CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS

MERRYMEETING AUDUBON SOCIETY

A CHAPTER OF MAINE AUDUBON

February 2011

Dear Guidance Counselor, Principal, Science Teacher, or Other Adult who believes in outdoor education and camp:

Each year the Merrymeeting Audubon Society, a chapter of Maine Audubon, funds 20-30 camp scholarships to several Maine camps. We are confident these scholarships provide a positive outdoor experience for local students, and we look forward to having some of your students apply for summer 2011!

Last year we had more applicants than we could send and this year we will be looking carefully for essays in the students’ own words that reach us by the deadline of April 15! In the past we have funded students to attend a second or third year, but that will depend on the availability of funds, and their essays. Please encourage all students you think might benefit from an outdoor experience.

Enclosed is a poster to put up at your school and application forms for the two programs we support. Please make copies for students who would like to apply.

Tanglewood 4-H Camp Grades 3-5

Bryant Pond 4-H Camp Ages 10-14

Applicants should send all materials to the address on the form by April 15.

If you or any of your students have questions, please feel free to call or e-mail our Scholarship Committee. (Note: If there are students you know who are applying who may need extra help with transportation or other needs, please alert us.)

Tanglewood 4-H Camp Barbara Tucker, 729-3343

Sue Sergeant, 442-8195, suegeosergeant@comcast.net

Bryant Pond 4-H Camp Beth Bullock, 729-9650, bbullock@gwi.net