Did You Know?????

All monies that the Sunshine Fund raises within Manitoba assits underprivileged children from Manitoba to attend a Manitoba Accredited Camp.

MCA To Attend Weekend Exhibit Fairs

The MCA & Sunshine Fund will be setting up a display booth at the Portage Home, Leisure & Sport Expo event this Friday (6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.) & Saturday (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.) at the Portage Canad Inn Warehouse.

On Sunday, we will be attending the 2007 Winnipeg Parent Family Fun & Learning Fair. This will be held from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the Assiniboine Park Conservatory.

Come check out all the action, pick up your 2007 Camp Directory, or obtain information on the Sunshine Fund.

2006 Stats

In 2006 the Sunshine Fund did the following:

• Placed 569 children in 26 different camps
  
• of those 569 children 245 or 43.06% were new to the Sunshine Fund
  
• paid out $173,000.00 in camperhips
  

Let's see if we can't top those numbers in the 2007 season!

Children Placed at Camp

The Sunshine Fund has placed a total of 61 children in camp as of April 19, 2007. Approximately 54 children are waiting to have their applications approved/processed by Camp Staff, bringing the total figure to 115.

Approximately $3,000 has been raised to date. The Sunshine Fund's Donor Campaign drive will take place before the end of the month.

Sunshine Fund gets a blog.

This is the new home of the Manitoba Camping Association/Winnipeg Free Press Sunshine Fund Blog.

The Sunshine Fund enables Manitoba children who do not have the financial means through parents, guardians or agencies, an opportunity to attend an accredited Manitoba summer camp.

The Sunshine Fund is administered by the Manitoba Camping Association with publicity sponsorship from the Winnipeg Free Press. 100% of donations are used directly for payment of camp fees.

Since 1979 over 3 million dollars has been raised to provide over 14,000 summer camp experiences.