CAMP Matters, 3rd Quarter, 2017

Children’s Association for Maximum Potential, 3rd Quarter, 2017

The 9th Annual Starry Night CAMP Gala Shines!

CAMP Links Camper Respite Club Applications Volunteer Opportunities

CAMPfest in the Fall

Camp Calendar

Tire Tracks

By Dr. Brandon G. Briery, Ph.D.

Camp CAMP Summer CAMP’s mission is to strengthen and inspire individuals with special needs - and those who care for them - through Recreation, Respite, and Education.

CAMP Board of Directors President Kenneth McConnell Vice President Julie Allen Secretary Dr. Toni Hill Vice Secretary Dana Fox Treasurer Ed Kreusel Vice Treasurer Dr. Azreena Thomas

CAMP Advisory Committee Julianne Bass Amy Campos Jamie Fox Selena Frost Robert Kyle Garetson Elena Guajardo Keith Holloway Jean Magargee Dr. Janessa Manning Dr. Fred McCurdy Anton Montano Board Members Jim Pennekamp Bob Brock Richard A. Ramirez Mario Dominguez Dr. Madeleine ReichertDr. Marilyn Harrington Zachary Chuck Smith Lee Matecko Fred Swaney Dr. Alycia Maurer Vanessa Vance Bernadette McKay Jill Rosenthal Executive Director Mike Zerda Susan Osborne Staff Directory

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Starry Night CAMP Gala Shines Bright!

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Gala Gallery of Photo Booth Pictures

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CAMP Applications Get an Upgrade

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Tribute Gifts

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CAMPfest in the Fall

Mark Your Calendar

Registration is now open for CAMPfest in the FALL! Come out to Camp CAMP in Center Point, TX for a FREE fun-filled open house on October 21st from 11 am to 4 pm.

“We’re moving CAMPfest to the fall to better serve our CAMP families, volunteers, and friends,” said Executive Director, Susan Osborne.

“It will include some traditional CAMP activities, camp tours, Question & Answer sessions, a complimentary lunch, and a Resource Fair - plus

Campers are encouraged to wear family friendly costumes (nothing scary or gory) and collect treats at various locations around CAMP!”

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It’s going to be a lot of fun! So click here to register your family and invite someone you want to introduce to CAMP to come too! We hope to see YOU there!

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Tire Tracks

by Brandon G. Briery, Ph.D.

Camp CAMP’s Great American Roadtrip from the Summer of 2017 is now in the rearview mirror as we gear up for our Respite Club School-Year Programs (Respite Weekends, Parents Night Out, and Teen and Adult Day Adventure), yet the memories made on this grand adventure will last a lifetime. You can see a snapshot summarizing all who made this journey possible on the top of the next page, but the smiles you see in the other snapshots do an even better job of telling the story.

Thank you to everyone who helped make this summer a journey to remember: our Volunteer Counselors, Health Care Volunteers, Lead Staff, year-round staff, donors, and most especially our Campers and their families. Together, we are collectively “The CAMP Family.” I am amazed and humbled at how time and time again a group of individuals come together to do this thing we call “Camp CAMP,” and in very short order, these individuals become family.

Tim Cahill once mused, “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” Thinking in these terms, although we may not have logged many actual miles on the odometer, the friendships made or rekindled, the laughter that echoed throughout Camp CAMP, and the love shared with friends old and new, took us around the world and back!

Thank you for being part of the CAMP Family, and thank you for making our journey so special this summer. We look forward to making more memories with you and new friends we’ve yet to meet on roads that lie ahead. And whether we see you this year at some of our SchoolYear Programs or next summer, in this family we always look forward to welcoming you home.

Starry Night CAMP The stars came out on September 9th, for the Children’s Association for Maximum Potential’s 9th Annual Starry Night CAMP Gala held at the San Antonio Country Club. The sold out event honored Mrs. Vivian Vance and Ms. Vanessa Vance for their friendship to CAMP, their individual accomplishments, and their commitment to the special

needs community. (Click for Vivian Vance and Vanessa Vance videos) “The Vance Family has been a part of the CAMP Family for 30 years,” said Susan Osborne, Executive Director.

“Vivian Vance is a camper parent and CAMP friend, and Vanessa Vance started as a Camper and went on to serve as a volunteer counselor, summer lead staff,

Pictured above are: top left, Sarah Torres, Vanessa Vance, & Johnny Melendez, top right, Dr. Brandon G. Briery Ph.D., Vivian Vance, Susan Osborne, & Ben Elble, bottom left, Patrick, Betty, Paul, Matthew, & Tracy Vance, bottom right, Michele, Meredith, Jeff, and Hayden Vance.

Gala Shines Bright and board member, and she currently serves on the CAMP Advisory Board.

These strong women represent the best of CAMP to our community.�

Randy Beamer, Anchor/Photojournalist with News 4 WOAI, served as emcee for the evening. The program included a presentation to the honorees, a moving testimony by to Dee Evans, CAMP Head

Nurse and Camper Parent, and an exciting Fund the Need Paddle Raiser to support the construction of a new CAMP Health Care Center. (Click for CAMP Impact and CAMP Is videos) Generous CAMP sponsors, guests, and alumni raised an incredible $257,328 to strengthen and inspire individuals with special needs!

Pictured above are: top left, Dr. Fred A. McCurdy, top center, Gordon Hartman & General (Ret.) Tom Hill, top right, Susan Osborne & Dr. Chris Plauche-Johnson, middle left, Dr. Sarah & Mr. Steve Bourland, middle center, Col. & Mrs. Fred & Ruby Aldrich, middle right, Scott Zinger & Edith McAllister, bottom left, Linda Howe, Shelley Watanabe, & Lizette Esquenazi, bottom right, Hope de Lemos & Dr. Jessica Murphy.

Dr. Azreena Thomas

Kenda & Trae Willoughby

Ken McConnell & Lori Ann Van Buren, with Randy Beamer.

Sandee & Lee Matecko

Liz & Mike Zerda with Dr. Marilyn Harrington

Casey & Amy Campos

Mickle & Dana Fox

Mark & Bernadette McKay

Andy, Julie, & Collins Allen

Karen & Tony Ridout

David Schulkammp & Selena

Susan Osborne, Jill Rosenthal, & Dr. Madeleine Reichert-Zachary

Inna Alvares, Jamie Fox & Betty Vance

David & Laura Leach

Bethany & Breanna Harrison

Antonio Davis & Magaly Maldonado

Courtney Britton, Natalie Navarro, Annie George, Sarah Torres, Vanessa Vance & Johnny Melendez

Damien Kasten, Noah Willoughby, & Sarah Hackert

Rachael Guillen, Natalie Navarro, Maria Lifschulz, Annie Gibson, Jessica Holloway, & Katie Cantrell

Tom Burney & Dee Evans

Allison Hoch and Judy Foster

CAMP Online Applications Get an Upgrade!

In August the online Camper Applications for the 2017-18 Respite Club, CAMP’s school-year programs opened, and the response has been amazing!

“We’ve known for a while that our online application system was in need of a upgrade,” said Family Services Program Director Michelle Elble. “So, in the spring of 2017, we asked our families what would best meet their needs for a new online application.”

The top request made by our families is an application that is mobile friendly. After that, families want a system that will automatically save information as it is entered; our old platform would time-out forcing users to re-enter information that had not yet been saved. Finally families said they want to be able to upload documents, eliminating the need to send in documents by “snail mail”.

We heard your feedback and are glad to announce that we have launched a

system that does all of this and more!

“The challenge we faced when looking at the online application systems available in the camping industry, was to find one that would satisfy our families’ needs for a responsive system, without limiting the amount of information staff could collect in order to keep our Campers safe,” said Elble.

CAMP is grateful to the families who took the time to respond to our survey and for letting us know how we can best meet your needs! We look forward to serving more families using this upgraded technology.

Volunteer Applications will be available using the new system very soon, making it easier for students and health care professionals to complete their applications on a system that is MOBILE FRIENDLY! Please check this link on our website for future announcements.

Tribute Gifts Kevin Farnsworth Helena Fields Wendy Gage Mary Ann Gardner Dave Gerard Alex Guiscardo Ben & Debbie Haynes Stan Hemmeline Sandy & Kevin Henning HONORARIUMS Pat Herbert BILL & ROSEMARY ALEXANDER Randy Howard Ken Simmons Patrick Huynh ANDY & JULIE ALLEN Lance Johnson Steve & Susan Lewis Doris Kiesler MS. GINGER CASAS Andrea Koop Rachel E. Gray-Castro Michael Kunzig VINCENT ESQUEDA Alexander Lacy George & Mary Esqueda Dale Landry JOSH JOHNSTON Gary Lenderman Nancy Johnston Martha Loesch DAN & EMILY KAHN Bill & Linda Madeira Stanley & Sandra Kahn Michael Maier MS. VANESSA VANCE Terry & Samantha McPhail Elise Boyan Jan & Steve Mc, Veigh MS. VIVIAN MILLER VANCE Penny & Chris Minnick Elise Boyan Margaret & Jim Minton ZACH WHITWORTH Oliver & Litzi Nicholoson Diane Ireson M. E. Petree ANDREW WICKERSHAM Frank & Teresa Piekos Jean Landry Robin Richie MS. GRACE WICKERSHAM Judi Schanck Jean Landry Stephen Schultheis MR. MICHAEL ANTHONY ZERDA Debbie & Brad Scott Michael Zerda Linda & Jack Schubert Maximilian Silvestri MEMORIALS Jennifer Simon MS. SCARLETTE ANCELLOTTI Keely Smith Betty Adams Janice Stewart Alexandra Alani Rick Stooksberry Stephan & Sharon Allenson Patricia Sumner Tracy Anderson Mr. Steve Taylor Dawn Bozeman Sharon Tusa Debbie Brown Paige Wardell Valerie Bussell Ken Wooten Michael Caesar ROBERTO BOUGHTON Michael Castleberry Martin & Martha Rodriguez David & Cathy Ciarella MS. LINDSAY BOWKER Kathryn Cole Margaret Bowker Lisa Daugherty LAVONNE "EDIE" CARTER Laurelle Deschenes Jeffery Ledford Steven Erbstoesser David Plotkin

SUSAN FLORES Wade & Sharon Eichman MRS. MARGARET GHARIB Richard & Clarinda Richards John & Jodell Wright NICHOLE HOUDEK HILL Bonnita Gaddis Carla & Paul Houdek Nelson Stacks Megan Thomas JUSTIN JEWELL Joanne Bocanegra Theresa Coyne Tom Culwell Dallas County ENA Zack & Josh Davis Dan Didonato Brian Faux Hi-Plains ENA Lorelee Hood Sharon Keith Margo Layman Joan Lesch Louisiana ENA Ms. Lori McIrvin Gwen Medley Tracy Rodriguez San Antonio ENA Carol Twombly Vanessa Wooten MATT KREGER Loretta Balter Mary Lee Caffey James Helling RHETT URBAN Paul Urban JOSHUA VEALE Dorothy Veale

YOU matter to us!

Have you moved recently?

Do you need to update your records? Would you like to speak with someone in the development office?

Contact Lauren Weiss (210) 671-6002 lauren.weiss@campcamp.org

Lackland AFB

Center Point, TX

CAMP Executive Offices

Camp CAMP Facility

Please send all Camper, Volunteer and Staff paperwork, mail, faxes, or donations here.

Please send mail and faxes here only when your Camper, Volunteer, or Staff Member is at CAMP.

Mailing Address:

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 27086

P.O. Box 999

San Antonio, TX 78227

Center Point, TX 78010

Physical Address:

Physical Address:

2525 Ladd Street Bldg. 3850

515 Skyline Drive

Lackland AFAB, TX 78236

Center Point, TX 78010

Phone: (210) 671-5411

Phone: (830) 634-2267

Fax: (210) 671-5225

Fax: (210) 858-8035

Website: www.campcamp.org