CCS sponsors annual Kidz to Kamp program

Ever wondered how you can help children in your own community?

Caledon Community Services is pleased to have more than 50 community partners participating in the Kidz to Kamp program this year! These partners include banks, coffee shops, retailers and restaurants throughout our community. They will be selling Kidz to Kamp cards in exchange for your donations.

Now in its sixth year, Caledon Community Services has set a very ambitious goal of $75,000 in order to send 300 Caledon-area children to a week of camp. Just being kids in the great outdoors, a simple enough concept but one that many of our community's children simply can't afford on their own.

Campers include children who could benefit from special needs camps for disabilities, tutoring and literacy, or just a reprieve from illness or family difficulties. Caledon Community Services asks everyone to please consider the difference we can make to any one of these great kids. They're deserving, they're not in the best of situations and a period at camp sure can help change their outlook over the summer.

It really does take an entire community to raise a child. Last year with your help Caledon Community Services sent 102 kids to camp, but another 200 deserving children were left off of the registration rolls. That's just not good enough! And it's not good enough for this community, one with so much prosperity and good fortune.

Please participate in our Kidz to Kamp program by pledging online or purchasing a donation card from our community partners. Your family or business can sponsor a child for $50 a day and $250 a week. A reprieve from the daily challenges of a low income, a week in the sun for a little boy who just lost a parent, a few days of arts and crafts for a young girl who has never really had close friends. All of these things will happen through your support.

Caledon Community Services is ready to help you, support you and make your effort real and worthwhile. Kidz and Kamp go together like toast and jam. For a community tool kit to sponsor a Kidz to Kamp program in your workplace, to send a kid to camp or to donate online, please visit CCS at www.caledoncommunityse rvices.org or call Debbie Malevris at 905-584-9460.