GRANT SUPPORTS AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM

GRANTOR:

Lightner Sams Foundation, Inc.

GRANTEE:

Camp Fire USA Lone Star Council, www.campfireusadallas.org.

GRANT:

The grant of $5,000 will be used to support the Lone Star Council’s Kids Club program.

WHO:

Kids Club provides free “drop in” after-school programs in low-income apartment communities

throughout Greater Dallas.  Members enjoy arts ‘n crafts, drama activities, community service

projects, reading and writing exercises and fun games with their peers while developing important life

and safety skills.

 

Named the “official provider of after-school care” by the Apartment Association of Greater Dallas,

Kids Club provides children with the safe environments and supportive adult mentors that they need to

become caring, confident youth and future leaders.

                          

Kids Club operates weekdays during the school year from 3 - 6 p.m. and during the summer from

12:30 – 6 p.m. and is open to boys and girls ages five to 18 years old.

CONTACTS:

Joel Durbin, Program Director for Kids Club

jdurbin@campfireusadallas.org, (214) 824 – 1122, ext. 224

Gerna Williams, Program Director for Kids Club

gwilliams@campfireusadallas.org, (214) 824 – 1122, ext. 251

HISTORY:

Camp Fire was founded as Camp Fire Girls in 1910. Having served Dallas since 1913, the organization has been co-educational since 1975. The organization became Camp Fire USA in August of 2001. Last year, the Lone Star Council served over 7,000 children and their families. Nearly all of these programs are offered at no cost to youth from low-income families.

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