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Special Love lets kids be kids, through camps, financial assistance, and a community of support that lets them (and their families) know that they're not alone in their battle.

 

You can support our community of support through your donation and check out our Fall 2012 LoveLetter, view our 2013 Calendar of Events, Volunteer, or sign up for our email list.

 

Our programs are held throughout the year at fully-modernized facilities in the Greater Washington, DC area. Check out our programs for Patients & Survivors, Siblings, and Families by using on the menu above.

 
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Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus Night is Wednesday, March 20th.  Click here for the flyer and plan to join us for "The Greatest Show on Earth!"  This year's theme is Dragons and promises a night of thrills and spills, all at no cost to camp families.  Free tickets are for pediatric cancer patients and immediate family, extra tickets are deeply discounted and benefit Special Love and the NIH Charities.  The show includes an hour of pre-show fun down on the circus floor!  Call us at 888-930-2707 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more details.

 
Hero #30 - A Hero from Day One Print E-mail

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Now appearing - Hero #30!  As part of Special Love's 30th year of service to children with cancer, we're featuring "30 Years & 30 Heroes." Click here to meet Jeff, one of our inaugural 1983 campers, who took his cancer experience and built a career around it!

 

That completes our roster of heroes (check out the other 29 below)!  If you'd like to sponsor our next hero, visit our donation page.  There are more "Fantastic" kids waiting.

 

Read about all our our 30 Heroes here -- #1: Reilly #2: Elle #3: Eden #4: Ale #5: Keeghan #6: Josh & Sydney #7: Mia #8: Kevin #9: Becca #10: Will #11: Kate #12: Megan #13: DJ #14: Jen #15: Cody #16: Kim #17: Gavin #18: Arayna #19: Andrew #20: Casey #21: Rebecca #22: Greg #23: Colleen #24: Jeremy #25: Adrianne #26: Chip #27: Terry #28: Jamie #29: Julie

 
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Larry and BRASS 

Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate at Congressional Country Club on Feb. 2nd as we honored long-time volunteer Larry Chloupek and celebrated the completion of our first three decades of service!  We enjoyed food, live entertainment, and met the last of our "30 Years & 30 Heroes" (watch below for their profiles).  Visit our Special Events page for photos and other upcoming fun-raisers!

 

From The Blog

  • Dave is super-good at getting out of the way
    If I've learned one thing from the time I've spent at Special Love and Camp Fantastic, it's that sometimes you just have to know when to get out of the way. So it shouldn't be any surprise that I've let wiser heads (and younger hearts) prevail when it came to posting on Special Love's blog, That said, it's now a year and a half later and the stars have aligned to where I feel compelled to finally make an appearance blog-wise. Today is "Giving Tuesday" and I feel the need to give back to an organ
  • One of camp's most bittersweet moments is the time when we have to say goodbye to a camper who's passed out of eligability.  In order to make room for new campers facing the challenges and hardship of a new diagnosis we must turn away old friends who've finished their treatment and gone three years without relapse or recurrance.  We hate to see them leave but are glad to know that they can go.  Eligable to attend or not, however, they will aways be part of our camp family.
  • When I think of someone that has been a huge inspiration to me I cannot help but think of about one hundred kids, all under the age of seventeen, who I spent a week with in the summer of 2012.