Camp Rainbow Research Paper

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Over the summer I spent a little over a week as a counselor for Camp Rainbow. Camp Rainbow is a camp for kids with cancer and blood-related diseases. I was introduced to this organization by my sister, Elizabeth who was a camper and a counselor. Going into Camp Rainbow I did not know anyone however, it didn't take long at all for those strangers to become family. I have never experienced anything in my life that has had such a positive impact on me before. I had no idea that only after a week I would be calling Camp Rainbow my second home. Camp Rainbows mission is truly amazing and has brought so many smiles to so many people. I will never be able to truly put into words my experience at Camp Rainbow, however, the amount of laughs, smiles,

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