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Published: June 08, 2008 07:30 pm
Camp-4-Kids fund still in need of help
By Michelle James
Register-Herald Reporter
Donations are still being accepted for The Salvation Army and The Register-Herald’s Camp-4-Kids fund, which, as of June 5, had raised $9,164.
Money raised for the fund, which is in its third year, sends area children to Camp Tomahawk, a 172-acre residential camp situated in the hills of Berkeley County in the Eastern Panhandle.
Children who attend the week-long camp will participate in a variety of activities, including nature study, arts and crafts, canoeing and paddleboating, swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball, biking, hiking and archery.
As it did last year, money raised for the fund will be matched up to $20,000 by an anonymous donor.
Salvation Army Capt. Bob Cornett says the goal of the fund is to raise $20,000, which would, with the match, be bumped up to $40,000.
Although the fund is currently close to $11,000 shy of its goal, Cornett says he is pleased with the money raised to date.
“I’m excited, considering the times,” he said. “The times are rough and people are trying to figure out how to put gas in their car, let alone how to help send a child to camp.”
Cornett says the money raised will not only help send children to Camp Tomahawk but will also allow approximately 25 to 30 local children attend The Salvation Army’s Keeping Kids Off the Streets summer day camp.
The day camp provides children a safe place to learn and play and also ensures they are fed.
Donations of any amount are accepted. Cornett says every penny makes a difference.
“A dollar can make a big difference,” he said.
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Money raised will help fund the camp experience for youngsters from Raleigh, Fayette, Webster, Wyoming, Nicholas and Greenbrier counties.
As of June 4, the $9,164 had been pledged to Camp-4-Kids.
The following people have donated to the fund:
- Harold and Alma Osborne of Summersville, $100
- Patrick Misco of Beckley, $30
- Alene Hill of Beckley, $20
- Terry Runion of Mullens, $35
- Louis Kirkpatrick of Beckley, $300
- Wanda Mays of Beckley, $10
- Douglas and Betty Runion of Mullens, $20
- Larna and Michael Cavendish of Beckley, $100
- Julia Palmer of Great Falls, Va., $55
- Robert and Jean Penman of Beckley, $100
- Betty Miller of Beckley, $15
- Joan Murphy of Daniels, $20
- Thelma Wilson of Beckley, $35
- Larry Poe of Sophia, $50
- Robert and Gloria Webb of Beckley, $100
- Joyce Reaves of Sophia, $100
- Todd and Colleen Resley of Daniels, $50
- Richard and Freda Jarrell of Glen Daniel, $100
- Dr. and Mrs. Walter Klingensmith of Beckley, $25
- Roy and Evelyn Patrick of Beaver, $25
- Charles Keesee of Beckley, $5
- Ginny Somerville of Daniels, $200
- Ruby and James Surber of Davidsonville, Md., $15
- Robert and Ruth Duff of Daniels, $25
- Dwight and Mary Meadows of Pineville, $25
- William Richmond of Beckley, $50
- Joie Sheffield of Allentown, Pa., $100
- Robert and Peggy Brooks of Beckley, $20
- Denton and Margaret Pennington of Lansing, $100
- Delma and George Hickman of Camden-on-Gauley, $10
- Polly Cook of Beckley, $25
- James Bland of Beckley, $25
- Betty Simmons of Beaver, $55
- Anna Phillips of Beckley, $15
- Nancy and Gary Dingess of Beckley, $55
- Willard and Loretta Wright of Beckley, $25
- Benjamin and Mary Hopkins of Beckley, $50
- James and Nancy Webb of Arnett, $20
- Martin and Margaret Njokee of Beckley, $50
- Waughilla Bucy of Beaver, $5
- Anonymous of Beaver, $75
- Arnold and Carolyn Tolley of Beckley, $65
- Jennifer Paugh of Bradley, $20
- Velva Lusk of Beaver, $50
- Shirley Hylton of Glen Morgan, $ 35
- Fern and Debra Walker of Beaver, $15
- Lona and Ronald Dempsey of Shady Spring, $35
- Bill and Carol Lilly of Beckley, $25
- Carolyn Vernon of Beckley, $25
- Phyllis Jackson of Beckley, $5
- Betty White of Mullens, $55
- Raymond Pannell of Beckley, $10
- Travis and Nezzie Woody of Wadesboro, N.C., $10
- Amanda Greene of Beckley, $25
- Virginia Harless of Beckley, $65
- Susan and John Hedrick of Beckley, $1,500
- Florence Ferguson of North Spring, $2
- Lloyd Crooke of Beaver, $50
- Denver Gunnoe of Fairdale, $20
- Katrina Forren and Bonnie Jones of Beckley, $100
- Bonita and Stuart Williams of Daniels, $25
- Dorothy Earehart of Daniels, $300
- Jean and William Stone of Beckley, $10
Anyone wishing to donate to the fund can do so by sending a check payable to The Salvation Army Summer Camp Fund, P.O. Box 1573, Beckley, WV 25801.
— E-mail:
mjames@register-herald.com
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