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A diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes changes the life of a child forever. Days filled with school, sports, and activities are quickly replaced by blood tests, insulin injections, and carbohydrate calculations. Every step required to manage their diabetes is a step away from what children see as “normal.” But at Camp Sweeney, Type 1 diabetes is normal. And when diabetes disappears, every camper can show what makes them special, not what makes them different.

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Today, Camp Sweeney again celebrates the life of one of our precious Sugar Free Angels, Nicole Wilson. Her spirit and energy are still with us today, and we are blessed by the support of the ‘Sing for Nicole’ Foundation, which raises money each year to help send kids to Camp Sweeney to experience a little bit of the magic that IS being a Sweeney Camper. From our Counseling Staff of Fantastic Summer 2022, we thank the ‘Sing for Nicole’ Foundation, the Wilson Family, and especially, Nicole. Type 1 Diabetes and Camp Sweeney were just a part of her special story…the Story of Her Life. We LOVE You, Nicole! ... See MoreSee Less
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This week’s Sweeney Highlight is Silas Mihalyi! This upcoming summer will be Silas’s second year at Camp Sweeney, and last summer he spent it with the Boys of Brown Cabin! At camp, Silas enjoys broadcasting and really likes the carnival. Silas also really enjoys performing stand up and even performed a comedy routine at the Play for the Day 5k last year! Silas hails from Era, Texas and is just about to finish 3rd grade. In his free time, he loves Star Wars, Marvel, and has never met a dog he didn’t love!🐶 We can’t wait to see you this summer, Silas! ... See MoreSee Less
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Last week we had our final ambassador presentation of this year’s off-season! Camper ambassadors are made up of older campers who spend Wednesday mornings presenting their story and sharing the sweeney experience to families of newly diagnosed kids at Diabetes 101 classes. We want to give a huge shoutout to our ambassadors for representing Sweeney so well this year and giving these new families a sense of normalcy!Campers who are interested in the ambassador program must be at least 14 years old to apply and must have Type 1 diabetes. The interest form will be sent out after Fantastic Summer 2022! ... See MoreSee Less
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Thanks to everyone who made our 7th annual Sweeney de Mayo event a success, especially our keynote speaker, Chris Dudley of the @chrisdudleyfoundationChris is the first person with Type 1 diabetes to play in the NBA! #sweeneydemayo ... See MoreSee Less
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And that’s a wrap! Perseverance, Faith, and Courage… it’s what our incredible campers embody every day. We were so fortunate to carry the PFC spirit across the country this year with so many amazing events. Thank you to all the families who came out to make the finale special! Now the PFC Candle will return home to prepare the way for our campers to come back to Sweeney!We cannot wait to see everyone’s smiling faces on opening day! ... See MoreSee Less
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Top of the morning! Let’s check out the top of the 5K leader board! We’ve had some shifting on the top 5 pledges with our first cabin team making it onto the board 👀 way to go Ladies ☀️ Can’t wait to see how the board continues to shift in the next few weeks! Let’s get some pledges and donations!!campsweeney.org/5K ... See MoreSee Less
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This week’s Sweeney Highlight is Keith Duke! Keith has been coming to camp for six years and spent last summer with the Bros in Byrne Cabin! His favorite part of Camp Sweeney is seeing all of his friends. Keith is currently finishing up the eighth grade and likes to sew, bake, and write stories in his free time. We are so excited to see you this summer, Keith! ... See MoreSee Less
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Sweeney activities are amazing! #PFCstrong Sweeney activities are amazing! #PFCstrong
First Session 2022 comes to an end! Thank you to First Session 2022 comes to an end!  Thank you to our amazing campers for a Fantastic three weeks!
First Session CITs are Fantastic! ❤️💛💙 First Session CITs are Fantastic! ❤️💛💙
What an awesome night for the Sweeney Olympic Fina What an awesome night for the Sweeney Olympic Finale!!!
Today, Camp Sweeney again celebrates the life of o Today, Camp Sweeney again celebrates the life of one of our precious Sugar Free Angels, Nicole Wilson. Her spirit and energy are still with us today, and we are blessed by the support of the ‘Sing for Nicole’ Foundation, which raises money each year to help send kids to Camp Sweeney to experience a little bit of the magic that IS being a Sweeney Camper. From our Counseling Staff of Fantastic Summer 2022, we thank the ‘Sing for Nicole’ Foundation, the Wilson Family, and especially, Nicole. Type 1 Diabetes and Camp Sweeney were just a part of her special story…the Story of Her Life. We LOVE You, Nicole!
Carnival Night at Sweeney is the best! Carnival Night at Sweeney is the best!
Mentor Night at Sweeney. What could be sweeter! Mentor Night at Sweeney. What could be sweeter!
After meals at Camp Sweeney are Gold! After meals at Camp Sweeney are Gold!
The 73rd year of Camp Sweeney is off and running! The 73rd year of Camp Sweeney is off and running! Ready for a summer of FUN!
We are ready for Fantastic Summer 2022! We are ready for Fantastic Summer 2022!
5K loading… ⏳ Can’t wait to see you all at L 5K loading… ⏳ Can’t wait to see you all at Lake Highlands tomorrow!
First Flag Lowering of Fantastic Summer 2022! We First Flag Lowering of Fantastic Summer 2022!  We can’t wait till First Session!!!
In our final ‘Sweeney Stories’ of this off-sea In our final ‘Sweeney Stories’ of this off-season, Bates Pulliam reflects on being Diabetic and how Sweeney has been there for him throughout his journey.  See the full video on the camp Facebook page at 11 am!
Is it Fight Song Wednesday? ‘Cause these teams a Is it Fight Song Wednesday? ‘Cause these teams are fighting for the top of the leaderboard!

So many teams are working so hard to raise money! Keep it up, we’re 19 days away 🏃‍♀️
This week’s Sweeney Highlight is Silas Mihalyi! This week’s Sweeney Highlight is Silas Mihalyi! This upcoming summer will be Silas’s second year at Camp Sweeney, and last summer he spent it with the Boys of Brown Cabin! At camp, Silas enjoys broadcasting and really likes the carnival. Silas also really enjoys performing stand up and even performed a comedy routine at the Play for the Day 5k last year! Silas hails from Era, Texas and is just about to finish 3rd grade. In his free time, he loves Star Wars, Marvel, and has never met a dog he didn’t love!🐶 We can’t wait to see you this summer, Silas!
Last week we had our final ambassador presentation Last week we had our final ambassador presentation of this year’s off-season! Camper ambassadors are made up of older campers who spend Wednesday mornings presenting their story and sharing the sweeney experience to families of newly diagnosed kids at Diabetes 101 classes. 

We want to give a huge shoutout to our ambassadors for representing Sweeney so well this year and giving these new families a sense of normalcy!

Campers who are interested in the ambassador program must be at least 14 years old to apply and must have Type 1 diabetes. The interest form will be sent out after Fantastic Summer 2022!
See Kaylee’s full story on the camp Facebook pag See Kaylee’s full story on the camp Facebook page today at 11 am!
A huge thank you to all of our Work Day volunteers A huge thank you to all of our Work Day volunteers for coming out today to help make camp beautiful for our campers! We can’t wait for you to see all their hard work when first session starts in less than a month!
Thanks to everyone who made our 7th annual Sweeney Thanks to everyone who made our 7th annual Sweeney de Mayo event a success, especially our keynote speaker, Chris Dudley of the @chrisdudleyfoundation

Chris is the first person with Type 1 diabetes to play in the NBA! #sweeneydemayo
And that’s a wrap! Perseverance, Faith, and Cour And that’s a wrap! Perseverance, Faith, and Courage… it’s what our incredible campers embody every day. We were so fortunate to carry the PFC spirit across the country this year with so many amazing events. Thank you to all the families who came out to make the finale special! 

Now the PFC Candle will return home to prepare the way for our campers to come back to Sweeney!

We cannot wait to see everyone’s smiling faces on opening day!
Top of the morning! Let’s check out the top of t Top of the morning! Let’s check out the top of the 5K leader board! We’ve had some shifting on the top 5 pledges with our first cabin team making it onto the board 👀 way to go Ladies ☀️ 

Can’t wait to see how the board continues to shift in the next few weeks! Let’s get some pledges and donations!!

campsweeney.org/5K
This week’s Sweeney Highlight is Keith Duke! Kei This week’s Sweeney Highlight is Keith Duke! Keith has been coming to camp for six years and spent last summer with the Bros in Byrne Cabin! His favorite part of Camp Sweeney is seeing all of his friends. Keith is currently finishing up the eighth grade and likes to sew, bake, and write stories in his free time. We are so excited to see you this summer, Keith!
Special offer alert 🚨 Are you a Dr. Ernie fan Special offer alert 🚨 

Are you a Dr. Ernie fan?? Well if you join the Team Ernie 5K team OR donate $50 to Team Ernie by May 10th, you will receive this one of a kind Ernie’s Entourage shirt!

Help Team Ernie get kids to camp and get some sweet swag while you’re at it!

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Gus Ebner and his Sweeney Story - an amazing young Gus Ebner and his Sweeney Story - an amazing young man ready for a FANTASTIC Summer 2022!  See the full vignette at 11 am on the Camp Sweeney Facebook page.
It’s finally Friday! Let’s take a look at the It’s finally Friday! Let’s take a look at the 5K leaderboard 👀

Shout out to #24CarrickMagic 🪄 and The Diabetic Dinosaurs 🦖for leading in both pledges and memberships! There is still plenty of time to raise money and get pledges before May 30 and claim those leaderboard spots 📈

Let’s help get some kids to camp!

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We had a blast in North Richland Hills tonight! We We had a blast in North Richland Hills tonight! We hope to see everyone for our final PFC Life before the summer on Tuesday in Coppell! PFC 🅱️🅾️🅱️ ‼️
Our PFC Life texting service is still down for now Our PFC Life texting service is still down for now 😢 But that doesn’t mean you can’t join us for our penultimate PFC Life tonight in North Richland Hills from 7:30 - 8:30 PM‼️

Join us for games, fellowship, and F-U-N at Richfield Park. Hope to see you there!

7250 Chapman Rd., North Richland Hills, TX 76182
May 3. 7:30 PM. Final PFC Life. Bob Cannon. RSVP May 3. 7:30 PM. Final PFC Life. Bob Cannon. 

RSVP today at campsweeney.org/pfc-life-bob/ 🤠
We had a great time at our last PFC Teen Casino Ni We had a great time at our last PFC Teen Casino Night of the year! We hope to see everyone again tomorrow for PFC North Richland Hills!
Our PFC texting service is down but we are still h Our PFC texting service is down but we are still having PFC Teen (14+) Casino Night tonight starting at 7PM!! ♥️ ♣️ ♦️ ♠️ 

Email program1@campsweeney.org for address details!

Thursday is PFC in the Park in North Richland Hills for everyone !
This week’s Sweeney Highlight is EJ Collins!! EJ This week’s Sweeney Highlight is EJ Collins!! EJ is wrapping up the 8th grade and is excited to head to her 8th summer at Camp Sweeney! EJ’s favorite part about camp is the bonds and friendships made during the session. Her favorite events are the campfires and being able to dance and jam to the camp songs all night long! Camp Sweeney has helped EJ better manage her diabetes and has also taught her to help anyone she can, even if doing so doesn’t benefit her. When EJ isn’t dancing around the campfires at Sweeneyland, she likes to paint and hang out with her friends. You rock EJ! Can’t wait to see you back at Sweeney!
We had a super fun time welcoming all of our new f We had a super fun time welcoming all of our new families to Camp Sweeney today at our Open House! We want to give a special shoutout to our ambassadors who came to help out! We can’t wait for camp to be filled with campers again in just 42 days ‼️
We had an absolutely incredible time in Dallas ton We had an absolutely incredible time in Dallas tonight! We hope to see all of you teens at PFC Teen Casino Night on Tuesday
Who’s ready for a tractor ride down to the sport Who’s ready for a tractor ride down to the sports field?  #FANTASTICSUMMER
We had a fantastic time in Fairview tonight! We ho We had a fantastic time in Fairview tonight! We hope to see everyone again in Dallas on Thursday!
Ready for ‘Fantastic Summer 2022’! Ready for ‘Fantastic Summer 2022’!
Gooooood afternoon Camp Sweeney! This week’s Swe Gooooood afternoon Camp Sweeney! This week’s Sweeney highlight is none other than senior Mari Lacefield! Mari has been coming to Camp Sweeney for 6 years and her favorite part of Sweeneyland �are all the fantastic daytime activities! Mari helps every summer with her amazing musical talent, especially hitting crazy chords on her guitar. This Simmons Sweetheart is from Argyle, Texas and spent a big part of her year traveling the United States touring with her high school orchestra band. Their repetoire included none other than the great city of Chicago and Texas’ own San Antonio. Mari attends second session and we can’t wait to see her this summer!
Camp Sweeney tee shirts 75% off for limited time a Camp Sweeney tee shirts 75% off for limited time as supplies last.
Sweeney Carnival Nights are simply…FANTASTIC! Sweeney Carnival Nights are simply…FANTASTIC!
Who is counting down the days to Fantastic Summer Who is counting down the days to Fantastic Summer 2022?!!!
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