Lou Buttino

For the Love of Teddi (eBook, PDF)

The Story Behind Camp Good Days and Special Times, The 2001 Edition

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Teddi Mervis lost her fight with cancer when she was 12 years old. Beginning with the diagnosis of her brain tumor, the story tells of her three-year battle for life--a struggle she eventually lost. Although Teddi passed away, her memory inspired those who had helped her to deal with her suffering to band together to aid other children who are facing cancer. These people and thousands of others inspired by Teddi's story--from construction workers to college students to bank presidents--helped form an organization whose primary purpose is to make the lives of children as happy and rewarding as possible. The organization, Camp Good Days and Special Times, Inc., has become one of the largest and most successful organizations of its kind in the world. It is credited with breaking down the barriers for children with cancer and creating pioneering new programs. The 2001 Edition carries the story forward from 1990 with new photographs and an afterword. This book serves to teach and guide those who must cope with the devastating ordeal of childhood cancer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313073717
• Artikelnr.: 37814334

Autorenporträt

LOU BUTTINO is Professor of Communication Studies, the University of North Carolina./e He is the author of three books, scores of articles and feature stories, and more than 20 documentaries. He has also earned national recognition for his screenplays, including most recently Carmen Basilio! Basilio!.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface A World Comes Apart That First Night The First Day The Ante Goes Up
A World Comes Apart Wrestling with the Devil Starting Over Looking for
Miracles The New Terms of Hope Hard Lessons The Quality of Time New Terms
of Hope Back to School New Hope The Second Campaign Waiting and Letting Go
A Dream Gets Born Good Days Special Times The Sound of the Second Shoe
Starting Over "I Love You Anyway" Decline The Second Camp As Autumn
Approached A New Friend Hope Rethought Of Death and a Dream "They've Come
for Teddi" Waiting A Child Dies Come Saturday Morning "Don't Hang onto
Good-Bye" A Dreadful Silence To Go on Anyway Epilogue A Place in the World
Afterword