The 2012 Art Van Million Dollar Charity Challenge is dedicated in honor of Eleanor M. Josaitis, co-founder of Focus: HOPE.

With a fierce passion for helping others, Eleanor Josaitis impacted the lives of thousands of Detroiters in need. Keeping that spirit alive and honoring her remarkable work, Art Van Furniture is partnering with Focus: HOPE in the 2012 Launch of Art Van Charity Challenge. READ MORE ABOUT ELEANOR M. JOSAITIS AND HER WORK WITH FOCUS: HOPE >

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North Star Reach

North Star Reach provides life-changing camp experiences to children with serious health challenges. The accessible camp is located on a 105 acre beautifully wooded peninsula in Pinckney, Michigan. North Star Reach will be a year-round resource for the Great Lakes region through partnerships with surrounding children’s hospitals.  Campers include, but are not limited to, kids with heart disease, cancer, organ transplant recipients, kids on ventilators, kids with sickle cell disease and more. All children and their families will attend North Star Reach camp free of charge. This camp experience will give these children the resources, courage and freedom they need to succeed. Camp activities are designed to allow kids to be kids, to gain their independence, foster optimism and personal growth. North Star Reach will allow children to discover a special place where anything is possible. North Star Reach is a provisional member of SeriousFun Children’s Network, a growing global network of innovative camps and programs for children with serious illnesses founded by Paul Newman in 1988.

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  • Sheri Mark

    Your donation to North Star Reach will help provide an amazing camp experience for kids with serious health challenges.  All of the kids and their families will attend camp for free.  So we need your help to send these kids to camp.  Thanks in advance for your generosity!  Sheri Mark, President of the Board of North Star Reach.
    Also remember to vote for North Star Reach every day through September 30 in the Art Van Charity Challenge at http://www.artvancharitychallenge.com

  • Sheri Mark

    Please vote for North Star Reach today and every day through September 30 in the Art Van Charity Challenge at http://www.artvancharitychallenge.com.  It’s for the kids!

  • Crazyme18

    North star reach!!!! This is 4 u Margi!
    <3 KEE

  • Sheri Mark

    Thanks to everyone who is voting for North Star Reach.  Please vote every day through this Friday to help North Star Reach win $25,000.  It’s for the kids!

  • Sarahick

    Go North Star Reach! :)