Banquet Saturday, May 17th
6:00 p.m.
 
There is still time to get your Camp Compass
Celebration tickets. This event raises
a bulk of our funding for the children
we work with. We are looking for someone
to sponsor at least 12 of our less fortunate
students at $15.00 each so they may attend
the dinner as well. Adult tickets are
$30.00. There will be a family style dinner,
live & silent auctions and lots of
other goodies. Call 610 -767-3821 or email
info@campcompass.org for orders. |
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Are YOU a member?
We see so many people standing up for
what they believe in. Here's your opportunity
to stand up for giving children the right
to pursue interests outside of the concrete
jungle they live in. For a modest $20.00
you can prove you care about providing
quality education and new opportunities
for urban children. This small contribution
will allow students to receive much needed
academic tutoring, socialization lessons
and provide traveling expenses to the
many wonderful places we get invited to.
There is nothing wrong with helping, so
JOIN TODAY! |
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Our First Open House
 
Our Academy had its first student open house and it turned
out to be a tremendous success. Attending
families were given a tour by one of our
upper level students and then interested
parents were able to register their child
for our programs. Believe it or not we
filled our allotted spaces in three hours
and many parents were so impressed with
the program that they signed up their
siblings. The event also gave some community
supporters the chance to see our offerings
and by their comments we should be very
proud of our work. We want to thank PENN PIZZA and The KEINERT FAMILY for providing the food. All in all, we were
very pleased with this event and we are
planning a bigger supporter event at our
facility September 6th 2003. Watch
for more
information. |
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Exotic Ram Hunt
Two of our Travel Team members were rewarded
for their hard work by PTA Taxidermist
Tony Heisy and Steve Mohr. They were awarded
with a hunt with each girl harvesting
a remarkable ram. After a short boat ride
the girls, mentors and guides were off.
Natasha was to use a .308 that was given
to her by her grandfather before he passed
away and Jenna was to still hunt with
her bow. The new grown foliage made it
tremendously difficult to get around but
our girls managed very well. In fact,
it was said that our two girls hunted
as well as or better than a lot of previous
grown ups who had this opportunity. The
girls didn't complain once even
though there was a fresh hatch of spider
webs between every tree and they had to
go through them. You can go to the for kids only portion of our website and click stories to read both
girls field reports on their wonderful
opportunity. It was quite an emotional
day and were are grateful to Steve and
Tony for the opportunity. We are very
proud of are girls efforts in the field
and in the classroom! |
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Youth Turkey Hunt
Once again Pine Hill Farm was gracious enough to host the opening day of
Turkey season for two of our children.
Dianna Martin and Justin Keinert had a
great opportunity to chase Pennsylvania's
most respected game bird. Both students
were chosen based on their dedication
to our programs and for their increasing
grade point averages. Although the weather
put a damper on the season opener it didn't
prevent the children from trying. As luck
would have it we did get something - WET
& COLD. Sometimes you just can't compete
with Mother Nature. |
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Ned Smith Center Partners
with Us!
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Recently, we were able to form a partnership
with The Ned smith Center. After addressing our curriculum needs we found
Ned smith's Sketchbook a perfect match
for our students' needs. We approached
the center and they agreed that urban
children would benefit greatly from this
book. Through their center they were able
to donate a complete set of texts (30)
and are allowing us to use it as our primary
resource book. We want to thank the Ned
Smith Center for making our academic curriculum
stronger. We are certain our students
will gain the much needed outdoor background
knowledge they lack from this generous
contribution. |
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An Outdoor Chanel Honor
 
Recently, our good friends at The Outdoor Channel spotlighted our work. John Annoni, was given the
guest editorial honor. If you would like
a copy of the full color program guide
and article to see and share with your
friends or potential supporters they will
be given out at our banquet on May 17th
or we can mail you a copy. This is our
best produced written piece to date and
it really makes a statement. After the
article there is a section that names
12 country wide organizations that deal
with youth and the outdoors and we are
among them. Not bad for a program that
wasn't given much of a chance to succeed! |
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your privacy. Each month we are excited
to share with you events and successes
that come from our extensive volunteer
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