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We’re excited to share a recent conversation featuring Team Summer president Lynne Dale, mom to Team Summer founder Summer Dale, on the Help and Hope Happen Here podcast! Lynne joined host Mark Levine to talk about Team Summer’s mission, Summer’s legacy, and the incredible impact kids with cancer have on one another. Many thanks to Mark Levine for the opportunity to share Summer’s story and Team Summer’s mission! LINK IN BIO!

In honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Team Summer is partnering with @edisonbicycles! Through its unique kid-to-kid giving program, Team Summer creates ways for kids with cancer to meet each other through the giving of special, personalized gifts. Once kids receive a gift, they are encouraged to find another child with cancer to help—someone who might be scared, sad, or lonely—and surprise them with a Team Summer gift. Team Summer helps kids with cancer find purpose and connection during some of the darkest days of their lives. All through September, every $50 donation made to Team Summer gets you one chance to win an Edison e-bike! If you donate $100, you get two chances. If you donate $600, you’re funding an entire Team Summer gift for a child with cancer AND getting 12 chances to be the one riding off on an Edison e-bike! LINK TO DONATE IN BIO! #childhoodcancerawarenessmonth #teamsummer

💜 Meet Emma, Team Summer’s very first kid from Maine! When Team Summer kid Camryn received her dream trip to Great Wolf Lodge, she kept the Chain of Giving going by nominating 6-year-old Emma, helping Team Summer expand into yet another new state. Emma, who is battling leukemia, received a brand new purple bike. The best part? She learned to ride it on her very first try! 🚲 Now she’s racing around the neighborhood with her big sister and friends, and even pushing through the tough days after treatment so she can ride her bike to school with the other kids. 💜 Every nomination grows our Team Summer family and reminds us why this mission matters.

Meet Camryn, Team Summer’s very first kid from New Hampshire! After spending more than a year battling leukemia and undergoing countless treatments, this brave 5-year-old was nominated by Team Summer kid Azalea in Florida, helping us expand into an exciting new state. Camryn’s surprise? A trip to Great Wolf Lodge — the indoor water park she had been dreaming of visiting! But the story doesn’t end there. As soon as Camryn became a Team Summer kid, she kept the chain of giving going by nominating 6-year-old Emma in Maine, helping Team Summer expand into yet another new state! Team Summer is on the move! From Florida to New Hampshire to Maine, we’re expanding one nomination at a time. Stay tuned for Emma’s story! 💜 #teamsummer #kidshelpingkidswithcancer #leukemiawarrior

BIG NEWS!! Team Summer has officially expanded into TWO new states: New Hampshire and Maine!! That means Team Summer kids have now surprised other children battling cancer in 39 states across the country. Look at all that PURPLE! And the incredible part? Once Team Summer reaches a new area, nominations tend to flood in… and that is EXACTLY what’s happening in New England! We’ve already received SIX new nominations with lots more on the way. Today, we’re launching an urgent $8,000 fundraiser to help us keep up with this amazing growth through the end of June! This incredible chain of giving takes us from Georgia… to Florida… to New Hampshire… and Maine. Stay tuned to hear the amazing story behind how this expansion happened! If you’d like to help Team Summer continue reaching and supporting children battling cancer, we would be so grateful for your support! LINK TO DONATE IN BIO 💜

Some stories really drive it home ⛳️💚 Carter, a sports-loving teen from Nebraska, was diagnosed with leukemia in June 2025 putting sports and normal teenage life on pause. Fellow Team Summer kid Emersyn knew he deserved something special and nominated him for a surprise. Thanks to your support of Team Summer, Carter received a brand new set of golf clubs and some fun golf gear to help him get back on the course. Here’s to sunshine, fairways, and a comeback that’s well above par! #teamsummer #leukemiawarrior

Happy Birthday, Summer! 💜🎈🎂 Today she would have been 30, and what a wonderful reason to honor her! Summer knew that kids facing cancer needed each other. She created a way for them to connect and lift each other up. That simple idea grew into Team Summer. It’s a legacy full of friendship, joy, and hope for children facing cancer. Her inspiring spirit keeps making a difference, and today we celebrate her big heart!

Meet Team Summer kid Scarlett! At only 12 years old, she has fought cancer not once, but twice. 💜 Knowing she loves animals, Team Summer kid Dominick helped surprise her with an unforgettable zoo adventure — including a private, behind-the-scenes encounter with some truly dangerous reptiles! 🐍 Scarlett was fearless and absolutely loved every minute of it! We’re thrilled to share an exciting update… we’ve recently heard that Scarlett is now officially cancer free. From fierce battles to daring reptiles — Scarlett conquers it all!

✨ Introducing our new series — Where Are They Now? ✨ We’re kicking things off with Josiah — one of our very first Team Summer kids — and his story fills our hearts. 💛 From a brave 2½-year-old battling neuroblastoma — swipe to see little Josiah sitting with Summer — to a young man who never stopped fighting through years of medical challenges, his determination has carried him forward every step of the way. And today? He’s thriving — playing sports, standing tall, and becoming a State of Georgia High Jump Champion with an incredible 6’6″ jump! 🏆💪 The photo you see here shows Josiah proudly holding his state championship ring — a powerful symbol of perseverance and everything he’s overcome. 💍✨ We are SO proud of you, Josiah - our warrior, our friend, & a shining reminder of what resilience looks like. 💛 Want to help more kids like Josiah? 💕 Link in bio to Donate

✨ MATCHING CHALLENGE UPDATE — THE FINAL STRETCH! ✨ We’re $5,000 away from unlocking our full match and hitting our $20,000 goal! 💛 Thanks to 100+ incredible donors, we’re already 75% of the way there — and every dollar given now is matched 100% through Dec 31. Team Summer was created so no child with cancer ever feels alone. Your gift today doubles the impact and helps us support even more kids in 2026. This is the moment. Let’s finish strong. 💪✨ 🔗 Donate + double your impact. Link to donate in bio

With three weeks to go, we’re 60% of the way to our $20,000 goal! YAY! From now until the end of the year, every donation (up to our goal) will be doubled, making this a perfect time to contribute to Team Summer! Link in bio to donate! We do what we do because of kids like 7-year-old Savannah from Illinois. After a sudden brain cancer diagnosis early in first grade, Savannah faced surgery, rehab, radiation, and chemo—but her sparkle never faded. Knowing she loves Taylor Swift, Team Summer kid Haylee helped us surprise her with a karaoke machine and pink guitar — and she immediately turned her living room into a concert stage! Look out, Taylor—Savannah’s on her way up! ⭐️🎤 💖

It’s GIVING TUESDAY and we hope you will choose Team Summer to support!! Best of all, through our Challenge Fund, your donations today will be matched 100% up to $20,000! Every Team Summer gift is funded through donations from generous people like you! So far, we are 1/3 of the way to our goal. Can you help get us all the way? Link to donate in bio 💛

Earlier this year, we told you about Dominick — an autistic Team Summer kid who doesn’t speak. After receiving his own gift, he did something incredible: he nominated 13 other kids fighting cancer to get gifts, too. 💙 Thanks to generous supporters, Dominick has already given eight of those gifts! 🎁 KID #5: Zeke (17, SC, leukemia) Got a 3-wheel adaptive bike — he rides it every day! 🎁 KID #6: Ripp (6, UT, neuroblastoma) Got a backyard trampoline full of sunshine and play! 🎁 KID #7: Levi (3, MA, neuroblastoma) Got a giant inflatable water slide — pure childhood joy! 🎁 KID #8: Hank (7, TX, neuroblastoma) Got an electric go-kart, giving him confidence and independence! Three more gifts are on the way, and we honor two nominees who passed away soon after they were nominated. Dominick may not speak, but through giving, he is saying so much — and even inspiring each new Team Summer kid to become a giver, too. ✨ That may be his greatest gift of all. Right now, every donation is being matched 100%, doubling the impact for kids like these. Help us reach our year-end goal and keep the giving going! 💛 👉 Donate now! (Link in bio)

💛 Every Team Summer gift comes from generous supporters like you — and with our Annual Matching Challenge, your donation is doubled! Link to Donate in our Bio. Because of you, kids like Hope can experience moments of joy even in the toughest times. ✨ After weeks of doctor visits and unexplained pain, Hope’s family received the news no one wants: a leukemia diagnosis just after Christmas last year. Through it all, Hope shows up every day with courage and a smile that truly lives up to her name. Recently, Team Summer kid Haylee surprised Hope with a spa massage and Ulta shopping trip — exactly the boost she needed. And in true Team Summer spirit, Hope already has someone in mind to nominate next — spreading hope from kid to kid. 💫

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