5k

This past weekend I was down by the water tower on Zorn Ave for the Louisville Pure Tap Water, 5k! This is the second year CQ has put together a fundraising team for this race and the ones to follow (10k and mini marathon) and it was a lot of fun!

We got to have a mini-reunion right there at the start line, and get some exercise along the way too! We had a really good turn out from everyone; campers, families, companions and COC staff!

The weather was good, and it was a good day : )

Yard Sale

Saturday morning I met up at Nurse Nancy's house, and helped out with a yard sale for Camp Quality! This is the second year we have had this yard sale, and both years has defiantly been a success! We had lots of help from campers, families and COC and it was a lot of fun!


All items were donated, and the traffic for this neighborhood yard sale was like Derby Day in the yard sale world.
I'm glad I got to go and help out and I even found an item for myself, which I am VERY excited about !

I LOVE 90's rap... : )

September is...

Most readers who come across this blog may already know this, but a lot of people do not know, and that is that September is childhood Cancer awareness month.
September is an important time for Camp Quality because we have another reason to try and spread the word not only about Camp Quality, but about the disease that is responsible for camp as well.
 Some of the facts scare me to no ends, but that's even more of a reason to be familiar with what camp quality is apart of...

Being apart of camp quality, whatever the reason may be; we all have something in common and that is that our life in some way or another, big or small has been affected by childhood cancer. September can be used as a reminder as to why we fund raise and why we do what we do, and its for the kids.

This month, take a minute and go to our website, or Facebook page and see what is going on for camp! We have a couple fundraisers this month that will go to camp 2014! Even next week we have one down on 4th street at Gordon's Biersch starting at 6pm


I have been apart of camp for a little over 5 years now, and no matter who many hours I volunteer or the fundraising I help with I always feel like I can do more for these kids.. The kids who remind me every day to do as much as I can, because thats just how it goes.. We help in hopes that one day there will be no more cancer, and kids can truly just be kids again without having the word cancer in the back of their minds.
This month, is  for the golden kids who are fighting and that I think is why we have a golden ribbon of awareness!

happy September everyone : )

Riders for Kids

I am very bummed I missed this event this year, I went last year and had so much fun just watching the event and hanging out with the kids! Riders is a fundraiser for Camp that more and more campers and families are starting to attend and participate in and I love it!
With the help of some fabulous companions and their families, they put on a ride (Horses, and ATV's I believe) through a mud filled track that is tons of fun followed by an auction and dinner!

I encourage everyone reading to go next year; it is a lot of fun and its something different too!

Bats Game!

Sorry its taken me a while to posting about some after camp activities! But less than a month after camp we got to be re-united with a bunch of camp family and I could tell everyone missed the feeling.. The feeling of camp in general, the feeling of inside jokes only fellow camp-mates understand and the feeling of love that is alwasy around when camp quality is involved.
I didn't get to stay as long as I would have liked, but I got to see our camper throw the first pitch of the game! It was so neat to see him and his sister on the mound throwing the ball for camp!

Friends were seen...

and families got to sit and watch the game under a nice shaded area of the stadium :)

Our annual Bats game only happens with the amazing support we have from the Louisville Realtors Association! They are also the one's who sponsor Carnival Day at camp and are also responsible for countless smiles and giggles from the kids. They are so kind to us and we love them for everything they do, they are apart of our camp quality family!

back to reality

Camp came and went just as quick as I feared it would... Camp has been apart of my life for a long time now and every year, I fall in love even more with the people, the environment and most of all the kids. The kids that have the power to change lives, and do so every day with their courage and bravery.
This place changes you, and the way you look at life. How precious it really is, and how amazing the little things truly are. I am so blessed to have Camp Quality in my life, and that I am part of this family. I already can't wait for next week.
Thank you to everyone who has been reading this past week, I hope you got to see a little glimpse of camp through this blog. I will try and make posts of events, fundraisers, and the reunion just to keep a little update on camp.
This was the last picture I took from camp, bus ride home already dreaming of next year : )

Goodbye for now

Bags got packed, and lunch came around all too soon. Our last meal always seems so far away at the beginning and when it comes it doesn't even seem real!
We all sat down in the Corral to watch the picture slideshow throughout the week, it was so cute!
After the slideshow, the graduating campers and staff were able to say a few last words.. I mentioned in the last post about speeches and these were no different.
I have been a companion for 5 years now, and a big sister of a camper for a lot longer than that so these last few words are always special to my heart. These kids (all ages) have been through so much, and for me and all the other companions to take off a week of work and school is so completely worth it.

Thank you to these ladies above, and many more. Carolyn, Sharon, Sharon, and Millie just finished their last year with CQ KY after nearly 20 years from them all and from the bottom of my heart thank you so much for all you do, and have done for this camp and the people, we love you!