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Camp Helps Kids Cope With Trauma Of Losing Loved Ones To Violence
The smiles on their faces, their energy, and their resilience don't reveal some of the tragedies they've experienced.
CHICAGO (CBS) — The smiles on their faces, their energy, and their resilience don’t reveal some of the tragedies they’ve experienced. All the kids attending Camp Sheilah have lost a parent or sibling to homicide.
“The best healing that happens is to know you’re not alone,” said Kevin Doyle, the Founder and Executive Director of the Sheilah A. Doyle Foundation. Doyle has experienced this loss first-hand. In 1993, his mom, a nurse, had just finished her 11 p.m. shift, when several men trailed her, intending to steal her car parts.
