"Second Chance" Song, by Hunter Brucks

The song "Second Chance" was written by Hunter Brucks to provide support for Camp Michitanki. The proceeds from the sale of this song will benefit Camp Michitanki. Hunter Brucks performed this song at the National Donor Recognition Ceremony in Washington, DC on July 22, 2007.

Partnering Organizations

We are very pleased to be joined by 12 organizations which are helping to publicize the availability of the song "Second Chance." Each of these organizations has a distinct link to organ and tissue donation and transplantation and shares in our mission to promote organ and tissue donation and help transplant kids have a summer camp experience.

About Camp Michitanki

Camp Michitanki (Michigan Transplant Kids) is a summer camp created by the University of Michigan Transplant Center to provide an exciting camping experience for children 8-16 years of age who have had an organ transplant. Campers spend six days in August participating in a variety of activities and have the opportunity to interact with other organ transplant recipients in a non-medical setting. Transplant nurses, physicians, social workers and other community volunteers work with YMCA staff to provide a "normal" and medically supervised camping experience. Children are divided by age and gender and assigned into cabin groups for the week. Camp Michitanki is held at a 100-year old YMCA camp located in scenic Oscoda Michigan on the shores of Lake Van Ettan.

We believe that every child who has had an organ transplant should be able to have a camping experience. Children who have been very sick and have survived because they received a heart, liver, small bowel or kidney transplant have obstacles that are different than those of other kids. We believe that transplant recipient kids should be exposed to an environment that allows participation in every activity, fosters relationships with kids who have overcome similar medical hurdles, and encourages personal growth through supervised physical and social challenges. To learn more about Camp Michitanki, click here.

About Hunter Brucks

Introducing Hunter Brucks

Hunter Brucks is a singer and songwriter from the tiny town of Maybee in southeast Michigan. In 2006 Mr. Brucks learned about Camp Michitanki, the University of Michigan's summer camp for children who have received organ transplants. He was so moved by the gratitude of transplant kids and the generosity of organ donation that he stayed up all night long writing a truly inspired song entitled "Second Chance." It is such an incredible message of thanks and hope, that it has captured the attention of everyone who has heard it. In the summer of 2007, the song will be released to the public in cooperation with a dozen national and international organizations. As a result, donor families, transplant recipients, and transplant professionals around the globe will soon be hearing this song. With some luck, it will also reach the general public through mass media, and many millions more people will hear its wonderful message, thanking organ donors for giving others a second chance at life.