Hello Unalayee Friends!
With the summer season just around the corner, we are getting very excited to head up to the Unalayee Basin! We’ll be heading up on June 13th to do staff training and get everything ready for the first set of campers who show up on June 29th. We can’t believe how soon it is!
We’ve been quite busy this spring learning the job of director, registering campers, hiring staff, throwing our annual reunion, getting ready to build the composting toilet and improve the craft shack, and working on some long term projects.
We are very excited that our camper programs are almost full already, and Family Days is not far behind. We were also recognized by GreatNonProfits for being a top rated nonprofit organization in Palo Alto. Keep reading to learn more about what we’ve been up to and how you can get involved!
We can’t wait for summer 2013 and hope to see you up in the Trinity Alps in the next few months!
Sarah Camp and Yve Susskind
The Camp Unalayee Board of Directors would like to invite you to join us in honoring Lowell Fitch, who retired last January. The board has created the “Thank You Lowell” Fund, where Members and Friends of Camp Unalayee can join us in raising $20,000 (or more!) for this collective gift recognizing Lowell’s lifelong involvement and dedication to Camp.
The Thank You Lowell Fund will be dedicated to Camperships for low-income families.
And great news – We are already $2,500 of the way toward that $20,000 goal, with a generous gift from Laura Stupi and Javier Santillan.
We will be presenting Lowell with a card and certificate this summer with the total amount raised and all those that contributed – make sure your name gets on it!
Help Protect the Trinity Alps Wilderness
As you know, at Unalayee we are not only dedicated to providing the best summer camp experience possible to youth of all backgrounds, but also to creating awareness of our natural resources and protecting our outdoor spaces.
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing to re-authorize commercial livestock grazing in The Trinity Alps Wilderness – our home. Not only has it been shown that grazing has long-term detrimental effects on the environment, it also makes the wilderness experience less enjoyable for backcountry hikers.
Check out this article for more information and how you can help stop grazing. As it’s been sung many times at campfire – “No Cows In The Wilderness!”
We had a few people that remembered when that crazy old building from the last newsletter was built … 1959.
And now back to a lake: Which one is this?
Ready, set, go! First one to e-mail friends@gocampu.com with the correct answer gets a tote bag!
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