The Civilian Magazine

Welcome

Chair Chat

Brenda McCabe Our alumni are responding strongly and actively to our initiative to expand, revitalize and grow Camp for the next 90 years. We are delighted to announce three very important gifts that have been made in support of our Gull Lake campaign.

Two companies have each stepped forward in support of our campaign to revitalize and expand our Camp facilities. We are pleased to announce that PCL Construction Group and Buttcon Group have each made gift commitments at the $50,000 level in support of our campaign. Thank you!

And we are thrilled to announce a wonderful, personal gift that has been made to support the development and delivery of environmentally-focused programming at Camp. Peter Halsall (CIV7T7 and MASc 8T0), with the active support of his wife, Barbara, have made a gift in the amount of $100,000! A very special thank you is extended to Peter and Barbara Halsall, whose generosity is profiled on the following pages. These gifts begin what promises to be an incredible campaign in support of the revitalization and expanded program delivery for Camp.

For those of you who would also like to participate at any level, you will find a broad call for support in our fall issue of The Civilian.

It has just come to my attention that some donations that were intended for our Department were inadvertently misdirected. If you have not received a personal Thank You from me following your donation, please let me know so that we can track it down.

Finally, I’m pleased to invite you and your kids/grandkids (aged 7-15) to this year’s Camp Reunion at Gull Lake on Saturday, September 17th, 2011. We will have an activity program for kids that involves orienteering and/or learning about the forest ecosystem (depending on the weather and size of the group).

We’ll have more information posted on-line in July.

That’s it for now. I hope you enjoy this 10th issue – we have so much to celebrate and share with you! Thank you for reading.

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