How a family is giving children with disabilities the opportunity to go to summer camp.In 1970, tragedy struck the Gerstman family when Harvey and Carol Gerstman's daughter, Lisa Beth, was killed in a summer camp bus accident. Because camp had been such a joy in Lisa Beth's life, the Gerstmans knew they wanted to start a foundation in her name. They wanted to bring that same summer camp joy Lisa Beth felt to other children. When Lisa Beth's brother, Dan, heard the Cross Island YMCA (CIYMCA) was looking for funds to help send physically disabled children to summer camp, he knew it was the perfect way to keep Lisa Beth's memory alive.........
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