Annual Report
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2012 Annual Report Greetings from the Executive Director and Board President In 2012, Camp Twin Lakes celebrated its 20th year of providing life-changing camp experiences to children and adults with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges! Last year, we served more than 9,000 children with just over 3,500 campers through week-long summer camps and 5,500 campers through year-round weekend retreats. Over the years, more than 50,000 campers have had a CTL camp experience that has helped them grow in their confi dence, capabilities, and independence and build life-long friendships with other campers who face similar challenges. Through all of our growth, Camp Twin Lakes is proud to continue to subsidize 80% of the direct camp costs for every camper. Here are some highlights from 2012! 20th Anniversary Nearly 20 restaurants with more than 50 locations joined us in celebrating with a good old fashioned Food Fight. They featured menu items in honor of Camp Twin Lakes and the community joined us in voting for their favorite dishes. Learn more about our Food Fight on page 10. We were recognized by local communities with wonderful stories about our 20 years of service. We are so appreciative of the opportunity to share our stories with the community. See page 11 for some highlights of our anniversary media coverage. Camp Programs With the generous support of Neadwerx, Inc., our Camp-To-Go program (which takes imaginative daycamp programs into children’s hospitals) more than doubled in 2012! We brought camp to children’s hospitals in Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, and, for the fi rst time, Savannah. Children undergoing treatment have the chance to participate in camp activities like fi shing (magnetic), archery (paint blow darts), arts and crafts, music, and fun! We continued to build on the successful programs that we started for Wounded Warriors and their families at our newest campsite in Warm Springs by doubling the number of families served from the previous year. Our summer session camp programs were enhanced with our Discovery Program, which allows campers the opportunity to immerse themselves in a specifi c program for the week and teaches them high-level tactical skills as well as life skills. The Farm at CTL-Rutledge continues to be a favorite among campers! Not only are we growing our own vegetables, fruits, eggs, and honey, but thanks to our partners in Morgan County, we are even raising our own cows! Strategic Planning Camp Twin Lakes just completed an extensive new strategic plan that we started in 2012. This plan will help guide organizational growth over the next fi ve years. We are grateful for the leadership of our Board Members, Camp Partners, community volunteers, and staff members—their dedication and insight will be invaluable as we write the next chapter in our book. As we continue to grow our programs to serve more campers and new populations, one thing will remain the same— Camp Twin Lakes will continue to provide a life-changing and transformative camp experience for thousands of children in Georgia and across the southeast. Whether it’s a week-long camp, a weekend retreat, a Camp-To-Go program, or a daycamp, the CTL experience will be of the highest quality and provide a safe, nurturing environment that fosters growth and independence. That is our promise to our campers, their families, and our Camp Partners. Eric M. Robbins Lawrence Kenny Executive Director President Board of Directors Camp Twin Lakes Mission Statement 2 We provide places and paths for children with serious illnesses and life challenges to experience the joys of childhood and grow in their confidence and capabilities. Table of Contents 2013 Board of Directors President Greetings from the Executive Director and Lawrence Kenny Board President ................................................................................................ 2 Vice President 2013 Board of Directors ................................................................................... 3 Elizabeth Richards Secretary Visionary Leadership ...................................................................................... 4 Leon Haley, Jr., MD Funding ............................................................................................................. 5 Treasurer Financial Statement ......................................................................................... 5 Laura Barnard Chairman and Founder Camper Statistics ............................................................................................ 5 Doug Hertz* Volunteers ..........................................................................................................5 Immediate Past President Bonnie Harris* Courageous Rider ............................................................................................ 5 2012 Camp Programs ........................................................................................ 6 M. Wade Allen Charles Baldwin Program Activity Highlights and David Batchelor Highlights of Some Improvements to Camp in 2012 .................................... 7 Jay Berkelhamer, MD Kevin Burns Camp Scrapbook ........................................................................................ 8 – 9 Robert Campbell Made with Love ............................................................................................... 10 Lauren Kraselsky Cohen Linda Davis Food Fight for Camp Twin Lakes .................................................................. 10 Wes Durham Highlights of 20th Anniversary Media Coverage ....................................... 11 William Effi nger Travis Ellis Donor Listing (Fiscal Year 10.1.2011 – 9.30.2012) .................................. 12 – 15 Matt Freeman Sheldon Friedman Contact Information ....................................................................... Back Cover Anne Hipp Keith Holmes Kim Berry Johnson Dorothy Jordan “In my years of attending Josh Kamin Camp Walk ’N Roll at Susan McCullar Camp Twin Lakes, I have seen a side of humanity that most Gayle Mitrano people never have the pleasure John Montag of encountering. More than 100 Philip Nutsugah volunteers; including counselors, Susie Oddo doctors, and CTL staff; work Adrian Powell 24/7 to make camp as safe, Gwynn Powell enriching, and barrier-free as Edwin Rothberg possible. Like they say, it’s a Cyrus Samai, MD place ‘where young spirits soar.’” Betsy San Miguel - Dakotah Smith* Steak Shapiro CTL Staff Member and David Shoulberg Former Camper with Camp Walk ’N Roll Dakotah with camp counselor Sharon Jeffrey Snow on the dock at CTL-Rutledge in 2001 Pamela Stewart Darren Strozier Jeff Thrutchley * Dakotah Smith passed in March 2013, and she remains in our thoughts and hearts. Kevin Woods Life Members About Camp Twin Lakes Bob Amick Dick Anderson For the past 20 years, Camp Twin Lakes has provided life-changing camp experiences to Larry Lord more than 50,000 of Georgia’s children with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life Larry Melnick challenges. Camp Twin Lakes provides week-long summer camps and year-round weekend Patty Reid retreats at three fully-accessible and medically-supportive campsites, daycamps, and through Steve Selig hospital-based Camp-To-Go programs. Camp Twin Lakes collaborates with nearly 60 different Susan Shanor nonprofi t organizations, each serving a different population, to create customized programs Jay Smith* that teach campers to overcome obstacles and grow in their confi dence and capabilities. Comer Yates* Annually, Camp Twin Lakes serves more than 9,000 campers, leverages support from 3,500 3 volunteers, and subsidizes 80% of the direct camp costs ($800) for every camper served. *Past President Visionary Leadership Camp Twin Lakes started as an idea—a place where children facing various challenges could come and have a life-changing and transformative camp experience. Twenty years later, more than 50,000 campers with serious illnesses, disabilities, and other life challenges have had a Camp Twin Lakes camping experience. Behind this progressive organizational growth are business and community leaders who volunteer their time to help lead Camp Twin Lakes’ efforts—the Presidents of Camp Twin Lakes’ Board of Directors. Doug Hertz, Founder and Chairman of Camp Twin Lakes, served as the fi rst President of CTL’s Board of Directors. As President of United Distributors, Inc. and with the support of a strong Board, Hertz leveraged community support to complete and surpass a $3 million fundraising campaign to establish Camp Twin Lakes in the early 1990s. Remarkably, that goal was exceeded by Melnick (l) and Hertz (r) with $2 million. “Never underestimate the power of a good idea and the people who are committed to campers in the summer of 1993 it,” said Hertz. Jay Smith, retired President of Cox Newspapers, Inc., served as the second President of the CTL Board from 1999 to 2004. Under Smith’s leadership, partnerships were intentional, and camp programs continued to be established. There was something new at camp each summer, and each year, more children had the opportunity to experience camp. “Things we thought we would never be able to do, we blew by them and accomplished more,” said Smith. “If you are doing things that are truly virtuous, you will always succeed,” he concluded. And succeed we did. As CTL’s third Board President from 2004 to 2008, Atlanta Speech School’s Executive Director, Comer Yates’, term was one of organizational change. During Comer’s term, CTL saw the retirement of its fi rst Executive Director,