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Broken Wheel Campground Raises Funds For Charity

January 28, 2016 By eastwickpress

Activities Raised $1000 For Camp Good Days And Special Times

After tallying all the figures, Campground Owners of New York (CONY) announced today that Broken Wheel Campground in Petersburgh, New York, operated by Ruth Seel and family, raised $1,000 in donations for Camp Good Days and Special Times, as part of CONY’s fourth annual statewide fundraising event for charity held throughout 2015.

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Left to Right: Ruth Seel, Broken Wheel Campground; Gary Mervis, Wendy Bleier-Mervis, and James McCauley, Camp Good Days and special Times. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Bixby, CONY
Left to Right: Ruth Seel, Broken Wheel Campground; Gary Mervis, Wendy Bleier-Mervis, and James McCauley, Camp Good Days and special Times. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Bixby, CONY

According to Suzanne Bixby, CONY’s Marketing and Communications Director, the association raised a total of $91,000 in 2015, bringing CONY’s four-year fundraising total for Camp Good Days to approximately $248,000.

“We are, simply put, grateful to CONY parks like Broken Wheel Campground, as well as their campers and supporters, for helping us raise our largest annual total yet for Camp Good Days and Special Times,” Bixby said. “And I think we’re all a little proud that we’re bringing smiles and camping fun to children and their families braving cancer.”

Throughout the 2015 camping season, Broken Wheel Campground held basket raffles, drawing winners for beautifully arranged gift baskets with different themes and contents.

With fundraising by CONY campgrounds from across New York State, a combined total of $91,000 in checks were presented by CONY leaders to Camp Good Days and Special Times Founder Gary Mervis at a special ceremony on November 14, 2015, during CONY’s annual exposition held at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, New York.

Camp Good Days and Special Times is a New York State-based organization providing camping experiences free of charge to children with cancer. Since its inception, Camp Good Days has served more than 45,000 campers from 22 states and 29 foreign countries at its camp, located on the shores of Keuka Lake. More information: www.campgooddays.org.

For more information about Broken Wheel Campground, visit www.brokenwheelcampground.com. [/private]

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