I'm back to editing this week and next on a fundraising piece for Camp Del Corazon. It's a summer camp for kids with different types of heart conditions, some so bad that they have had, or will have, heart transplants.
These kids deal with having to take handfuls of medication every day, weeks and months in the hospital for multiple surgeries, being teased at school....oh, the list goes on...and on...
For a couple of weeks each year the kids get to go to a camp staffed by volunteer doctors and nurses, surrounded by the best emergency gear and even a medivac helicopter, all so that for a brief time they can have some fun and be around other kids who also have heart problems.
They won't be different or an outcast, and they get to participate in many fun activities like kayaking, water skiing, swimming, archery, rock-wall climbing, plays, dances, and more.
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It's always an emotional thing to work on this project. The kids are so cute, it's hard to imagine that there's something wrong with them, or that many of them won't live
long enough to become young men and women.
This year, it looks like
Halle Berry is going to be at the end of the piece, appealing for support. So, that's pretty cool.
The camp has grown over the years, helping more and more kids -- all at no charge to the families.
If you have a second,
stop by their web site and see what the camp is all about.
Consider sponsoring a kid.
My friends Christopher and Bob are making a movie in Mexico right now called The Air I Breathe. Jieho Lee is directing, Bob co-wrote the script with Jieho, and Christopher is one of the Exec. Producers. The cast includes Sarah Michelle Gellar, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Bacon, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, and Emile Hirsch.
