PERRYVILLE, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — A Kentucky nonprofit has offered a free camp to every childhood cancer family in the state since 1982, supported entirely by community donations and more than 90 volunteers.

Camp Horsin’ Around, held at a picturesque setting in Perryville, provides a week of normalcy for children ages 6 through 11 who have been impacted by cancer. Each of the 68 attendees has either personally battled cancer or is the sibling of a child who has.

Shelby Russell, executive director of Kids Camp Alliance, said the camp’s impact is difficult to overstate.

“Being able to give them a week reprieve, it means the world,” Russell said.

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