Donor of the Month
January 2012
Noyes Brain Tumor Foundation & The Kenny Can Foundation
On Saturday, August 8, 2009, Camp Sunshine friends Ron and Julie Eby from Windham Automotive decided to stop into Famous Dave’s restaurant in Scarborough, Maine for a bite to eat after running some errands. Little did they know their break for lunch would result in a new and important partnership for Camp Sunshine. It was there, unexpectedly, that they would meet Nancy and Bill Noyes, and learn of their son Matt’s battle with a brain tumor. It was there where the seeds were planted and the opportunity granted for children treated at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to attend Camp Sunshine with their families.
Founded in 2007, the Noyes Brain Tumor Foundation has been providing significant funding to the brain tumor program at St. Jude, where Matt Noyes was treated. Since 2009, through its signature Cooking for a Cure fundraising event, and with continued generous support from the Kenny Can Foundation, the Noyes Brain Tumor Foundation has also raised $23,000 to bring families treated at St. Jude to Camp Sunshine to attend the brain tumor program.
Similar in mission to the Noyes Brain Tumor Foundation, the Kenny Can Foundation was established to raise and allocate funds dedicated to research the causes and cures of brain cancer as well as to aid victims who have been affected by this deadly disease.
Camp Sunshine thanks Nancy and Bill Noyes, volunteers of the Noyes Brain Tumor Foundation, and Nancy Dennis of the Kenny Can Foundation, for continuing to afford Camp Sunshine the opportunity to provide support to children and their families treated at St. Jude.
Donor of the Month
Noyes Brain Tumor Foundation & The Kenny Can Foundation
