For
Immediate Release:
August 20, 2004
Contact:
Tim James
Telephone: 214 824 1122, ext. 222
E-mail:
[email protected]
GRANT
CREATES MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM
Camp Fire
USA receives
$12,000 grant from New York Life Foundation
GRANTOR:
New York Life Foundation
GRANTEE:
Camp Fire
USA Lone Star Council, www.campfireusadallas.org.
WHAT:
On July 1, 2004, the Lone
Star Council was one of three Camp Fire USA councils
throughout the
country to receive a
planning grant of $12,000 to develop a �best
practices� manual for reaching
middle school audiences
with the Camp Fire USA curriculum. The grant will also
assist with
the development and testing
of key marketing plans and school outreach strategies for
the
Greater Dallas community.
The grant, which is
administered by Camp Fire USA�s National Headquarters, is
renewable for three
more years beginning
January 2005. If renewed, the Lone Star Council will start
at least five new
programs in middle school
sites throughout Dallas next year. Renewal is based on the
council�s
ability to develop a sound
plan for implementing the curriculum in Dallas.
�We are very excited about
this opportunity to work with the New York Life Foundation,�
said Tim
James, Executive Director
of the Lone Star Council. �Our plan will enable middle
school youth to
explore who they are and to
develop plans to become the people they want to be. The
program will
teach them about how
communities work and about their important role in effecting
change in their
communities.�
According to Stewart Smith,
National Chief Executive Officer of Camp Fire USA, �the
far-reaching
goal for the program is the
creation of 30 exemplary sites. An additional goal is the
compilation and
publication of a best
practices manual that will disseminate knowledge and
replicable best practices
throughout our country.�
HISTORY:
Serving Dallas since 1913,
the Lone Star Council served over 7,000 youth and their
families last
year. Nearly all of these
programs are offered at no cost to youth from low-income
families.
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Camp Fire USA is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit youth development organization. The Lone Star Council is a United Way agency. |