Kids at Camp Kemo accept Henry McMaster’s check for $25,000 at Pine Island Club. Attorney General Henry McMaster visited with campers and staff from CAMP KEMO Thursday, and presented the Palmetto Health Foundation with a check for $25,000.

The money is part of a multi–state settlement the Attorney General’s Office reached with Bristol–Myers Squibb Co. in a federal antitrust case surrounding the cancer drug Taxol©. The states alleged that the drug company enforced patents on the drug that were obtained fraudulently in an effort to delay the entry of generic competitors into the market.

According to the settlement, the funds were to be distributed to a charitable organization with express conditions that the funds be used to benefit cancer victims or their families.

McMaster visited CAMP KEMO campers while they were away from camp on a trip to the Pine Island Club on Lake Murray. Amy Colquitt, an assistant to McMaster, has a daughter who is a camper and the inspiration for the gift.

“It is with heartfelt gratitude for the many people associated with the CAMP KEMO program that we present this gift today,” said McMaster. “I hope that the proceeds from this settlement can help ease the recovery of these brave boys and girls.”