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Jim McCullough wants Rappahannock to get Fantastic.
The 19-year-old college sophomore from Castleton is putting together a Rappahannock Night at Camp Fantastic, a week long camp for youngsters who are battling cancer.
It’s Jim’s third stint at Camp Fantastic, which is held at the Northern Virginia 4-H Center under the auspices of Special Love and the National Institute of Health.
“Camp Fantastic is a place where you can make 75 brand new friends — friends for life — in 15 minutes,” Jim said. “The kids get off the bus. You’ve never met a single one of them before, but in an incredibly short time, you care for them, you feel a special love towards them. That’s what it’s all about. It’s about special love.”
In past years, campers have included kids whose cancer treatments had left them free of the disease, some for as many as five years. This summer’s campers will all have had treatment within the past three years. “The difference is that fewer of the kids will KNOW that they’re cured, since none of them will have passed that important five year mark,” Jim said. But he doubted if the change would make any difference in the spirit
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