Portland Pride Fun!
/A big thanks to the great Camp Starlight community who visited our booth and marched with us in the Portland Pride Parade on Sunday!
Read MoreCamp Starlight provides a safe, caring, spiritual and FUN camp experience for children whose lives are affected by HIV/AIDS
A big thanks to the great Camp Starlight community who visited our booth and marched with us in the Portland Pride Parade on Sunday!
Read MoreRegistration is currently OPEN for campers! Camp Starlight is for kids in Oregon and Washington ages 5-14 who are affected by HIV/AIDS – meaning they are either HIV+ themselves or live in a household with someone who is. Kids come to Camp at no cost to their family. If you have a child in your life who qualifies, or know of someone who does, email us at info@camp-starlight.org and we’ll send you an application. Camp dates this year are August 25 - 30, and camper applications are due July 1. It’s a super-fun week focused solely on the kids – the more, the merrier!
A friendly reminder that applications to be a volunteer counselor at Camp Starlight this summer are due on May 1 -- and we're already half-way through April! You can email us your completed application at info@camp-starlight.org. Let us know if you didn't receive one or need another copy, and we'll get it to you lickety-split.
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A thousand stars will shine again this August as Camp Starlight proudly announces our 15th year of providing a safe, secure, and fun summer camp experience for children in Oregon and Southwest Washington whose lives are affected by HIV/AIDS. We are excited to announce that Camp Starlight will once again take place the week before Labor Day – August 24 through August 30, 2013 – and with many of the same caring, dedicated and passionate team of volunteers that our campers and their families have come to know and trust.
“The week of Camp Starlight has always been a magical experience for everyone involved,” said Angie Raffaele, Camp Director and co-founder of Camp Starlight. “And the source of that magic has always been rooted in the long-term friendships and trusting relationships that have developed over the years between our campers and our community of volunteer camp counselors. Camp Starlight is in many ways like a family reunion that happens each and every summer.”
After 15 years of growth and successful operation of our summer camp, Camp Starlight recently incorporated as an Oregon nonprofit corporation and is in the process of applying for its own 501(c)(3) status. We have also ended our 7-year relationship with Cascade AIDS Project (CAP), with whom Camp Starlight has partnered since 2005. These changes will permit supporters of Camp Starlight to make donations directly to Camp Starlight and to ensure that any contributions made to Camp Starlight will be used exclusively for Camp Starlight and the children we serve.
Camp Starlight’s core group of knowledgeable, compassionate, and devoted volunteers – which includes medical, educational and mental health professionals – will continue Camp Starlight’s mission to provide children whose lives have been affected by HIV/AIDS the opportunity to enjoy a caring, safe, recreational, spiritual and fun week-long summer camp experience. Our leadership team will continue to include:
Camp Starlight also maintains relationships with many of our long-serving volunteer camp counselors – individuals who have committed themselves for many years to being a part of the Camp Starlight experience and who are familiar faces to many of the children we serve. We are also happy to invite new volunteers to be part of our community. Anyone who is interested in volunteering at Camp Starlight again or who wants to volunteer for the first time, please contact Camp Starlight at 503-964-1513 or info@camp-starlight.org. More information is available at our website: www.camp-starlight.org.
Camper applications for attending Camp Starlight this year will be available shortly and will be distributed at that time to the families of our previous campers, as well as to HIV/AIDS-related agencies and case workers throughout the region. Just look for the familiar blue-and-yellow Camp Starlight logo!
We look forward to another terrific week of summer camp this year, as Camp Starlight shines on during its 15th year of swimming, canoeing, arts and crafts, singing, playing and making friendships that last throughout the years. For more information about Camp Starlight, or to help support our mission, please contact us at 503-964-1513 or info@camp-starlight.org.
Camp Starlight provides a safe, caring, spiritual and FUN camp experience for children whose lives are affected by HIV/AIDS
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