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To: |
All Paivika Buddies |
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From: |
Kelly J. Kunsek, Paivika Camp Director |
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Date: |
July, 2010
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Greetings Paivikans-

There is much to update you on but most importantly, camp is well underway and despite a lower than normal enrollment, the "Spirit of Paivika" is strong. As we anticipated, the loss of all state regional center funding this past year has greatly affected our enrollment. We continue to market our program for this summer and still have campership money available for those that qualify so please tell everyone you know that Camp Paivika is the place to be this summer!

I am delighted to report that our newly formed "Paivika Champions" alumni group has been tremendously successful in our first annual campership fundraising campaign. Our goal for this first year was to raise $40,000.00 and as of this writing we have raised (drum roll please!) $44,750.00!!! Thank you to our 2010 Champions:

Chuck Rohe, Chair

Carol Ann (Rohrer) Benson

Kerry Castel De Oro

Steve Covington

Mike and Arline Riley

Terry and Julie Wetzel

Mitzie (Nakatsukasa) Weiss (honorary member of the Champions) |

The commitment and compassion of this wonderful group of people is truly making a difference at camp and in the lives of many campers and their families. THANK YOU!

Anyone can be a Champion for Paivika just by sharing your story- you’d be surprised how touched people will be and what an effective spokesperson you are… who better to spread the word than those of us who have had the privilege to experience the magic of Paivika first hand?

If you are a Camp Paivika lover, you will also want to spend some time on the following sites:

www.abilityfirst.org/camppaivika (check out our new video!)

http://camppaivika.blogspot.com/ (updated regularly throughout the summer)

Camp Paivika on Face book

We welcome your visit to Camp this summer and leave you with these thoughts from our own Paivika Poet extraordinaire, Camper Michael Griggs:

Through the Eyes of a Mountain

By Michael Griggs

Through the eyes of a mountain,

Differences turn into acceptance, and people seem as one.

Through the eyes of a mountain,

Your greatest dreams seem possible.

Through the eyes of a mountain,

The world seems a safer place.

Through the eyes of a mountain,

A person’s spirit is all that matters,

And to a mountain,

Time doesn’t exist.

So every night when I lay down to sleep,

From now until the end of my days,

My only prayer is that one day,

People will start to view the rest of the world

Through the eyes of a mountain. |

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