PresidentNeil OlkenVice PresidentsAmy Clarkson Hilary WodlingerTreasurerMike CallaghanClerkVaughan C. Barton

Board Members Carol CerfMatthew CurtisMelissa FrostJohn GatesDavid HannonSusanna JacobusLori LambertPamela LingelMarie LodiUte LutjensRegina OsborneMartha Wagner

Executive DirectorAmy Stein

Advisory Board Arthur BardigeSallie BassMertin BettsDonna CameronElaine KistiakowskySheila KingAudrey LenkEllen MootJen NahasCynthia Sunderland Mary TambiahMary Allen WilkesAlice Wolf

99 BISHOP ALLEN DRIVECAMBRIDGE, MA 02139PHONE: 617. 864. 0960www.cambridgecamping.org

Dear Friends,

Inside this year’s “Letters from Camp,” you’ll find testimony from the many people whose lives are enriched by your support and the work of Cambridge Camping. The generous commitment of our donors provides a powerful experience for our entire community – our campers, their caregivers, and our staff.

Your support provides 426 of our community’s neediest children with an inspiring and nurturing summer experience. They are able to discover new interests and skills, gain confidence, and experience success all while enjoying simply being a kid.

Your support provides families with the security of knowing their children are spending their day in a safe, positive way. For some of the families we work with, this is the first time they have experienced a community that welcomes and celebrates their child.

Your support provides an inspiring environment for our camp staff, many of whom are making a career out of working with youth. They are able to see, on a daily basis, how the work they do is effecting positive change.

When you contribute to Cambridge Camping you are doing much more than sending children to camp who would otherwise be unable to attend. You are investing in the lives of these children, in their growth, in their potential as responsible young adults and members of the communities where they live.

Thank you,

Neil Olken Amy SteinPresident, Board of Directors Executive Director

The mission of Cambridge Camping is to provide meaningful experiences to under-served children in supportive and inclusive camp communities through enriching and inspired programs.

December 2013

2013Cambridge Adventure Day Camp“CADC shows campers that there are people who care about them outside of their homes, and it’s a safe, fun environment that they can look forward to every year.”

“CADC gave me the opportunity to give back to the city and community that had such a profound impact on my life.”

“CADC helped me grow, stretch, and learn. It has equipped me with the tools necessary to pursue a career with kids. I am thankful to work with talented people who encourage me to be better everyday.”

“CADC brought me into one of the most dedicated and caring communities I have ever been a part of.”

Daybreak Day Camp“I am a parent of three children who have attended Daybreak Day Camp. It’s not a place that just exists for the summer, it’s so much deeper than that”

“It is such a relief as a parent to know that [our daughter] spent five weeks thriving. The change at night was astonishing. Her stress level was so incredibly reduced, she was her best, wonderful self. You gave us such an incredible gift these past five weeks. I think we will all be sobbing when camp ends.”

“At Daybreak, our daughter formed meaningful bonds with other children and counselors, participated in group and individual activities and began to internalize messages about respect and self-regulation. In short, she has been able to achieve in only a few weeks what she was unable to in her camp last summer, and in the intervening school year.”

LETTERS from CAMP

ThAnk you

Buckingham Browne & nichols (BB&n)

for hosting Cambridge Adventure Day Camp

again in summer 2013!

The school campus and outdoor areas

encouraged play and creativity, providing

an ideal camp environment.

74% qualified for the Free and Reduced lunch program50% lived in a single parent household83% identified their racial/ethnic background as other than white 48% of our CADC campers spoke a language at home other than English

Cambridge Camping Association is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Your contribution is tax deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

Yes, I’d like to help make summer camp possible for more children!

__$300 1 week at Farrington nature Camp __$260 1 week at CADC __$450 1 week at Daybreak

__$1250 summer at Cambridge Adventure for 1 child __$2250 full summer at Daybreak for 1 child

__$200 Scholarship for overnight camp at our partner camps __other $________

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You can always make a secure online donation at www.cambridgecamping.org

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Cambridge Adventure Day Camp (CADC) brings together children from every neighborhood of Cambridge. Campers enroll for a 5-week session that provides the time to develop a strong sense of self and community.

CADC Nature Camp at Farrington is an exciting 1-week nature day camp offered in collaboration with Farrington Nature Linc, a 75 acre farm and nature facility in Lincoln.Daybreak Day Camp is a supportive, therapeutic camp for children with emotional and behavioral special needs, ages 5-12, from Cambridge and Somerville. The camper to staff ratio is 2:1. The camp is 5-weeks long and provides 5 special events during the school year. Counselor-in-Training (CIT) Program provides responsible employment for 12 to 15 teenagers. Former campers maintain a connection to the camp while experiencing increased autonomy and developing responsibility.

Overnight Scholarship Program is a partnership with four overnight camps. We help families from Cambridge and Greater Boston cover expenses with camperships.

Department of Children and Families (DCF) Placement Program, provides camper referrals to 32 day and overnight camps for DCF-involved children in eastern Massachusetts.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols Day Camp partners with Cambridge Camping to provide scholarships for their camp programs to children from Cambridge and Greater Boston.

In 2013 Cambridge

Camping

made camp

opportunities

accessible to

426 youth who shared

enriching

experiences,

made new friends

and learned

about who

they are.

For the majority of families we serve, COST is the primary barrier keeping their children from having a summer camp experience. Of the children who attended one of our two core day camps in 2013:

Y O U R S U P P O R T

$10,000 and aboveAssociated Grant Makers City of Cambridge CDBGAmerico J. Francisco Charity Fund (2012)The Hestia FundRoy A. Hunt Foundation (2012)Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable FoundationJames Smith Trust

$2,500 - $9,999Cambridge-Agassiz-Harvard Community, Culture, and Recreation FundCambridge Community FoundationCambridge Savings BankMorton & Dinah Danseyar Family FoundationDean Foundation for Little Children, Inc.Sheila Gamble FundNorma Garcia-TurnerGeorge Macomber Family Charitable Gift FundSuzanne Ogden & Peter RogersMarina SeevakGayle SmithRick & Martha WagnerThe Frederick E. Weber Charities CorporationAlbert O. Wilson Foundation, Inc. George E. Wilson Campers FundHilary Wodlinger

$1,000 - $2,499James & Vaughan BartonRodrigo BoteroCambridge Pediatric Dental AssociatesCambridge Trust CompanyRobert CanterburyBert ChestertonAmy Clarkson & Phillip LairdRobert Davoli & Eileen McDonaghC. Russell De BurloMelissa & Christopher FrostJohn & Annkatrine GatesHammond Real EstateDavid & Fay HannonMaria & Greg Jobin-LeedsJean KindlebergerSheila & William KingThomas LehrerLend A Hand SocietyAudrey LenkThe Agnes M. Lindsay TrustEdward & Pamela LingelJohn Maher & Ellen SarkisianDaniel Meltzer & Ellen SemenoffNeil & Elinor OlkenNeil & Jane PappalardoAnne PeretzPinewood Acres Children’s Charity, Inc.Tina Proffitt & David HorneGeorge A. Ramlose FoundationS+H Construction Inc.Dan & Lucy StroockCharles & Miriam Wood

up to $999Steven & Joanne BauerMike Callaghan & Sage Stossel Fay ChandlerMatthew & Monica CurtisJoyce Friedman Steven Greenberg & Avra Goldman Lee Halprin & Abby Rockefeller William KingTodd & Sheila LemkeMarie & Leo LodiMemorial Church of Harvard UniversityMark MulvihillSusanna Jacobus Phyllis & Adam SonnenscheinSusie & Peter White

up to $499Louise AmblerDavid Ames, Jr. & Sally AmesGodfrey & Janet AmphlettJanet Axelrod & Tim PlenkRobert Banker & Charity BrownDavid Bass & Susan Hall William BeanAlfred BigelowBill & Nan BraucherSusan BushJames Campen & Phyllis EwenCharles & Lael ChesterJohn & Ann CobbPaul CorcoranRoberta CrumrineBJ DanielRichard de Neufville & Virginia LyonsJames & Sharon Deveney

Diamond State Warehouse Sally EdmondsMaureen FinniganKaren Freund & Warren BehrByron & Mary Jo GoodEdward & Diane GoodwinLisa GrossGeorge & Mimi GrosserHope HareEllen HarringtonChristopher HeintzOlivia Ames HoblitzelleRobert Hurlbut, Jr. & Nancy Hurlbut Mary KingEdith KlingerRichard & Katherine KosinskiNan Laird & Joel Alstein Christopher & Kathryn LeeSally & Stuart LesserElla Mahler & Roblee Hoffman Mass Bay Brewing CompanyThomas McClintock & Emily Nord McClintock Thomas McCorkle & Brooke StevensGerald McCuePeter & Hilary McGheeMatthew Meselson & Jeanne GuilleminHoward & Colleen MessingC. J. Moynihan, Jr. & Elizabeth Moynihan Shippen Page & Anne St. Goar Jeffrey & Carmen PopePaul & Magdalene RennertMargaret RichardsonBarbara & David RobertsAdrian & Christine SlywotzkyDouglas SmithArthur & Mariot SolomonNancy SpenceDavid SullivanPamela TurnerJenny WallnerMariana WebbRuth Webb & Matthew BellowsSusan Siris WexlerStephen Yablo

up to $249James Ackerman & Jill Slossberg-AckermanCarolyn BaileyC. Bradford BarberMichael & Monica BennettKenyon & Mary Rose BoltonBonny’s Landscape Service, Inc.Steven Bonsey & Elisabeth KellerJanet BurnsCraig & Bettina Burr Ralph & Donna CameronConstance ChamberlainWalter & Beth ChapinSusan Chimene & Robert WeissLoring Conant, Jr. & Louise ConantRichard Connolly & Patricia Caldwell Elizabeth Coxe & David ForneyEdward & Susan CulverAlice DanielSteven & Isabel DarwinAstrid & Douglas DoddsRichard DruryDiala EzzeddineMeade FascianoCara FeldbergKenneth & Lois FischbeckRobert & Susanne FlickDonald & Marjorie FortéGladys GiffordJohn & Elizabeth GilmoreHelen Glikman & Dan BartleyRichard & Kim GoldsteinS. Donald GonsonJoseph & Carol GreenSarah & James HamillSuzanne & Easley HamnerRichard & Christine HannonTed & Sally HansenJ. Tomas & Monica HexnerJames Houghton & Connie CoburnCarolyn JacobusAnn JenkinsDoreen Kelly-Carney & Robert CarneyPeter Kelsey & Ginger RyanRose KruegerWilliam & Diane LamLori LambertEllen Leopold

Virginia Loeb & James SperlingCharles Maier Liz Marran & Karl Baden Thomas & Jane MartinJean MasonGeorge McEachern, IIIPriscilla McMillanMartin Miller & Leslie CokinRobert MitchellJonathan & Katie MooreEllen MootAlex Moot & Nancy RoosaNancy Moyer DingmanJohn & Camille MusserPatricia Nolan & David RabkinJanet Noonan & Edward RabinovitzGeoffrey & Clare NunesSarah OlkenRegina OsborneHyuna ParkJosephine Patterson & Ben LynchHarry & Christine PizerSarah & Christopher PopeHarold PrattRosemary & Robert PutnamCharles & Natalie ReedJeanine ReedEmily Culver RomneyTimothy & Amy RoweEffie ShumakerArthur Sills & Sarah DeBloisRobert SpaldingRobert StrausBarbara TaggartRichard Talkov & Susan DaviesMary TambiahWilliam & Heli TomfordTimothy ToomeyKathy Sue TranterMary WarnerCharles & Louise WeedPeter Wilson & Susan LapidesRobert & Alice WolfJohn & Travis WoolcottMead & Ann WymanRobert Zevin

up to $99Peter AmblerSarah AmblerNancy BachRick Bayly & Mary WatersSally Benbassett & Steven MillerD. BertmanM. Wyllis & Julia BibbinsLinda BlackRustam & Maggie BoozThomas & Judy BrackenSandra BreenStephen BreyerSteven & Linda Brion-MeiselsChad BrownJeff CarpenterCatherine Cavanaugh Mary ChatfieldJohn & Holly CratsleyJane & John CratsleyJon & Lenore CummingsLauren Curry & Rober O’SheaElsa Dorfman & Harvey Silvergate Judith ElsteinMonroe & Brenda EngelAnn EpsteinAlfred FantiniDoris GoldsteinRachel GoodmanRichard & Roxanne GreimEdward & Margaret HandyDavid & Alexandra HarrisonGerald HassArch HorstHerbert & Rose KelmanJudith KingElaine KistiakowskyThomas & Vera KreilkampPaul LangevinBonnie LascolaClifford Lasser & Elizabeth AdamsMarcia Leavitt & Andrew Cohn Warren & Jean LittleBarbara LloydRobert & June MacArthurMichael MagruderJohn & Olive Malcolm David McGillAnne MeyerRosalind MichahellesDeanna MillerNatalie MillerGabriel Miller-PhillipsSusan MilmoeCharlotte & Gordon MooreJoseph Moore & Annette LaMond

Virginia NewesSpencer & Alan Nineberg Barbara Nolan HarozDavid & Martha OslerFauna PappalardoDavid PaulsonChristopher Ricks & Judith AronsonGarrett ScheckCatherine ShavellSyrl SilbermanElizabeth Snyder & Sarah SmithSusan St. JohnChitra & Jonathan StaleyKarin TateMilton & Elsa VangerUlrifa VolzJohn & Anne WattCheryl WebbMurray WheelerClinton WilliamsTherese WilsonDura WinderRichard & Susan WinickoffJerema WolosenkoDorothy Zinberg

ThAnk you To ouR EnD oF yEAR 2012 DonoRSNovember/December Donald Abrams & Roberta RubinBlake & Lindsay AllisonMaren Anderson & Earl CollierThomas & Anne AnningerCarter & Peggy BaconEllen BakerRobert Banker & Charity Brown C. Bradford BarberArthur & Betty BardigeJames & Vaughan BartonSara BassHoward Bauchner & Chris McElroyPrudence BaxterWilliam BeanJames BeckGeorgianna BishopPaul Blackborow & Jessica Daniels Kenyon & Mary Rose BoltonBonny’s Landscape Service, Inc.Susan BushDaniel Calano & Kate Thompson Mike Callaghan & Sage Stossel Walter & Beth ChapinMary ChatfieldAmy Clarkson & Phillip Laird John& Ann CobbKate CohenRichard Connolly & Patricia Caldwell Charles & Lindsay CoolidgePaul CorcoranRichard & Barbara CurrierMatthew & Monica CurtisAlice DanielSteven & Isabel DarwinKate DavidoffMark DeVoto & Lois Grossman Judith DortzAlan & Suzanne DworskySally EdmondsMary Eich & Randy Albelda Judith ElsteinChristopher & Melissa FrostRichard & Pauline Gardner Robert Gardner & Adele Pressman John & Annkatrine GatesGladys GiffordArthur GilmanJohn & Elizabeth GilmoreHelen Glikman & Dan Bartley Jeffrey GoldbergHyman & Miriam GoldbergKate Goodale & Karen Fortoul Bernard & Jane GottschalkKGeralyn GrayAllan & Janet GreenRichard & Roxanne GreimSarah & James HamillDavid & Fay HannonEllen HarringtonSabina HarrisTimothy HartHarvard-Epworth Methodist ChurchSibyl HarwoodJ. Tomas & Monica HexnerOlivia Ames HoblitzelleCarol JohnsonDavid & Meredith KantorRoger Kass & Andrea vanBeuren Carol KellyPeter Kelsey & Ginger Ryan Samuel Keyser & Nancy Kelly Shirley KimbroughEdith KlingerRichard & Katherine KosinskiClifford Lasser & Elizabeth Adams

Marcia Leavitt & Andrew Cohn Audrey LenkDavid & Walker LeslieSally & Stuart LesserMaurice & Eve Lesses Edward & Pamela LingelWarren & Jean LittleGeorge MackeyJohn Maher & Ellen Sarkisian Charles MaierThomas & Jane MartinPeter & Hilary McGheeEllen McLaughlinNancy Menzin Katherine Metcalfe & Langdon Wheeler Martin Miller & Leslie Cokin Susan Miller-HavensMartha Minow & Joseph Singer Joseph Moore & Annette LaMond Morton & Dinah Danseyar Family FoundationJanet & Jeff MurrayJanet Noonan & Edward RabinovitzSusan OhmanNeil & Elinor OlkenRahel O’MoreJudith OsherDavid & Martha OslerShippen Page & Anne St. Goar Joseph Pagliaro, Jr.Laura Palumbo-Hanson & David Hanson Paul F. Nagle Memorial Fund Marilyn PikeHarry & Christine PizerJeffrey & Carmen PopeLaurie & Peter RaymondRichard G. Jacobus Family Foundation, Inc.Christopher Ricks & Judith Aronson Gail RobertsSheila RussellGarrett ScheckDeborah Shilkoff & Stuart Kaufman Roy ShulmanJoel SinerDouglas SmithMaxwell & Jo SoletPhyllis & Adam SonnenscheinMichael SpenceBarbara & Tobias SteinTaggart Turner Giving TrustRolly TiberiiSonia TurekHoward & Lisa van VleckRick & Martha WagnerCharles & Frances WebbCharles & Louise WeedJudith & Douglas WeinstockGordon & Susan WeirEmilie WellesSusie & Peter WhiteMary Allen WilkesClinton WilliamsDura WinderHilary WodlingerKaty WolffNancy WoodsMead & Ann Wyman

In kInDBertucci’s Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School Building Circus Cambridge 1 Food for Free Henry Bear’s Park Tory Row Traveling Art Cards for Kids

VoLunTEERJenna Alderton Casey BenkoBridget Franco Melissa FrostRob Lee Pam LingelBenjamin PowellNoah Powell Amy Roberts Jeremy Warren Hilary Wodlinger

PARTnER CAMPS & PRogRAMSAgassiz Village Brantwood Crossroads for Kids Camp Lightbulb Buckingham, Browne & Nichols School Farrington Nature LincWaltham Fields Farm

T h A n k y o u To ouR gEnERouS 2013 SuPPoRTERS

This report is accurate to the best of our knowledge. We apologize for any oversight or error.