For most people, but especially youngsters, summer means time in the sun, on the beach and even at camp.

There's one camp in the Valley dedicated to a very special group of kids. Camp Unali is set up specifically for children who have battled cancer. The campers are between the ages of seven and 16, and some of them have just gotten over being ill.

Camp Unali isn't just fun, it's therapeutic. The kids may look like your everyday child, but they've already faced a struggle to survive.

Jack Gordon, ten, says, "I had Leukemia when I was seven and it made me miss my baseball season."

He has overcome more than most, but for this one week of the summer it doesn't matter because he's surrounded by others who have also survived.

Gordon says, "We talk about fun stuff we do here, where we live, we talk about what we had and stuff."

Gordon is in good company. Most of the counselors and volunteers were once in his shoes.

Jason Smith, director of the camp, says, "We've got counselors who've had cancer. We've got counselors who's parents have had cancer, who's parents have past away, so they're giving back their time."

Smith started Camp Unali four years ago in memory of his father, who passed away from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He knows the struggle in the family and hopes to give parents a rest.

Smith says, "It gives them respite and care and comfort to know that they're at camp. They're with medical staff. They're with volunteers that care about them and they're with individuals that will keep them safe at all times."

He says the team at Camp Unali relies heavily on sponsors and donations from businesses and the community. They say it's important to send these kids to camp after dealing with such a terrible illness.