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Camp Sweeney helps children with diabetes live a normal life

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published August 4, 2014 at 6:00 AM CDT

Hunt County United Way executive director Frances Dalbey discusses Camp Sweeney, near Gainesville, which lets children with Type 1 diabetes enjoy swimming, sports and the other summer activities  enjoyed by most children.  The United Way sends three children from Hunt County to Camp Sweeney each year.
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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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