Mark and Robin Johnson’s daughter Cammie had suffered from Juvenile Diabetes and passed away just before her 21st birthday.
Her family established the Cammie Johnson Juvenile Diabetes Golf Scramble, held each June in her honor. Proceeds from the scramble support both a scholarship fund that provides annual scholarships to high school seniors and are pursuing a career in the medical field, and the CBJ Kids to Camp Fund. The Kids to Camp fund provides scholarships for youth up to age 19 to attend recreational, educational, or other personal development type camps. The camps provide safe environments for young people with diabetes to experience activities that are often not available to them in more traditional settings because of their illness. Thus far, the Johnsons and their supporters have raised over $150,000 to honor Cammie’s memory.
With the support of the Community Foundation, in late 2014 Mark and Robin were able to move forward on another philanthropic dream, to provide diabetic medical supplies to those in need. The Diabetic Care Fund in Memory of Cammie B. Johnson will be created in 2015 to assist in payment of the pharmaceutical and medical supplies expenses of people who are low income with Type I or Type II Diabetes and people who are experiencing difficulties accessing supplies because they are either uninsured or cannot currently afford their out of pocket expenses.
In 2015, after six successful years of a golf scramble, the Johnsons and their sponsors will bring a new event to Menomonie. Davina & the Vagabonds will be performing at the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts on September 12, 2015 for the first Cammie Johnson Juvenile Diabetes Concert.