Camp would create good memories

Friday, Aug. 29, 2003 | 4:31 a.m.

WEEKEND EDITION: August 30, 2003

A foster mother writes that since she took in her foster daughter, she has been trying to create new memories to replace bad ones from her past.

The girl, she writes, "has been in foster care most of her life. Due to this, she has missed out in participating in many social activities.

"Going to camp would be a great learning experience."

Not only that, the mother writes, camp "would make memories that she wouldn't forget."

The Sun Summer Camp Fund provides scholarships for children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to attend camp. The Las Vegas Sun covers all administrative costs, so every donated dollar goes directly to camp tuition.

By joining contributors to the Las Vegas Sun Camp Fund you can make a difference in a child's life.

Some recent contributors:

Gerald and Donna Nemanic; Marsha and Robert Tarte; David S. Shafer; Robert and Geneva Beasley; R.W. and J.P. Johnson; Michael Rhodes; Jacqueline and Anthony Messina; Dr. P. Kay Carl; Nickie J. Malinak; and T. Ray and Emily Ann Watson.

Maureen R. Cooper; Rosemary Czarnecki; Mary and David Vail; Kenneth and Mary Ann Sokol; Frederick Davis "In memory of Donald Smith, cousin"; Albert and Virginia Hall; James and Lucille Rizzo; Georges Maalouf; Joseph and Sondra Birken; and R.S and Carma Hartman.

Ann Kasel and Bonnie Basso; Beulah Johnson; Charles and June Pennock; John and Joyce McCandless; Jacqueline Henton; Susan and William Gaida; Gil and Catherine Cohen; Michael Webster/Webster Business Group; Gloria D. Jellissen; and jewelry fund-raiser.

Morris and Marcia Krasnitz; Emery and Dolores Yatcko; CCSD William E. Ferron Elementary School; William P. Johnson; Helen V. McLaren; D.M. Stetina; Rogich Middle School Students (Pennies From Heaven); Robert G. Locklier; Bernard and Sylvia Gross; and Rosemary Czarnecki.

Irving Kenneth and Diane Epstein (jewelry fund-raiser); Phillip Peckman (jewelry fund-raiser); Jody Ghanem (jewelry fund-raiser); Lovee DuBoef Arum (jewelry fund-raiser); Susan Molasky (jewelry fund-raiser) and Joyce Mack.