Straight-A student needs help for camp

Friday, June 21, 2002 | 3:03 a.m.

The mother of an 11-year-old boy describes him as a good kid who gets straight A's in school and gets along well with others.

She is a single mother caring for two children and says she doesn't have a lot of time to get her son into sports programs and other activities he wants to be involved in.

"I believe my son deserves a camping experience and it would be a great benefit to him. He's earned it," she says.

She can only pay $20 of the camp costs and is seeking the Sun Camp Fund's assistance.

The mother of an 8-year-old boy says he is well-behaved and up until this year has not had much opportunity to enjoy being a kid.

For seven years she was a single mother and did not allow him to play outside in their low-income area. He helped her with his younger brother and never complained.

He now attends programs at the Boys and Girls Club, which has been a blessing, the mother says.

"My son smiles through his heart," she says. The mother can only afford to pay $10 toward the costs of camp for the boy. She is seeking the Sun Camp Fund's assistance.

You can help such children by joining these latest contributors to the Las Vegas Sun Summer Camp Fund:

Maureen R. Cooper; Desert Springs Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary; Robert A. Gill; Franklin and Lorie Katz; Geraldine Fischer; Greg Kinard and Valerie Jaques "In memory of Charles Coy"; Steve Sisolak; Peter A. Simon II; and Joe and Sharon Spann.

Religious Science Church of Las Vegas; Charlotte R. Stray; Brian and L. Susan Knaff; Susan Giacalone and Jeff MacNaughton; Lee and Jane Hester; Calvin Moore and Kaye McLeod; Jack and Kathryn Milligan; Joanne Lentino; and Sandy Fruzi.

Marilyn and Herbert Roth; Christine Didas; Tony King; Robert and Julia Johnson; Gerald and Selma Deitch; Robert and Geneva Beasley; Sosnow Family Trust; Jean Wurzer and Dana Wurzer Balderson; Dr. Bernard Greenblatt; and Victoria Tarantino.