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Send a Kid to Camp

Registered Name: WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA CAMP COUNCIL - UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA

Business No: 119293405RR0001

Send a Kid to Camp

When asked what Sherbrooke Lake Camp means to campers, volunteers, staff and alumni, one word always comes up:

HOME. 

Home is a place to find yourself, be yourself and love yourself. As an inclusive and affirming space, Sherbrooke Lake Camp always aims to be home to all who come through our gates. 

It's been a tough few years - for everyone. From being stuck at home to relearning how to be out; and our campers and families are feeling this. In Summer 2022, we had many camper families/guardians acknowledge that camp was growing to be out of their range and for some even out of the picture due to financial circumstances. We worked with local donors and groups to sponsor those as they came up. But for 2023 we want to be able to do MORE.

We've said it before and here we are saying it again: Camp is needed NOW more than ever. As home to many people: camp is a place to find yourself, be yourself and love yourself.

This campaign is fundraising for scholarships to send kids to camp. Your contribution will go directly to sending a camper to Sherbrooke Lake Camp in Summer 2023. And we can't thank you enough for considering us for your donation!

So why should you choose us?

"My kids come home from camp every summer with incredible stories of fun, adventures, leadership and learning. They look forward to it every year and count down the days to their next adventure as soon as it’s over. Camp is an experience like no other, that every child should have the opportunity to experience. Knowing that I had a hand in sending a local child to camp when they otherwise wouldn’t have had the opportunity is extremely rewarding, and makes my heart happy. It’s important to give back, without expecting anything in return. "

"For [This Camper], as a recipient of your generous grant to attend camp, the experience was life changing.  To that point in time, [This Camper] had very little interaction with his peers and so his summer was a very lonely existence. Camp changed all of that, if only for a week. [This Camper] wept to leave the camp and I watched him giving hugs to all of his new friends. He begged me to find a way for him to stay another week. He didn't want to leave.
Camp gave [This Camper] the opportunity to forget about the war that threatens his grandparents and other relatives still back in Ukraine. A war that robbed him of the innocence and freedom of his youth. It gave him the chance to be a 13 year old boy without fear again for a while and his mother and I are extremely grateful to you for that."