy of raising $3,000. We made enough to send a family to Camp Sunshine. I’m hoping that […]
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Navy SEALs to swim Maine lake to support camp
CASCO — Four Navy SEALs will swim the 13-mile length of Sebago Lake this summer to help military families go to camp next year. The SEALs hope to raise $80,000, or enough money for 40 military families to attend Camp Sunshine, a Casco camp for children with life-threatening illnesses. Two of the SEALs planning to […]
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Peru resident, Rumford Performing Arts Committee organizing Camp Sunshine benefit concert
RUMFORD — A Peru resident, with the help of the Rumford Performing Arts Committee, will be hosting a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 29, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium to support Camp Sunshine in Casco. Andy St. Pierre said that he came up with the idea after participating in different events with NAPA […]