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- ↑ Official Website, "Camp Rising Sun Official Webpage", 2010
- ↑ "New Haven Register, "Conn.'s Camp Rising Sun Inspires Kids Touched By Cancer", 2010". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ↑ "Huntington Herald, "Camp Rising Sun Helps Children With Cancer", 2011". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
