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Children’s Association for Maximum Potential, 4th Quarter: 2014

CAMP Celebrate 35 Years!

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CAMP Board of Directors President Mike Zerda Secretary Dr. Toni Hill Treasurer Jean Magargee Julie Allen Jamie Fox Kyle Garetson Josh Gerstner Keith Holloway Dr. Madeleine Reichert Fred Swaney Dr. Azreena Thomas Executive Director Susan Osborne CAMP Advisory Committee Julianne Bass Elena Guajardo Dr. Janessa Manning Dr. Fred McCurdy Jim Pennekamp Richard A. Ramirez Click Here for Staff Listing

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This year as you prepare to kick-off of the giving season, don’t forget about #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. Tuesday, December 2, 2014, people all around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give to local charitable organizations.

There are three ways that you can participate in Giving Tuesday. You can give time, resources, or you can give voice. At CAMP we are makeing it easy to give all three ways.

Give Time Check out the CAMP Respite Club Calendar and commit to serve one weekend a month during the school year or spend a week with our CAMPers during the summer. It is easy and fun to be a volunteer and it makes such a difference in the lives of people with special needs and those who care for them. Click here for a Volunteer Application and get started today.

Give Resources If like to shop, check out the CAMP Wish List for items needed for Respite Club. From books and developmental games to a brand new refrigerator, every item on the Wish List is used during Respite Club activities.

Don’t like to shop? CAMP has you covered.

Make a financial gift to CAMP in honor of someone on your holiday gift list. No gift is too big or too small and you don't have to keep up with the receipt because this is one gift that won't be returned!

Gifts made to CAMP are used to strengthen and inspire individuals with special needs—and those who care for them—through Recreation, Respite, and Education.

Give Voice Share how you observe #GivingTuesday. Use Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram to invite friends and family to join you on Giving Tuesday. YOU can make the holidays more generous this year!

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The 6th Annual Over 300 CAMP Supporters came out to the San Antonio Country Club for the 6th Annual Starry Night CAMP Gala to honor Toni and Richard Goldsmith. Our guests were the brightest stars at this unforgettable evening of elegance!

CAMP Executive Director Susan

Gen.( R) Tom and Dr. Toni Hill,

Liz and Mike Zerda, CAMP

Osborne with Honorees Richard

Mrs. Carla and Major Gen. (R)

Board President

and Toni Goldsmith

Kevin Bergner

Carroll and Patty Schubert and

CAMP Chief Program Officer

CAMP Director Ben Elble

Dr. Brandon Briery Ph. D.

Allison Hoch and CAMP Nurse Dee Evans

Impact SA, (Seated L-R) Steve & Marty Hixon, Bob and Ann Parker, Lynette

Robert Ramirez, Amber and

Maddox, Wendy Barber, Tammy Patter-

Oscar Castro, and Marion

son, (Standing) Marilyn Harrington, Marian Sokol, Michael Smith

Earley

Trae and Kenda Willoughby

Starry Night CAMP Gala Below are a few photos from the gala on September 13th. CAMP raised $155,295 to support and inspire individuals with special needs and those who care for them through Recreation, Respite, and Education! More Photos

Abby Fisher, Judy Foster,

Julianne Bass and Rudy Lopez

Alan and Betty Sierichs

and Raymond Judd

Andy, Collins and Julie Allen,

CAMP Executive Director Susan

Jean and Joseph Magargee

Osborne, and Abby Fisher

Richard Goldsmith, Madeleine Reichert-Zachary, Toni Goldsmith, and Bob Zachary

Jabe Cochren and Susan Osborne

Alumni Return to Celebrate They came on October 11th. Volunteer and Staff Alumni from across three and a half decades of CAMP history. They brought their children, their partners, their memories, and their Chacos.

They reconnected with old friends and made a few new ones. They swapped stories from CAMP’s past and caught up with the vision for CAMP’s future.

my eyes to blessings in my life that I took for granted.

Like many young people, I didn’t appreciate my blessings until I encountered CAMPers who face challenges every day and do so with grace and joy. It changed my life!”

Some were from the very first CAMP in 1979. Othe attendees served as recently as the last summer.

They all came to celebrate CAMP!

Counselor Alex Soliz with a CAMPer; Summer 2011.

Rachel Palow Guillen checks in with her children.

Rachel Palow-Guillen started at CAMP as a Counselor in Training in 1992. By her last summer in 2004, she had worked her up to CAMP Director.

Guillen sums up her 12 years at CAMP this way, “Up until I had my own children, my work at CAMP is probably the most important thing I’ve ever done.”

While Guillen acknowledges that CAMP makes a profound impact on CAMPers she believes, “(Supporting) CAMP is one of the most important ways that people can make a difference, not just in the lives of CAMPers, but in the lives of teenagers.”

And Guillen is not alone.

Donna Campion is numbered among the first group of volunteers to serve at CAMP in 1979.

She expresses a sense of pride at being an original part of the CAMP legacy.

Alex Soliz is a relative newcomer to CAMP. He served as a volunteer from 2010 to 2011 and returned as lead staff in 2013. He missed spending this past summer at CAMP (2014), so he was thrilled to have an opportunity to return for the Alumni Reunion. “I always pencil in respite events on my calendar with the hope of coming back, but life just gets in the way,” said Soliz.

His favorite CAMP story involves an experience as the counselor for a CAMPer with limited communication skills. “I’m an enthusiastic person so I started the week at a high level of energy, but my CAMPer couldn’t give me any verbal feedback. On top of that he cried every night at bedtime.”

Soliz tried not to let his enthusiasm dip, but he worried that his CAMPer wasn’t enjoying his week.

Soliz’s worries were reinforced at closing ceremonies when the CAMPer’s family arrived and he began to cry.

“I often reflect on my time at CAMP, because it opened Donna Campion from 1979

“CAMP is probably the most important thing I’ve ever done”

Rachel Palow-Guillen

35 Years of CAMP “Wow!” said the CAMPer’s mother, “He must have really had a great time this week. He only cries when he has to stop doing something he loves!”

“That experience taught me to never give up. Even when you don’t see results on the surface, you never can tell what’s going on underneath,” said Soliz.

being a parent at CAMP because I was responsible for the health and safety of my CAMPer, including feeding and bathing, dressing, and caring for their emotional needs.

So, when my daughter came along I felt confident and comfortable in my role as mother.”

This sentiment is echoed by Guillen, “At the age of fifteen I was responsible for making sure that my CAMPer was breathing, that he had a steady body temperature, and that he had fun!”

Each CAMP Alumni has a personal story that makes their CAMP experience unique, but, there is common denominator; each one of them shares a sense of purpose, humility, and worth-which impacts every area of their lives.

For Guillen CAMP is what has shaped her, “I am the leader, the teacher and the citizen that I am today because of CAMP. It has made me a better person.”

Thirty-five years later, Campion continues to be strengthened by what she discovered at CAMP as a teenager, “Because of CAMP I have a sense of purpose no matter what challenges I face.”

Nicole and Jay Smith introduce their daughter to CAMP.

Nicole Smith has spent the majority of her life as a part of the CAMP family. She was only eight years old when she became a Sioux CAMPer. In the small community she grew up in, her brother was the only child in their school with an obvious disability.

“Before CAMP, I thought I was the only one in the world who had a little brother in a wheelchair. CAMP changed my perspective on the world. It gave me a connection to so many other people who shared my experience.”

When she turned fourteen Smith became a counselor. At sixteen she spent an entire summer at CAMP. “I remember going home bone tired on Friday and coming back on Sunday ready to do it again. It was the best summer of my life!”

As an adult, Smith returned to CAMP as a Health Care Volunteer. CAMP is also the place where she and husband Jay were married. Now a mother, Smith credits her experience as a CAMP counselor with preparing her for parenthood, “I learned about

Alex sees CAMP as a guiding force, “Because of CAMP I’m able to respect people for who they are and not because of the circumstances that life has attributed to them. I take the time to see past what is on the surface and see who they truly are on the inside.”

However, it is Smith’s poetic words that encompass the universal experience that is CAMP, “CAMP has been the focal point and the grounding place for my entire life, it is the gravity that has held me to this ground, and this ground, right here, is hallowed space for me.”

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2014 CAMP Alumni Reunion Scrapbook

Alumni Committee members Dana Fox and Jessi Castro wait for CAMP Alumni to arrive.

CAMP Founder Dr. Chris JohnsonPlauche and Donna Campion pose with the CAMP brochure that started it all back in 1979.

Assistant CAMP Director Alex Sego checks in Former CAMP Director Sam Van Neste.

Former CAMP Nurse Judy Foster and daughter bundle up against the evening chill!

Kids of CAMP Alumni enjoy the bounce castle.

The Star Lighting Ceremony was the highlight of the evening!

Rebecca and Schuylar Crist admire a photo of Schlyar as a young CAMPer.

Once an Archery Instructor, always an Archery Instructor, Cheri Tondre and her daughter.

Executive Director Susan Osborne, Nurse Dee Evans, and Wayne Tauer

Rebecca Sheddrick and her son enjoy the Night Activity with Sarah Renfro (Twig).

Cadillac Overdrive rocked the night away!

Georgina Saravia, Jenn Fisher and daughter.

View More Alumni Reunion Photos on our Facebook

Donor Wall for August-October

Mr. Preston H. Davis

Hall and Pat Hammond

Ms. Terri Davis

Marilyn S. Harrington, Ph.D.

Mr. Frank Davis

Ms. Margaret Harrison

Cindy DeHoyos

Ms. Mary Austin Hart

Nathan DeHoyos

General (R)Tom and Dr.Toni Hill

Ms. Hope deLemos

Mr. Lyndon Hoch

Mr. Seguin Derousse

Mr. Keith Holloway

Ms. Tanja Desormeaux

Ms. Janet Hughes

Vicki L. and Terry Dewille

Leslie Hyman

Heather Diehl

Raymond Judd

Elinor and Dick Drileck

Yvette Kalter

Ms. Beverly Ahrens

Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Duke

Ms. Estelle Kaufman

Col. and Mrs. Fred E. Aldrich

Amanda and Steve Dwyer

Ms. Diane Kearns

Andy and Julie C. Allen

Ms. Jane Edwards

Jerry Kelfer

Nan and Richard Allen

Mrs. Millie Ehrenberg

Mrs. Hannah Kendrick

Dr. Glenn Halff & Ms. Mindi Alterman

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Eichelbaum

Ms. Judy Lackritz

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ancellotti

Mrs. Gretel Ekbaum

Dale and Marilyn Layton

Ms. Regina C. Anderson

Dee Evans, MSN, RN

David and Laura Leach

Ms. Donna Aragon

Edward Finnerty

Henry and Lilla Lide

Mike and Lee Barry

Ms. Jennifer D. Fisher

Mr. Daniel A. Lizarraga

Ms. Julianne Bass

Zee Fisher

Ms. Lynette Maddox

Mrs. Alison Beck

Louis Fisher

Jed Maebius

Mr. Larry Bena

Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Fitzgerald

Jean and Joseph Magargee

Kevin and Carla Bergner

Ms. Cheryl Flatt

Jean Mankowski, Ph.D.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bolner

Dr. Marvin Forland

Ms. Elaine A. Maurer

Bryan and Cindy Boynton

Steve and Judy Foster

Pam Maxwell

James Branton

Ms. Tammy K. Foster

Mr. Michael T. McCabe

Dr. Sheldon Braverman

Mickle and Dana E. Fox

Mr. Ken McConnell

Ms. Amy Bredemus

Ms. Virginia Frost

Mr. Joseph McCormick, III

Brandon Gig Briery, Ph.D.

Bonnita Gaddis

Bob and Shelley McCullough

Virgil & Sammie Briery

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Galvan

Ms. Annabelle McGee

Ms. Lleanna Brinsmade

Bob Gardner

Ms. Laura McLaughlin

Austin Britt

Mr. Kyle Garetson

Ms. Sara Menchaca

Ms. Teri Brooke

Natalie Garza

Ms. Heather Miller

Phoebe and Ron Brown

Jerry and Nancy Gerson

Ron and Sandy Morander

Mr. Thomas Burney

Mr. Josh Gerstner

John and Naomi Morris

Cheryl Busald

Mr. Jim Getchell

Judith Morton

Ms. Donna Campion

David Glenn

Mark Moyer

Graciela Catache

Mr. David Goddu

Mr. David Murdock

Miguel Chapa

Richard and Toni Goldsmith

Jill M. Chernin, R.N.C.

Joan Goldsmith

Mrs. Laura Chesler

Ruth Goldsmith

Ms. Patricia Clark

Crespin Gonzales

Ms. Christie Cochren

Ms. Kay Green

Mr. Elliott Cohen

Robbie Greenblum and Tova Rubin

Dr. Larry Cohen

Ms. Andrea Guadarrama

Ms. Sarah Cohen

Ms. Elena K. Guajardo

Ms. Doris I. Cole

Ms. Evelyn Gurganus

Cassandra and Kenneth Cook

Mrs. Sally Halff

General Wilson Cooney

Ms. Betty Halff

Ms. Stacey Darr

Jim and Danna Halff

You matter to us and we want to properly acknowledge your generosity. If we have omitted your gift or spelled your name incorrectly, please let us know so we can correct our records.

Contact Nancy Gerson at nancy.gerson@campcamp.org or 210-671-7955

Donor Wall for August-October Continued Shannon Newton

Carroll and Patty Schubert

Ms. Laci Walk

Ms. Susan Osborne

Mr. Alan Sierchs

Ms. Melanie K. Walker

Mr. Greg Oveland

Chuck A. and Leigh Smith

Tim and Kay Watt

Bob and Ann Parker

Ms. Marian Sokol

Mr. Don Weast

Mrs. Carolyn Parmer

Alex Soliz

Fred and Mindi Silver- Weiss

Sean and Mary Passmore

Rabbi Samuel and Lynn Stahl

Mr. and Mrs. Marty Wender

Mr. Jarred Payne

Steve and Sheri Stone

Carl and Marjean Werner

Jim and Beth Pennekamp

Ms. Amandi Suarez

David Wheless

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Phinney

Josh Sutin

Ms. JoAnn Wilkins

Dianne and Boone Powell

Nathan Swaney

Ms. Kristen E. Williams

Ms. Stephanie Ramirez

Mr. Bob Swartz

Robert and Kenda Willoughby, III

Ms. Roxanna Ramriez

Ms. Mary Swearingen

Bob and Ruthy H. Willoughby

Ms. Dianne P. Reavis

Elizabeth Swize

Ms. Dianna Woody

Ms. Irma Reed

Mr. Robert Tanner

Dick and Ruthie Wurzburg

Madeleine Reichert - Zachary Ph.D.

Mr. Wayne Tauer

Ms. Emily Wycpalek

and Bob Zachary

Ms. Alicia Thomas

Ms. Dorothy M. Ybarra

Mrs. Danielle Muniz

Dr. Azreena Thomas

Ms. Jessica Zachary

Ms. Mary Ellen Resen

Dr. Phyllis Thompson

Mr. Michael Zerda

Homer and Beverly Rhodes

Tom and Melanie Thurmond

Tory and Clay Richmond

Mr. Sam C. Van Neste

Ms. Heather Rodriguez

Ms. Vanessa Vance

Ms. Iris Rubin

Ms. Vivian Miller Vance

Ms. Jessica Saenz

Jay Vargas-Zachary

Louise and Bryan Sagor

Jeannie Vasquez

Thank-you for making CAMP possible!

Organizations and Foundations Children's Oncology Camping Association

Lackland AFB OSC

Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country

Mays Family Foundation

Cox Smith Matthews Inc.

Nationwide United Way Campaign

Cowden Charitable Foundation Trust

San Antonio Country Club

Dixie Starnes Wenger Foundation

San Antonio Area Foundation

Dru and Scott Family Foundation

St. Paul Lutheran Church

Frost National Bank Charitable Foundation

Temple Beth-El

H-E-B Tournament of Champions Charitable Trust

Towne & Country Optimist Club

James Family Charitable Fund

United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County

Joan and Herb Kelleher Charitable Foundation

Valero Energy Foundation

Marcia and Otto Koehler Foundation

VFW Post 8569

Kronkosky Charitable Foundation

Honorariums Mr. John S. Hart

Ms. Regina C. Anderson

John & Naomi Morris

Mr. Jarred Payne

Regan Naylor

Jabe Cochren

Ms. Dianna Woody

Homer and Beverly Rhodes

Ms. Susan Osborne

Trent Evans

Ms. Jane Edwards

Dru and Scott Family Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Goldsmith Mrs. Laura Chesler

Mr. Zack Shaffer Ms. Dianna Woody

In Memory Of Meghan Hill

Odene McOwen

Ms. Lleanna Brinsmade

Henry and Lilla Lide

Ms. Virginia Frost

Mr. Greg Oveland

Bonnita Gaddis

Ms. Mary Ellen Resen

Raymond Judd

Ms. Mary Swearingen

Ms. Alicia Thomas Mr. Jay Lemire Ms. Beverly Ahrens

Tony Podesta Mrs. Alison Beck Rachel Reavis

CAMP Executive Offices @ Lackland Air Force Base

Center Point Camp CAMP Facility

Please use this address, phone, and fax number to send all application paperwork for CAMPers, Staff and Volunteers.

This address, phone, and fax number may be used to reach CAMPers, Staff, and Volunteers serving at Camp CAMP.

Mailing Address:

Mailing Address:

PO Box 27086 San Antonio, TX 78227 Physical Address:

PO Box 999 Center Point, TX 78010 Physical Address:

2525 Ladd Street Lackland AFB, TX 78236 Tel: Fax:

Email:

515 Skyline Drive Center Point, TX 78010

210-671-5411 210-671-5225

Tel: Fax:

830-634-2267 210-858-8035

campmail@campcamp.org

CAMP’s Mission is to strengthen and inspire individuals with special needsand those who care for them-through Recreation, Respite, and Education.