Marnie Wells and Camp Tanadoona Field Trip

Our program on September 16^th was held at Camp Tanadoona, and was a presentation by our member Marnie Wells. She is the state director of Campfire, the organization that owns and runs the kids’ camp.

The camp serves as both a day camp and a sleepover facility, with about 25% of the kids staying on campus for a week. The camp was open this year from June 3^rd thru August 22^nd, serving between 100 and 240 kids each day. Many of the participants are low-income kids, and the camp give many scholarships each summer to fund attendance by these kids. Since last year, there have been a number of changes in the camp, including a new entrance, and some new buildings for the campers. After the meeting, club members toured the campus and saw the new buildings for the day campers, checked out one of the overnight cabins, and saw some of the areas slated for change over the winter.

Last year, Marnie told us of the new capital campaign that was beginning so that the camp could be updated and modernized. She had a goal of $1,500,000., and grand plans for redoing many of the buildings and re-focusing the areas.  To date, she is about $100,000 short of her goal.

On October 23^rd, there will be the annual wine tasting party, which is one of their fund raisers. Marnie will provide further information, but asked us all to mark the date on our calendars.