Girl who treats others fairly wants to attend camp

Friday, July 2, 2004 | 3:40 a.m.

WEEKEND EDITION

July 3 - 4, 2004

A mother writes that her daughter is a friendly girl who "sees no difference in people."

The girl was asked by her math teacher last year to befriend another girl who was having trouble fitting in. The teacher looked for someone a little more mature than her classmates and the girl was the natural selection, her mother says.

"Her thing is only that they are nice. They don't have to be popular, just nice," the mother writes.

The girl would like to go to camp but the family cannot afford to send her. The mother has sought the help of the Las Vegas Sun Camp Fund, which directs all donations directly to camp scholarships. All administrative costs are covered by the Sun.

Information on how to donate is available on the coupon on this page. Some recent donors:

Ruth Goldfarb (in memory of Ruthe Deskin, Charles and Melinda Macy (in memory of Ruthe Deskin), Jon Wellinghoff and Karen Galatz (in memory of Ruthe Deskin).

Rosemary Czarnecki, Dan Newburn (in memory of Ruthe Deskin), Deskin Elementary (in memory of Ruthe Deskin), CG and Donna Andress, Elwood Schmidt/Nancy (in memory of mother Ruthe Deskin), The Jansen Family (in memory of Ruthe Deskin), Charlotte Hill (memory of Ruthe Deskin), Dreyers Ice Cream of Las Vegas, Helen C. Cannon, Virginia Bohannon, Sara and William Carroll, Elizabeth P. Burgess/ Bonnie L. Frattini, Opti -- Mrs Club, Arnold and Velma Thowsen, Judith McAffee, Charles and Agnes Gammon, Rosemary Czarnecki, Patricia Hurst Trust, Robert and Arlene Popowcer, George and Vivian Phillips, W.S. and Helen Glassman, John and Sharon Clark, Lois and Jim Zellers (in memory of Ruthe Deskin), Charles and Melinda Macy (in memory of Mike O'Callaghan).

James and Cathy Loftfield, Leonard A. Walling, Jack and Kathryn Milligan, Roberta J. Gross, Thomas and Helen Meehan, Sherry and David Mancuso, Lucina LaGrange, Janet Savalli, Charles Rissler (in memory of Mike O'Callaghan), Chris Gulliori and Jenni Greiner (in memory of Mike O'Callaghan), Betty Hartman, Nemorio and Marie Baltazar, W.G. and Marilyn Flangas, Shirlee S. Kennel, Jean McNeely, Patricia G. Lappin (in memory of Joe Lappin), Shirlee Nilsson and David Boggs.