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Special Love

NIH’ers Dish Up Support for Camp Fantastic

A group photo featuring R&W staff and the NIH Police
The R&W’s Robert Proctor, Sherrell Freeman, Wendell Freeman and Wanda Spence with NIH Police Chief Cleveland Spruill (third from r), Deputy Chief Leslie M. Campbell (r) and R&W President David Browne standing between them.

Photo:  Marleen Van Den Neste

Special Love Foundation represenatives are surrounded by NIH’ers showing their spirit.
Reps from the Special Love Foundation are surrounded by NIH’ers showing their spirit.

Photo:  Marleen Van Den Neste

A man in the center holds up a t shirt. He is joined by his daughter to his left and a man to his right
Dr. Rebecca Gottesman (l), chief of the Stroke Branch at NIH, joins her dad, former NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research Dr. Michael Gottesman (c), who’s sporting his new camp t-shirt.

Photo:  Marleen Van Den Neste

BBQ attendees walk past informational tables
NIH’ers arrive to check out the food and vendor offerings.

Photo:  Marleen Van Den Neste

Staff from the NIH Blood Bank sit at a table and speak to attendees.
Staff from the NIH Blood Bank discuss the ongoing critical need for donations.

Photo:  Marleen Van Den Neste

On a sunny day in June, hundreds of NIH’ers stopped by the Bldg. 10 south lawn for the annual Camp Fantastic BBQ to help raise money for a worthy cause. The event, which featured food trucks, games, a mini vendor fair and the weekly community market, supports Camp Fantastic— the week-long summer getaway in Virginia for children with cancer.

A percentage of food and BBQ t-shirt sales went to support the camp’s foundation, Special Love. Some also contributed via donation buckets. The BBQ raised more than $3,000 for the summer camp, which is run in conjunction with NIH’s National Cancer Institute’s Pediatric Oncology Branch.

This year, Camp Fantastic runs from August 3 – 9. To learn more and/or contribute, see: https://specialove.org/.

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