Support our growing campership program

Dear Timanous Family,

As the calendar turns to spring, preparations for Summer 2022 have kicked into high gear. Families are filling out health forms, campers are getting excited about reuniting with old friends as well as meeting new ones, and another capable and veteran staff is coming together. It will no doubt be another fun and rewarding summer for everyone involved! And, it is a critical part of our mission to ensure that all deserving boys, regardless of socioeconomic status, have access to this formative experience.

Including our campership commitments for 2022, over our three summers as a nonprofit we have helped nearly 40 families send their children to Timanous. The vast majority of these campers have returned to Panther Pond for multiple years: over 90% of campership recipients in 2021 are coming back this summer and more of this group are enrolling in the full seven-week session each year.

We are committed to the positive growth and development of these boys throughout their Timanous careers, as well as broadening our connections to new families. We are heartened to know that among this group are many future Crows, leaders in different aspects of camp life, and counselors that will skillfully mentor the succeeding generation of campers.

We also know that your collective support will play the single largest role in making this vision a reality. As is the norm for us at this time of year, we invite you to join us in growing our program by giving to our campership funds:

• The Annual Campership Fund provides the bulk of our tuition assistance each year. The full value of your donation will be directly applied to our campership budget for the upcoming summers. Give to this fund if you would like to have an immediate impact on serving current campers.
• The Sandy Tattersall Fund is a campership endowment that now stands at over $2 million. With careful stewardship for long-term growth, it will generate income in perpetuity solely to be used for financial aid. The larger the endowment, the more support Timanous can count on each summer for our campership program. Give to Sandy’s Fund and your gift will pay dividends for many years to come.

This letter serves as our only direct appeal for Summer 2022. Please consider a gift to camperships this year.

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​For all these things, we give thanks,

Garth Altenburg, Camp Director

Craig MacDonnell, Board Chair