This week’s spotlight is stellar volunteer John Bisenius. In June, John will celebrate six years with Children’s Cancer Connection – and through those years, he has taken part in Club HOPE, Family Camp, and the Children’s Oncology Camp Association International Conference.
“With all the different programs, it’s my favorite to able to watch the kids in a place where cancer doesn’t really exist – watching the kids being kids, also watching how they support each other, knowing they’ve all been through the same thing,” says John.
And not only do the kids impact him, but John feels like he’s making a difference in their lives as well. “These kids can do anything while we’re here – we’ll find a way to make it work for any child no matter their diagnosis,” he says. John feels that, after Club HOPE meetings, parents can even provide for their children better after the support the Club offers.
“I look at the kids – siblings, children diagnosed, as well as families and parents – and there’s so much of what we go through every day that are really just annoyances,” John says. “But you look at what they go through, what they have gone through…They face everything with a smile on their face, without showing any ill will toward anybody.” And that’s a common thread through Children’s Cancer Connection volunteers’ experiences.
John, Respite Service Supervisor at ChildServe, lives in
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