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What is the Change a Life Fund?
The Change a Life Fund is an opportunity to give directly to the many children
who will benefit from the camp experience but whose families may not otherwise
be able to afford either day camp or resident camp for their children.
To which camp will Change a Life Fund contributions be
distributed?
The program has been launched in five regional areas of the
country: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and New
York City. Camps in these areas that are accredited by ACA
are eligible for consideration and, this first year, will
be selected by ACA at the regional level. In the future,
regional parent and volunteer committees will help make these
funding decisions.
How will the children who benefit from the Change a Life
Fund be selected?
ACA has teamed up with grassroots volunteer committees to
identify children in need and select the recipients of Change
a Life camp scholarships.
Why concentrate on children from financially disadvantaged
backgrounds?
Every child to some extent experiences summer learning loss,
which is the result of the lack of organized learning during
the summer that causes some information and skills learned
during the school year to be lost. Children whose families
are not struggling financially have more opportunity to participate
in camp and other educational programs during the summer
that will help their minds stay sharp and retain more of
what they learned during the school year. We believe children
whose families are financially disadvantaged should have
the same opportunity.
In addition, Change a Life camp scholarships help children
from financially disadvantaged backgrounds to constructively
learn independence and safe risk-taking, build essential
mentor relationships, and reap the benefits of connecting
with nature.
What kinds of camps can participate in ACA’s Change
a Life Fund camp scholarship program, private camps or
agency camps?
Participating camps must be nonprofit and accredited by ACA.
What kinds of camp programs are eligible for participation
in the Change a Life Fund program?
Both resident camps and day camps in participating regional
areas are eligible to take part in the program and play a
crucial role in changing the lives of children in need.
Are there plans to expand the program to other camps
in regions of the country not currently included?
As the Change a Life Fund grows each year, ACA will broaden
participation to other regions until we are able to include
camps and serve children across the entire country.
How can you be sure that 82 cents of every dollar contributed
will go directly to send a child in need to camp?
Contributions made to the Change a Life Fund are audited
annually and the expenditures are tracked carefully according
to general accounting principles.
For more information on how you can help change a child's life, contact contribute@ACAcamps.org or 765-342-8456, ext. 508.
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