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About Camp COCO
Camp COCO (Children’s Oncology Camp Organization) is a medically supervised camp program that began in 1986 as a break from hospital and clinic visits for children with cancers and related blood disorders living in downstate Illinois communities.
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Meet the Camp Activities Director
Starting more than 20 years ago as a volunteer, Elizabeth "Bet" Spence says Camp COCO helps children and their parents recapture hope, enthusiam, self-confidence and love of life in a medically safe environement created espeically for them.
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