2010-2011
PRESIDENT'S PET PROJECT
CAMP TO BELONG MAINE
Waterford, Maine
Camp To Belong’s Mission ...
To provide Maine youth with shared experiences and memories that deepen their sibling relationship and bond.
To inspire youth to believe in their capacity to build
a successful future
To empower youth to advocate for themselves and their sibling(s)
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Camp To Belong is a national non-profit organization dedicated to reunite siblings who have been separated by foster care, adoption or other out-of-home care. They reunite brothers and sisters in a safe, neutral, week-long camp environment to create childhood memories together that they would not have otherwise due to living in separate homes. They give them the opportunity to have fun, and bond together. Campers also meet other youth who have experienced similar life situations and learn that they are not alone. |
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DID YOU KNOW?
* There are 463,000 children in foster care across the United States. * 65%-85% of these children have at least one sibling. 30% in foster care have four siblings or more. As many as 70% in foster care are separated from at least one sibling. * Even though fewer youth are entering care, there is an increase in the number who are exiting (aging out of) foster care without permanent family connections. |
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Camp To Belong Maine, now the longest running member camp of the Camp To Belong International Membership of Camps, will hold its seventh session in 2010. Camp To Belong Maine held its first session in 2004 at Camp Wigwam in Waterford, Maine and has continued to hold all successive camps at the same phenomenal host site, owned and operated by Bobby Strauss. The first annual Camp To Belong Maine in 2004 hosted 57 separated siblings. Today the average number of siblings hosted per year is 60. CTBM relies on volunteers, private donations, grants and fund raising activities to keep CTBM a reality for Maine youth.To date they have hosted over 300 brothers and sisters and 150 volunteers at Camp Wigwarm. |
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For additional information on Camp To Belong please visit their website at: http://www.camptobelongmaine.org/
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If you would like to make a donation to
State President Dennis Arsenault’s Pet Project FOE #1248 Please note on the check that it is for the Camp To Belong Maine Thank you |
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