[Mt-blind] Camp Eureka

[Edward C Robbins]

Beth,
        This is great & is Helping to put Montana on the Map of training
opportunities, etc.

Ted
Edward C "Ted" Robbins, CFO
Montana Business Enterprises, Inc.
Phone & Fax:  406 453 6678   Cell:  406 799 6268
 
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:53:21 -0700 Beth Underwood <underhogg at montana.com>
writes:
> Dear Blind List,
> 
> We continue to receive wonderful support for the Camp Eureka! 
> program.  
> Our most recent contribution is from the Qwest Foundation in the 
> amount 
> of $8,000.  We have also received major contributions from the NFB 
> Imagination Fund, the MAB, the James H. Woods Foundation, the 
> Marshall 
> and Mary Brondum Special Assistance Foundation, the Missoula 
> Downtown 
> Lions Club, Juniper Hill Enterprises, the Charles Engelhard 
> Foundation, 
> the Montana Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts.  Other 
> 
> contributors are the Polson Lions Club, Lolo Lions Club, Missoula 
> Southside Lions Club, East Missoula Lions Club, and VSA Arts of 
> Missoula.  In addition, the NFB is providing campers with white 
> canes 
> and  field research equipment adapted for blind students and REI of 
> 
> Missoula is once again offering tents, sleeping bags, and camping 
> equipment.  The Craighead Wildlife/Wildlands Institute and Montana 
> Conservation Science Institute continue to provide office space and 
> 
> related expenses.  All of these extremely generous contributions 
> help us 
> continue to provide an incredibly valuable program that brings blind 
> 
> children, blind young adult and adult mentors, teachers of the 
> blind, 
> scientists, artists, naturalists, and musicians together to 
> encourage 
> and train blind children in the arts and sciences and in the skills 
> and 
> positive attitudes of blindness that will help ensure their 
> happiness 
> and personal success. 
> 
> This weekend we will host the first part of our Camp Eureka! 2007  
> training program in Missoula for volunteers, staff, and instructors. 
>  
> Our campers this summer come from across Montana, as well as Utah, 
> Minnesota, Washington, Illinois, and South Carolina.  Our program 
> has 
> reached national attention and recognition.  We can be proud of the 
> service we are providing blind youth!
> 
> Beth Underwood
> Camp Eureka! Director
> Vice-President Missoula Branch of the Montana Association for the 
> Blind
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