Kinsmen Club donation pushes camp campaign over the top
A program that sends underprivileged children in Prince Albert to camp reached its fundraising goal Wednesday with the Prince Albert Kinsmen Club presenting King George Community School with a cheque for $5,000.
‘Tri to Send Kids to Camp’ is an annual camp campaign sponsored by St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Riverside, Westview and King George Community Schools.
The campaign set a goal to raise $50,000 to send upwards of 140 kids camp this summer. Today’s donation from the Kinsmen Club and Canadian Tire’s pledge to match all donations up to $25,000, pushed the campaign over the top, King George Community School principal Sterling Swain said.
“It’s outstanding. Not only will we take our 130 kids between the three schools, and a few of the kids that are connected with St Paul’s but we’ll also, each of the three schools, will send all their students up to Camp Christopher for a Cultural Camp in the fall,” Swain said.