For
Immediate Release:
June 18, 2004
Contact:
Jeremy Gregg
Director of Development &
Communications
Telephone: 214 824 1122, ext. 229
E-mail:
[email protected]
$10,000 Local Grant for Youth Camp
GRANTEE:
Camp Fire
USA Lone Star Council, www.campfireusadallas.org.
GRANTOR:
WB33 Kids
Fund
(Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation). For more
information, contact WB33�s Community Affairs Manager, Renee
McMillion-Clark, at [email protected] or at
(214) 252-9233.
GRANT:
This year, the WB33 Kids Fund awarded $10,000 to support free
�camperships� to
Camp Fire
USA�s
Day Camp. Thanks to this grant, over 150 low-income youth
will receive a full scholarship for one of ten week-long
day camp sessions at the council�s 65-acre
Camp
Ellowi.
BACKGROUND:
Camp Ellowi
has served the children of Dallas since the 1940s.
Over the years, thousands of children have participated in
Camp Fire�s weekend camping programs and summer day camps.
Now serving over 7,000 children each year, the
council hopes to provide every one of its members with at
least one camping experience at Camp Ellowi.
�The lessons that children learn in camp simply cannot be
taught in the classroom,� says Tim James, Executive
Director of the Lone Star Council. �We appreciate WB33�s
support of our mission to build caring, confident youth and
future leaders.�
CAMP DATES:
June 1 until Aug. 8 (closed July 5)
Monday through Friday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
CAMP
DETAILS:
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Professionally trained staff who are first aid certified
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Morning and
evening child care at no extra charge to campers (7 a.m. – 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.).
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Regular
camper fees are only $85 for youth ages six to 12 and $55
for ages 13 to 15.
√
Partial
scholarships, provided by individual donors, are available
in addition to the full �camperships�
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Left to Right: Brianna, Camp
Fire member;
Renee McMillion-Clark, Community Affairs
Manager for WB33; Tim James, Executive Director for Camp
Fire USA Lone Star Council; and Daniel, Camp Fire member.
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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. |