Many of our Camp Challenge Campers who are cancer patients will tell you that aside from their loved ones, when they are touched, it is often for treatment – needles, machines, radiation, chemotherapy, etc.  Perhaps that’s why Camp Challenge’s Day Spa is such hit! Spa Director Cheryl Small Robinson (that’s her and her fabulous hubby, Dave, in the photo) and a small army of massage therapists, manicurists, aestheticians, and stylists pamper our campers with endless TLC.  Cheryl , Dave,  and the rest of the spa staff transform a building at Walker Creek Ranch into a beautiful, magical, spiritual sanctuary where campers’ bodies and minds are pampered with treatments of their choice.

A study that examined the effects of therapeutic massage on cancer pain found that massage therapy reduced pain perception by an average of 60%, decreased anxiety by 24% and enhanced relaxation by 58%. Plus it feels really, really good!

When she is not volunteering her time and amazing skills with the Me-One Foundation, Cheryl Small Robinson runs the Comfort Zone Massage and Wellness Center in Roseville at 426 Folsom Road. (916-773-2444)