Special Events Held Raise Over $1,700 For Camp Good Days And Special Times
After tallying all the figures, Campground Owners of New York (CONY) announced recently that Broken Wheel Campground in Petersburgh, New York, operated by Ruth Seel and family, raised $1,700 in donations for Camp Good Days and Special Times, as part of CONY’s fifth annual statewide fundraising event for charity held throughout 2016.[private]
According to Meghan Lawton, CONY’s Marketing and Communications Director, the association raised a total of $110,933.79 in 2016, bringing CONY’s five-year fundraising total for Camp Good Days to approximately $361,000.
“We are 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,” Lawton said. “Camp Good Days provides a service to children and families dealing with an awful disease – a service that is unmet, and we are proud to help them provide these services.”
Throughout the 2016 camping season, Broken Wheel Campground raised funds through various activities in their park, and through the support of their campers. With fundraising by CONY campgrounds from across New York State, a combined total of $110,933.79 in checks were presented by CONY leaders to Camp Good Days and Special Times representative James McCauley at a special ceremony on November 5, 2016, 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.
Broken Wheel Campground will open for the 2017 camping season in May. Online reservations and more information about Broken Wheel Campground can be found at their website: www.brokenwheelcampground.com.
Participating CONY campgrounds all across New York State raised funds in a variety of ways, including selling paper balloons and t-shirts, displaying change collection boxes, and hosting special events including walks, dinners, raffles, auctions, and concerts, to name a few.
CONY member campgrounds are fundraising once again in 2017 for Camp Good Days.
Campground Owners of New York (CONY), headquartered in Pittsford, N.Y. and founded in 1963, is an association dedicated to the promotion, growth, improvement and development of privately owned campgrounds in New York State. More information about the association and its campgrounds – including a free camping directory – is available at www.nycampgrounds.com and www.campcony.com. [/private]