and i'm here at the beautiful camp arroyo in livermore visiting the taylor family foundation.they're supported by an amazing group of people. in the next half hour, you'll meet some of these inspiring people who are changing lives and helping kids know they are not alone, all through the power of music. ♪ so, the taylor family foundation has been around now for 28 years. can you believe it? >> no. huh-unh. 'cause if i take it, and i deduct 28 years off my age, i'm like, "oh, my god.

a free summer camp provided by the taylor family foundation. abc 7 news anchor cheryl jennings has the story from livermore. >> what do you think, ladies? >> i think it's the cutest thing. >> therapy dogs like charlie bring so much joy to these girls and boys. you wouldn't to know it to look at their smiling faces, but they live with debilitating disorders that affect their immune systems including arthritis. the arthritis foundation statistics are shocking. it's 300,000 children under the age of 16 in the united states. the children i talked to were just 9 and 11. >> i had mine since i was 2. >> what is it look to have an auto immune disease? >> sometimes it's hard because not a lot of your family and friends understands you, but when you come to this camp all of us have the same issues and it's really fun. i jumped on the swing set and i sprained my knee and it kept hurting and then they were, like, it's more than an injury. >> sometimes when you're sick your joint attack themselves and it makes it hard to move and do stuff. >> wherever you h

it's a free summer camp provided by the taylor family foundation. abc 7 news anchor cheryl jennings has the story from livermore. >> what do you think, ladies? >> therapy dogs like charlie bring so much joy to these girls and boys. you wouldn't know it to look at their smiling faces, but they live with debilitating disorders that affect their immune systems including arthritis. they're shocking. the disorders affect nearly 300,000 children under the age of 16 in the united states. nd 11.ildren i >> i've had mine since i was 2. >> what is it like to have an auto immune disease. >> well, times it's hard because not a lot of your family and thf us have the same issues so it's really fun. >> i jumped on a swing set and then i sprained my knee and then it kept hurting and it was more than an injury. >> sometimes when you're sick your joints attack themselves and it makes it hard to move and do stuff. >> wherever you have it it just hurts. i used to have it in my ankles and now i have it in my knees, my fingers and my back. >> i have juvenile arthritis wh

that's a free summer camp provided by the taylor family foundation. >> abc 7's cheryl jennings has thewhat do you think, ladies? >> i think the cutest thing. >> reporter: therapy dogs like charlie bring so much joy to these girls and boys. you wouldn't know it to look at their smiling faces. but they live with debilitating disorders that affect their immune systems, including arthritis. the arthritis foundation statistics are shocking. the disorders affect nearly 300,000 children under the age of 16 in the united states. the children i talked to were just 9 and 11. >> i had mine since i was 2. >> what it is like to have an autoimmune disease? >> sometimes it's hard because not a lot of your family or friends understands you. but when we come to this camp, all of us have like the same issues. so it's really fun. >> i jump off the spring set and i sprain my knee. and it kept hurting. and then they were it's more than an injury. >> sometimes when you're sick, your joints attack themselves. rand it makes it hard to move and do stuff. wherever you have it, it just hurts. >> i used to have i

. >>> hundreds opened their hearts and wallets to celebrate the mission of the taylor family foundation food and drinks made for a wonderful afternoon at livermore camp arroyo to ben fate a great cause. the benefit sends children with chronic illnesses and life-threatening conditions to camp. several members of our abc 7 family joined in the fun today, including cheryl jennings, and meteorologist mike nicco. abc 7 is a longtime proud sponsor of day in the park. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news, learning from the best, hundreds of underserved bay area kids get one on one training with stars of the gridiron. >>> drew tuma is up next with the accuweather forecast. >>> all eyes are on the boys in the little league world at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no

that is the taylor family foundation and their support of cam arroyo. it benefits supporting northern california children with life threateni threatening illnesses and chronic illnesses and we're going to raise a lot of money come sunday down in livermore when we have the fundraiser for the year. look how comfortable it's going to be. a lot of times we worry it's going to be 100 degrees but no, it's mid tos on, gitsack in a it, wt,night. texas taking on the giants, 7:15 first pitch. 61 cooling to8. >> good morning, so far so good. we don't have any significant issues on our major highways. checking out state route 92 across the san mateo bridge still fairly light leaving hayward heading over to foster city. everything is slowly starting to fill in. friday light for the most part. southbound 680 highway 4 to walnut creek in the green at six minutes. another eight if you're continuing to westbound 24, walnut creek to highway 13 and westbound 580 tracy to dublin you are in the yellow but not terrible. that's coming in at 40 minutes. >> thanks. >>> students

. >>> it's the annual day in the park fundraiser for the taylor family foundation.s a proud sponsor of the event. proceeds support the foundation's mission, which is to provide wellness programs for northern california children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses. abc 7's cheryl jennings, meteorologist mike nicco, and traffic reporter sue hall will be on hand. it starts 11:30 this morning at camp arroyo in livermore. lisa, they might enjoy the cooler temps. >> definitely. some 80s out there, but not the upper 80s. we're beginning to see hazy sun, temperatures in the low 60s right now. low to mid-80s for you this afternoon. hope you're enjoying that. if you still like it cooler, we have a forecast you're probably going to like to start the week. but not in line with the averages for august. we'll talk about that in detail coming up. >> thank you, lisa. >>> also ahead, the a's get another important win on the road. and a career night from jonathan lucroy. mindi bach has highlights. isee that right there? boyou can't say that.ki. i can't tell people to try my b

. >> the camp is free and provided by the taylor family foundation which was founded by elaine tylor reatening and life-altering conditions and the foundation can use help all year round. >> donations, cash donations because that's how we fund the programs. but beyond that, there are in-kind donations so there can be food or beverages or toys. >> the kids here at arthritis camp are making all kinds of new memories with the wonderful activities they're enjoying. some of the memories last all year and some a lifetime, but the one important lesson they really learn is everybody here is treated with kindness and respect. >> everybody here is really nice and everybody here, i feel like we're all just like a group of friends and family. >> cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. >> what a great program. unfortunately, some of the kids told cheryl that they do get bullied sometimes. you can check out cheryl's facebook page if you'd like more information about the program. foundation's annual day in the park fund-raiser is coming up on sunday, august 26th. for tickets, to volunteer or donate go to abc 7

smile on their faces >>> hundreds of people opened their hearts and wallets to celebrate the taylor family foundationc, great food and drinks and we always love it when the kids are dancing. this is for the annual day in the park fundraiser which is another big success. the chronic illnesses and life-threatening conditions to camp arroyo in livermore. we had a nice showing from t stage helping with the auction. abc 7 is a long-time, proud sponsor of day in the park. mike, i don't have this memorized. how many years have they been doing this >> 28. >> 28. started in elaine's backyard. >> i love here. >> now look at it. >> she had a lot of flavor. she was great. >> i love to see them dancing. >> where is all the video of mike nicco dancing? like that disappeared? >> cut for time. isn't that funny. >> oh. >> paid the producers when you came in. >> on the floor with reggie's ad cheryl's and sue was there. >> maybe you can give us a taste. >> i would, but the producer saying get to the weather. >> oh. >> guess it will be a private show. live look, all kidding aside what a great event and they serve so man

. >> for more than 25 years we've been partnering with the taylor family foundation.porting northern california with life threatening chronicle illnesses and developmental disabilities and at youth risk and it's a wonderful event and usually the last sunday in august down in livermore and usually 100 degrees, but it's going to be mid to upper 70s. we're going to raise millions to help the families and kids. we have poor air quality down south of us. we'll talk about how long that's going to last coming up. >> thanks. developing news, a flight from sfo forced to turn back around and make an emergency landing overnight. >> passengers tell us the plane hit a flock of birds. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more. >> reporter: passengers are still here. we're hearing they're not going to be leaving until after 8:00 this morning. these passengers were headed to singapore when the pilot announced they were turning around. they said the plane hit a flock of birds about 25 of them hit the nose of the plane and he was worried some got into the engine as well. the plane lo

>>> hundreds of people opened their hearts and wallets to celebration the mission of the taylor family foundation a great day with music and god and dris aive aucon toon's annual day in the park fundraiser another big success. it sends kids to camp arroyo in livermore. several members of the abc 7 family joined in the fun. abc 7 is a long-time proud sponsor of day in the park and it was gorgeous weather. >> we certainly are. >>> steph curry taking a strong stand in support of closing the pay gap between men andn articl yesterday which was women's equality day, he said the issue has become more personal now that he has two daughters. studies show women make less on average than men for the same job. curry said in part, quote, i want them to glow up believing that they can dream big and stri strive for careers where they will be treated fairly >>> to the big win on the baseball field. >>> hawaii taking home the trophy at the little league world series. >> hawaii wins it. >> that's great. >> hawaii beat south korea and, of course, the kids did it in style. the first batter nailing a home run and the

. >>> happening today, it's the annual day in the park fundraiser for the taylor family foundation.proceeds support the foundation's mission to provide wellness programs for northern california children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses. abc 7's cheryl jennings, meteorologist mike nicco, and traffic reporter sue hall will all be on hand. it starts at 11:30 this morning at camp arroyo in livermore. >>> how will the weather be, lisa argen? >> good morning, carolyn, hi, everyone. the persistent cloud layer, the stratus, is beginning to clear. mid- and upper 50s from the city to mount viain view, not a big range there. we'll have partial clearing, 54 by the delta. breezy at times at the coast. here's the plan with the fog, it pulls back to the shoreline by the afternoon. but then it fills in quickly. so limited sun there. and it will be cool, 60s at our coast. and then once again, it's back by the overnight hours. highs today 68 in oakland, 77 in fremont, napa 78. low to mid-80s inland. ahead, we're cooling off by the middle of it week. middle of it week. >> thank you, lisa. y

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