Karl E. Kelley Camp Campers Needed

We have sent 10-13 campers each year for past 5-8 years and quite a few before that. This is one of our main projects each year. Some of the kids we originally sent have become councelers and even applied for Conservation Officer school. First come, first served.

Jack

As one who has been a volunteer for Range Day at the camp for a number of years now, and sponsor a deserving kid who would other wise never have the chance, I can attest to the how good the camp is. The only disappointment I've ever seen in all those years is that they cannot come back again and again. Last year the kids fired over 22,000 rounds of .22LR on the pistol and rifle range.

What kind of volunteer help do they need? Since this camp is kind of almost in my backyard I feel like I should helping somehow...I'll be seeing ICO Tholen tonight at our local NWTF chapter banquet (which by the way donates $$ to this camp). He is always busy but I'll put out feelers with him also to see if there's anything I can do to assist.

Below is a memorial page for one of the kids we sent to camp last and who passed away suddenly last fall. His parents said the camp was greatest event of his short life. The funds from his gofundme page will be used to fund an annual scholarship to send one student each year from DJ's middle school to the Indiana Conservation Officer Organization's Karl E. Kelley Camp - which DJ attended in June of 2015. Anyone with extra cash feel free to donate.

www.gofundme.com/djpreece

That is great!!!

A local LEO who works a lot around schools is the one who picks a kid for me. He hits up counselors, teachers, etc., to find a kid who just needs to get out of an environment that isn't just what it should be. Was out at his house tonight and he will have another one for me to sponsor. He said he saw last years kid a couple of weeks ago and said the camp was great, he had the best time he had in years, and to thank whoever it was that made it possible for him to go. As a side note, the food is a lot better than some of them get at home. I stated years ago that it was not necessary for the kid to know where the money came from just that he or she is deserving.

Woody,

  Are there any qualifications for the sponsorship?  My 5th grade son would love a chance to attend such a camp.  It would sure lighten the load to have part or all of the $350 entry covered....

           Let Me Know,

                Dave Fulton
                Lawrenceburg, IN

greetings
Please someone enlighten me, scholorships what does that mean over there.
Schlorship for what. What are the kids doing or what qualification do they receive?
I have this feeling that our definitions over the pond may be different.
How old are the kids in fifth and sixth grade
please private message me if need be.
Thank you
billy

Scholarship in our case (Pheasants Forever)means that we pay for the kid to go to the camp ($350 each). The only criteria we have is that the kids must meet the camp qualification. We don't have an income range for them. Often our guys pay for their own kid to go to camp while helping sponsor less fortunate ones to go for free. If you go to the camp website you can see it is run almost like a military boot camp and lots of kids learn how to do push ups and march. Nothing drastic just a taste of disipline which many kids badly need. If they pass the tests they receive their Hunters Ed and Boaters Ed certificates.

We have had kids come back years later and volunteer as counselers. We have even had one go to the Marines and is trying to become a Conservation Officer now. Sadly we even had one graduate last year and pass away shortly after the camp. His parents described the camp experience as the greatest experience of his short life.

Jack