Branford Camp Rising Sun's "Annual Night Out" Tickets For Sale

Camp Rising Sun, a free summer camp for children who have faced a cancer diagnosis, will host their Annual Night Out celebration on Wednesday, July 15 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Owenego Inn and Beach Club, 40 Linden Ave, Branford.

Annual Night Out is the camp’s largest fundraising event of the year, and raises funds for children with cancer who wish to experience summer camp as their healthy peers do.

Sponsored by the Camp Rising Sun Charitable Foundation and organized by staff and the families of campers, Annual Night Out will feature will feature a cook-out buffet, live music from Vivid, many kids’ activities, and a silent auction and raffle.

This year, Jordan Mann and Melissa Pandolfi will be taking the reins to plan the Annual Night Out.

Mann and Pandolfi are both from Branford, Connecticut and were both diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of bone cancer, in 1998. They both attended Camp Rising Sun as campers, and have now been volunteering for over 10 years as camp counselors. They urge supporters to come out for the night, join the fun and help raise funds to send more children who are coping with cancer to camp.

Mann and Pandolfi urge residents to join the fun and help raise funds our local children diagnosed with cancer.

“This event is a community effort, where area businesses donate, residents from local communities attend and campers come to celebrate with their families,” Melissa Pandolfi said.

Tickets to the Annual Night Out event are $25 for adults and $10 for children, ages of 3-15. Campers attend for free. Money raised during the Annual Night Out directly benefits Camp Rising Sun.

Camp Rising Sun allows its campers, ages 5-17, to build lifelong friendships and see that they are not alone in their cancer journey. This year, camp will be held during the week of August 23-28 with summer activities of swimming, fireworks, barbecues, board games, hiking, horseback riding, boating, and much more.

“Being a camper at Camp Rising Sun made me forget about my treatments and forget what I was going through,” Mann said. “The counselors made me feel like a normal kid enjoying a week at Camp. The money raised on July 15th, will allow 115 campers to experience the same excitement and feeling I did when I was a camper.”

Camp Rising Sun is staffed by volunteers who come to camp from all different communities in

Connecticut, with all types of backgrounds – including teachers, firefighters, police officers and students. All share the mission of giving the campers a safe and fun-filled week.

There is a pediatric oncologist and at least four nurses available on site throughout the duration of camp.

To purchase tickets for Annual Night Out, please go to our website.