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Rockin' Out for Camryn"

Hundreds of family members and friends came together on Saturday at the Bowmanstown Rod and Gun Club to remember a little girl whose life was snuffed out by a brain tumor.

Little Camryn Zelienka was only 6 years old when her life ended on Sept. 1 at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Her parents are Tony Zelienka and Megan Snyder of Towamensing Township. She was a first grade student at Towamensing Elementary School.Camryn was a busy girl, who enjoyed gymnastics and was a member of Tumble With Denise in Lehighton, where she was a Level four gymnast and also was a two time Pennsylvania Progressive League champion. She had been a member of the Level Three Gold medal team at the 2012 Keystone State Games. She was a member of TNT Dance in Lehighton and she loved arts, crafts and music.Because of her love for music, Nicole Collier-Dick and Jennifer Koch Diener, organizers of the event, "Rockin' Out For Camryn," arranged to have music throughout the day. There was also food, raffles and a large Chinese auction."Her life was all about music," said Nicole. "With her father in a band, she was surrounded by it."Bands participating in the "Rockin' Out for Camryn" included "Screaming Sunday," "Sharon Elaine," "Shoot for Noon," "Becky and the Beasts," "Good Nite Kimmy" and "Governing Murphy." Also assisting with music was DJs from Soundwave Productions."She was an amazing girl," said Nicole. "In life, she loved her music and in her death she helped others. Her parents donated her organs and she helped so many people with life. We know that her kidneys, heart and other organs and corneas went to give others the gift of life."Funds from the event were donated to the Gift of Life Donor Program and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.Both parents were at the event, along with Camryn's little sister, Addyson."This has been an amazing day," said Camryn's father. "I haven't seen some of these people in 20 years and today they've come here because they care. These are all the people who loved Camryn. Music is the best thing. With all the weird, messed up things in the world, it shows that people do care and they came here to support and help. It makes me feel good that there are a lot of good people out there."Camryn's mom, Megan said. that her daughter lived only 10 days after her diagnose."We knew that she would have a long road of chemotherapy and radiation ahead of her and that the prognosis was not good. Her tumor was in the middle of her brain and there was no way they could remove it," she said."I want to thank the people from Small World Day Care for all their help," said Megan. "They were awesome."Camryn is also survived by maternal grandparents, Bob and Liz Snyder of Towamensing Township; paternal grandmother, Sue Zelienka of Palmerton; maternal great-grandparents, Ann, wife of Marty Spotts, and Charles Pletcher; uncle, Jesse Snyder, husband of Erin of Palmerton; aunt, Cheyenne Williams of Palmerton; and cousins, KayLeigh and Emma Snyder.