More children will be able to attend summer camps at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Central Wisconsin Environmental Station (CWES), thanks to grant from the Margaret A. Cargill (MAC) Foundation.
The MAC Foundation awarded a three-year grant of $225,000 to the UW-Stevens Point Foundation, specifically to increase the number of children attending CWES summer camps by offering monthly after-school camp programs and supporting the training of future educators and camp leaders.
The grant will provide resources for CWES camp staff to present monthly activities and programming for up to 25 upper-elementary school students in the Amherst, Rosholt and Iola school districts as well as the Portage County Boys and Girls Clubs from September to April. The after-school activities will include programs on pond study, fishing, stars and stories, survival skills, critters at camp, camp crafts and campfire songs and skits. Students who attend a majority of the monthly summer camp-related activities will be eligible to apply for partial scholarships for a week of CWES summer camp in 2013.
The MAC Foundation supports environmental education, including camping programs that allow young people to interact with nature and develop a sense of environmental stewardship. Located in Amherst Junction on the shore of Sunset Lake, CWES hosts an average of 7,500 people each year for summer camps, school programs, youth and adult team building and leadership skills programs, youth retreats, church gatherings, family reunions and other events.
For more information on CWES, contact Scott Johnson, director, at 715-824-2428 or visit www.uwsp.edu/cwes.
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