By MATT PIKE
The 21st Gregg Lynn Radio-A-Thon broadcast on Joe Town 107.5 – to support Camp Quality is coming up tomorrow.
Lynn will broadcast live from 6am to 5pm from Sav On Furniture Mart in St. Joseph, raising money for Camp Quality, a camp for children with cancer.
Lynn says the camp provides a week’s worth of fun activities for the kids.
“George Richmond, whose passed away since, always told us their goal is to not tell the kids no,” Lynn says on the KFEQmunnity show. “If the kid wants to do something, they’re going to do it, if they want to go swimming, if they want to go whatever, fishing, they’re going to do it.”
The camp recently moved from its original site at Camp Farwesta near Stewartsville, to a camp near Excelsior Springs.
Lynn says camp is the biggest expense for the campers
“Renting the campground and then insurance if you can imagine, hey I want to put a camp on and all these kids have cancer the insurance has just got to be crazy, and so it costs somewhere around $1,500 per camper,” Lynn explains.
Lynn says the Radio A Thon is designed to share the stories of these children, while also sharing just how much fun camp is
“When you first hear about Camp Quality you think oh my gosh it’s a camp with a bunch of kids with cancer and oh my gosh it’s going to be so depressing, and it is the exact opposite of that,” Lynn says. “It is like the most fun place you would ever go, and if you get a chance to go out there, if they’re having a media day or whatever that’s how I first got involved I went out for a media day, you will find out it is the most fun place you would ever spend a couple hours at.”
The Radio A Thon will be broadcast from 6am to 5pm on JoeTown 107.5, with Lynn live from Sav On all day.
Donations can be made at Sav On, online, or by calling the pledge line. Vogel’s food truck will also be on site during the event for lunch.
Later this month. Lynn will also host an annual 5k.
Lynn says the Happy Camper Scamper is another way to raise money for Camp Quality, while also getting some exercise
“You can run, you can walk, you can take your dog and put your dog in a stroller, we don’t care whatever you want to do, and we’ll sit there an hour if it’s going to take you an hour to walk it I don’t care, because it’s just a fun day to go out and do something else to raise money for Camp Quality and get out and enjoy the parkway system,” Lynn says. “It’s at Bartlett Park and the link to register and get all the info is also at Joetown1075.com.”
The Happy Camper Scamper will be held on June 21st at Bartlett Park in St. Joseph.
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