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Stephen
Wampler, Executive Director
801
C Ave., Suite 18
Coronado, CA 92118
(619) 957-4285
swampler1@san.rr.com
Cameron
Smith, President
Davis, CA
James
Crockett, Treasurer
San Juan Capistrano, CA
Chris
Snow, Secretary
Davis, CA
John
Badger
Colusa, CA
Larry
Sanford
Bakersfield, CA
Alfred
J. Cleary
San Francisco, CA
Michael
Hancock
Coronado,
CA
Mark
Leavitt
San
Diego, CA
California
501 (c) 3
Exemption number:
74-3060306
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WHEELCHAIR
ACCESSIBLE MOUNTAIN PROGRAMS
TO
OPEN AUGUST 7, 2004
Stephen Wampler is realizing his childhood
dream. He is re-opening a camp that changed his life decades ago, in
hopes that it will have the same profound affect on others in his
situation. He has
cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound.
It was thru this camp back in 1977, at the time owned by then
Senator John Negedly, that he realized his potential.
Although his disability is considered to be quite severe,
Stephen realized he was capable of camping, boating, fishing and
many other seemingly small activities that led him to be the
successful husband, father and businessman that he is today.
The
Camp, which is situated on Hawley Lake in the High Sierras, has a
very interesting history. Senator
Negedly bequeathed the property to the Boy Scouts of America until
2002. At the end of that time it was sold to Contra Costa Youth
Council, which is under the leadership of the Senator’s son, Jim
Negedly. It is thru
Jim’s generosity and willingness to lease the land to the
non-profit organization Camp WAMP, Inc. that this camp will re-open
August 7, 2004.
The
camp director is Jenny Yarrow, a woman with 18 years of experience
working with children and young adults with mental and physical
disabilities. She and her staff have the capacity to host 15 campers per
week this summer, with one counselor allocated per camper and 10
support staff. The
philosophy of the camp is to give rich, varied and closely
supervised activity programs with a minimally structured schedule.
The unique and rugged wilderness experience, normally only
available to able bodied persons, provides the freedom and guidance
to explore new possibilities and expand their often very limited
expectations as many seemingly trivial challenges have to be
conquered.
Camp
W.A.M.P, Inc. is not
only about the camp at Hawley Lake.
It’s vision is to be the leading operator and sponsor of
year round enrichment camping programs throughout the country for
5000 children and young adults with physical disabilities by the
beginning of 2009.
For
more information on Camp WAMP please feel free to contact Stephen
Wampler directly at (619) 957-4285.
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