A collaboration between Camp Simcha and Leeds Jewish Welfare Board will improve the quality of life for Jewish children with life-threatening illnesses and their families.
Kitty's Smile was launched on Sunday in memory of Kitty Doerfler, who was born with leukaemia and died, aged 15 months, in 2007. Kitty's mother Sarah said the family felt “incredibly blessed” at the naming.
“The welfare board has the facilities and infrastructure to work with Camp Simcha,” she said. “Everything is set up to respond when necessary, which is amazing.
“In life we juggle many things but when you get a diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, everything gets dropped. The one thing you are holding on to so tightly is the child who has received the diagnosis.”
