Boggy Creek is a camp created especially for children with serious illnesses and disabilities. Campers have an opportunity to be with their peer group, and - more importantly - a chance to just be kids for a while. Our film raised over 3 million dollars for Boggy Creek - and also raised the profile of this special place. The film was used as a direct mail piece, and also at fundraising events, on laptop presentations, and on the web. We dug beneath the surface to show that the camp experience wasn't just wonderful, but truly life changing.

Video Transcript: Boggy Creek

Paul Newman:
Whenever I’m in the dumps, I come back here…

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Paul Newman
Co-founder
Boggy Creek Gang Camp

Paul Newman:
…and it reaffirms everything I think is good and generous about this country.

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Kaitlyn

Kaitlyn:
I had chemo and it made my hair go away, and I had to get a bone marrow transplant, a bone marrow biopsy, an x-ray, and an operation.

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Graham

Graham:
This summer I discovered I had Hodgkin’s disease.

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Michael

Michael:
We went to the hospital and they did a bone marrow aspiration and said that it was leukemia.

Norman Schwarzkopf:
These children suffer pain…

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Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Co-founder
Boggy Creek Gang Camp

Norman Schwarzkopf:
…and they suffer in ways that you and I never will, and yet they’re kids. They’re just children. They shouldn’t have to do that.

On Screen:
Kids jumping into a pool.

Counselor Voice:
All these children are so ill and have so many medications that there’s no way that any other camps are going to accept these children.

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Ed
Counselor

Ed the Counselor:
We have illnesses ranging from cancer to hemophilia, immunology. Some kids are HIV positive. We have children who are bound in wheelchairs and crutches. You wouldn’t know that there’s anything wrong with them the way the run around singing, dancing, smiling, jumping. Everywhere you look there’s a little piece of magic.

On Screen:
Kids at camp having fun doing various activities. They’re singing, dancing, and having a great time.

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