Nov 15, 2023
Dear Hurley Family,
Now’s a horrible time. Fear and hate drive politics, here and elsewhere. Some justify themselves by believing they’re protecting civilization. With that at stake, anything goes. Provocation replaces compromise. Revenge now is more important than the future and alternative facts are invented.
And what are we to do? By ourselves, each of us can’t do much. Together, we can do more.
We know what’s in the news isn’t the whole story.
However briefly, we’ve lived in another milieu. Even three weeks of sanity, each summer, is enough to affect us for the rest of our lives.
- three weeks of being allowed to be ourselves, not someone else’s ideal.
- three weeks of safety during which stranger doesn’t mean danger.
- three weeks in which you can try something new without having to be great at it.
- three weeks of not being regimented by bells or whistles.
- three weeks of not being told you’re good because you’re on the good team while the other is bad.
- three weeks of knowing that if your parents send you treats, you’ll be expected to share them with everyone else in your bunk.
Even three weeks of sanity each summer can matter a lot.
Last summer the Hurley Camp Fund sent four kids to camp, kids whose parents couldn’t afford it.
We want to do it again and again. So, please join us.
Together we can send kids to camp and make them aware that life can be better than what’s in the news.
With our best wishes for this Thanksgiving and the coming holidays,
Judi Bernstein-Baker, Larry Budner, Alan Glotzer, Marshall Harth,
Kathy Wang Seward, Lowell Waxman, Alan Wolsky
The Hurley Camp Fund Board of Directors
P.S. The Hurley Camp Fund is a 501(c)3 - There are no paid employees.
All our work is done by our volunteer Board and all our support comes from you.
You can donate by sending a check to
The Hurley Camp Fund
PO Box 3033
Lisle, IL 60532
or, if you prefer PayPal or credit card,
go to our Hurley Camp Fund PayPal donation page but please note that PayPal takes a commission from your donation.
Please note:
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Charitable contribution is the portion of your donation or purchase that may be tax deductible.
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Your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by governing laws.
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Donors within the United States of America should check with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publication 526 and publication 1771 and/or their tax advisor for further details.
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Donors outside the United States of America should review local laws and regulations for details.
Help send a child to camp this summer:
Or
send a check payable to:
Hurley Camp Fund, Ltd
PO Box 3033
Lisle, IL 60532
Greetings to all from the founders of The Hurley Camp Fund. We are a group of about 100 people who initiated this fund in 1991, and who are bound by a single experience: time spent, and memories closely held, by our time in Camp Hurley in the 1950s and 1960s. We have one purpose - to raise money for scholarships to send children ages 8-15 years old to camp so that they may enjoy a similar, life changing experience.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DONATION
The Hurley Camp Fund is registered as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation