Single mom would like to send three children to camp

Friday, Sept. 5, 2003 | 3:59 a.m.

A single mother asks for help sending her three children to camp, saying she can afford to carry some, but not all, of the cost.

"My children have expressed to me many times their interest in attending camp," she writes. "Unfortunately, I am not able to afford the whole cost."

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.

"I believe my children would benefit socially, educationally and emotionally by attending camp," the mother writes. "It would be a first time for them, and I know it would be something they will never forget."

Sometimes simple things, such as toasting marshmallows and singing around the campfire and spending time around camp counselors who are positive role models are the memories that children will carry with them through the rest of their lives.

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

Some recent contributors:

Citigroup; Kim and Dr. Van Nguyen; C.M. and Nancy Vickers; and Carol Brown.

Lovee DuBoef Arum (jewelry fund-raiser); Carol and Arthur Irons; Russel and Lisa Trapletti Gollard; Victoria Tarantino; Betty H. Baron; Bishop Michelina Foster; Marcia and Maurice Gallagher; William and Alice White; Robert A. Gill; and Robert N. Cooper.

Joyce L. Colling; Carpenters Union Local No. 1977; Daniel L. Russell; John T. Moran Jr.; Archibald C. and Frances F. Rufty Foundation; Joyce A. Riser; Eve Goldberg; Pauline H. Stafford; Shirley and Ben Druckerman; and David A. Wolf.

Howard and Esther Freas; Rosemary Czarnecki; Nemorio and Marie Baltazar; Elizabeth White and Ethan Nelson; Betty J. Hartman; Mary Beth and Philip Gifford; George S. Oya; Robert D. Faiss; Jim Stubbs and Diane Steenman; and Leonardo A. Alarcon.

Molly A. Maher; The Jewelry Salon (jewelry fund-raiser); Thomas and Helen Louise Meehan; Richard and Kimberly Spaulding; David and Vicki Ewy; Ross P. Richards; Gerald and Selma Deitch; Chris and Sylvia Philibbosian; Sprint; and Rosemary Czarnecki.

Mary Gersten and Gersten Family Trust; Fran Kelly; Shaun and Debra Tulles; Roger and Karen Wilbur; Margaret and Erin Quinn; Chester and Norma Zankoski; Annette R. Pipitone; Eleanor C. Hirsch; Albert and Eleanor Gutierrez; and Arthur and Beryl Sams.

Maxine Zusman; James R. Barker; Leonard and Barbara Baker; Harry and Josephine Born; Chris Wellendorf; Charlotte Stray and Sylvie, Angelique and Siegfried; Gloria D. Jellissen and The Meredith Corporation Foundation; Edward and Diane Miller (jewelry fund-raiser); Ruth Uhls; and Miriam F. Penney Trust.