May/June 2017

16 American Traffic Safety Services Association Visit www.atssa.com/thefoundation to download the 2017 Experience Camps Travel Scholarship application. The application deadline is July 1. Experience Camp locations and 2017 dates: Kennybrook Experience: Monticello, New York at Camp Kennybrook, Aug. 14-19, 2017 (boys grades 4-12 and girls grades 4-8) California Experience: Malibu, California at Camp Hess Kramer, Aug. 15-20, 2017 (boys and girls ages 8-16) Manitou Experience: Oakland, Maine at Camp Manitou, Aug. 21-26, 2017 (boys ages 8-16) Blue Ridge Experience: Mountain City, Georgia at Camp Blue Ridge, Aug. 1-6, 2017 (boys and girls ages 8-11) Experience Camps began in 2009 when Camp Manitou, a residential boys camp in Oakland, Maine, extended its camp season by one week to invite 27 boys and 30 volunteer staff for a week of fun-filled activities. In 2013, the second camp in California was opened for 18 campers and more than doubled in attendance by the second year. The third location in Monticello, New York, was introduced in 2015. In 2017, Experience Camps will have more than 450 campers at its camps in Maine, California, Georgia, and New York and there are more than 200 volunteer camp counselors. More than 80 percent of eligible campers return each summer and over the past four years, Experience Camps has averaged a 44 percent growth rate in camp attendees. To learn more about Experience Camps, visit www.experience.camp.   FOUNDATION NEWS Foundation summer camp program to support children of fallen roadway workers In an effort to provide a safe place for children who have lost a parent, sibling or caregiver to a roadway work zone accident, The Foundation has joined Experience Camps, which has developed one-week programs for young individuals to meets others undergoing similar challenges. The Experience Camps are places for children to laugh, cry, play, create, make friends and cope with the grief caused by the loss of a loved one. “While The Foundation will continue the Roadway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program for higher education dreams, this additional program is geared to children who are left with heartache when a loved one is killed in a work zone,” Foundation President Tom Wood, of Sherwin-Williams, said. “The Foundation’s board of directors wanted to provide an outlet for youngsters to spend a week with other children and, perhaps, build lifelong bonds and happy memories as a result.” The Foundation has created the Experience Camps Travel Scholarship to cover 100 percent of the travel expenses for children to attend these free summer camps. “Experience Camps is proud to partner with such an incredibly dedicated organization such as ATSSA,” Experience Camps Associate Director, Josh Hahn, said. “Their desire to connect eligible children with a program such as Experience Camps is a testament to their commitment to their members and families, especially in times of crisis and tragedy.”