Sunshine Fund Update

Wow, April is almost over and that means we are one month closer to summer! Here are our updated numbers for this week:

137- Number of kids placed in camp
$54,669.25 - Cost of camp fees for the children placed
72- Number of kids waiting to be placed in camp

So with the number of kids placed and those waiting we are slightly ahead from 2011 and a bit behind 2010. We hope to have more kids than ever placed this summer, but with that comes the issue of receiving enough donations to make that work. We never like to have a waiting list due to lack of funds or worse, turning families away because we are short on funds.

Help us this year by making a donation. You can call our office Monday to Friday 9am-4:30pm to make a donation. You can also stop by our office at 302-960 Portage Ave in Winnipeg.

Cheers!

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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!

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.