Aaron Dushku - "Networking with CHAA"
Halers, in this day and age of sparse career prospects, entrepreneurial
job-hunters or savvy professionals need to use all tools at their
disposal to promote their skills and get noticed by the right people.
Often times a simple suggestion or comment to a hiring committee
can come at the perfect time for a candidate to make magic happen.
Also, in the absence of formal vacancy announcements, matches can
be made based on good personal relationships built and open and
ongoing dialog about our professional qualities. These are topics
often left untouched around the council fire in August -and for
good reason!
Furthermore, CHAA likes to espouse the positive effects that camp
has had on its alumni, but hard data on the amount of success stories
out there are hard to find. So, sharing your professional credentials
with the CHAA network bring multiple benefits to our mission: it
allows us to track the success stories of our alumni while also
assisting each other to succeed in our lives after camp.
If you don't already have a profile on LinkedIn.com, create one
and join the 'Camp Hale Alumni Association (CHAA)' Group. Here you'll
get a look at what many are already seeing, the broad range of accomplished
individuals that we are.
Opportunities are also here for our older alumni to mentor younger
members that you might see growing in your field -great satisfaction
can be derived from this as well.
Tap into this network and share in its benefits.
For those of you more interested in connecting socially to your
Camp Hale family, CHAA has also established a FaceBook presence
to which you are invited to join. Seek either or both opportunities
out and stay connected throughout the year!
~ Aaron Dushku
In 2010 - CHAA
Collaborates with Providence College
This semester alumnus Mark Elbach has been working with a group
of students to raise money for CHAA around the Providence College
campus and the City of Providence, RI.
The Events
St. Patrick’s Day week we sold beads
throughout campus and the community to help fund our two bigger
events. We also were able to get some great raffle prizes to raffle
at our events. They included:
- iPod,
- Red Sox tickets,
- autographed sports memorabilia,
- gift certificates,
- Providence College items.
On April
15th at Providence Place UNO’s Chicago Grill.
20% of all lunch and dinner bills were donated to CHAA on this date
by anyone who turned in their CHAA / UNO’s slip with their
meal.
RESULTS: $275 (percentage of bills) + $213 (raffle) = $488
April
21st at Ladder 133 Bar and Grill
This event was similar to the Winter Party including a DJ, drink
specials, and great atmosphere. A $5 cover charge was collected
at the door, and all this money directly went towards benefiting
CHAA. Red Bull and Narragansett Beer
were also generous as they donated items and came to the event to
help promotion.
RESULTS: $1,348 (raffle and cover charge)
Total Raised: $1,836.00
In Addition…..
We are currently waiting to hear back from AllState about another
donation of $1,000.
Check Out Our Blog: http://itdp.providence.edu/blogs/spring10/mgt401/hopeforhale/Mark
Elbach
Editor’s note: Mark is one of our hardworking
younger members: son of Elias, and grandson of Tony Costa.
Message from Jerrel
Cox, Camp Hale Director, Spring 2010
Dear Camp Hale Family,
As you all know, the 2010 summer season is fast approaching. We
are excited to say that we have to date filled almost 50% percent
of our slots! This year, we are concentrating our efforts on targeting
youth from the South End and Lower Roxbury neighborhoods. We have
been distributing fliers to schools, housing developments, and businesses
all throughout these neighborhoods. This has brought many new families
who are interested and enrolling their children in CAMP HALE!
This year our agency has put a special emphasis on positive living,
academic achievement and attainment, and economic success. Camp
Hale has the unique advantage of taking children out of the urban
environment and away from its negative influences and into our own
peaceful place. This summer we will intentionally create a program
that will inspire children to treat others with respect, set goals
for
themselves, make healthy decisions, and maintain positive attitudes.
The core traditions of the camp experience will be the same, our
goals this summer will be to give the staff the training that they
will need to create an environment that will immediately impact
our young people. We want to not only be a memorable place for each
camper, but one that teaches life lessons and skills that the children
can use long after camp.
How can you help? You already have! The Camp Hale Alumni Association
Board has made $5,000.00 available for sponsorships for this year’s
families. Last year we used a similar amount of money to fill camp
and this year we are looking forward to doing the same thing. Parents
are already applying for sponsorships and learning more about the
Camp Hale Alumni Association. We are very appreciative of the money,
hard
work, and time that you have donated so far, but there is still
more that can be done.
We all know how long camp has been in existence and which buildings
need work. With each new season, camp faces new issues and we want
to be proactive in making sure that camp is well maintained and
safe for our campers. Please continue to show your support by donating
and sharing your resources with USES and the CHAA Board to ensure
the success and growth of CAMP HALE!!! WHOO YAH!!!
Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Jerrell Cox
Director of Camp Hale and Out of School Time Programs
jcox@uses.org
A message from Mark (GAZ) Gaznick
My name is Mark Gaznick, and as many of you know I
have been collecting pictures of Camp Hale for sometime now to produce
an archive of camps past events and people. Camp maybe small in
stature, but it is part of American history being the oldest running
camp of its kind in the US. I feel we need to catalog as much as
possible to preserve the people and events that make it such the
wonderful place it is today.
I have been working on a website to display these photos for all
to see and share. But because of life's little snafus this has been
taking more time than I thought. So I created a Flickr page to get
some of the photos up so people can download and share.
Thank you for your time, and enjoy. As always, please feel free
to
send me, Bobby Nicholas, or Joe Sharmatta any pictures you would
like to add to the archive. Our email addresses are located on the
CHAA website. And remember we would not have an archive if it wasn't
for people who care, just like you.
Thank you again,
Mark Gaznick
Bobby Nicholas's CHAA Archive
Initiative and Appeal
My Fellow Alumni,
I hope this letter finds you all in good health. For those that
might not know me, my name is Bobby Nicholas, and last April I was
appointed as the CHAA historian. The position entails many exciting
jobs, one of which is to Archive Camp Hale memorabilia.
The purpose of this mailing is two-fold.
One to invite you to an event on Saturday February 3rd 2007,at
Clery's in the South End (more to come). USES President Ashley McCumber
has graciously donated space, as well as showcases, so we can create
a Camp Hale rotating memorabilia museum.
This brings me to the second purpose of the event, we are asking
you bring any Camp memorabilia you might have, so that we may archive
it and if you wish, put it on display for a short time period, until
which time the item will be returned to you.
We are not asking for you to part with your items, but to give
us a chance to record our rich history by way of archiving these
items. We are looking into having a special booth set up, which
will allow us to document, and record your memorabilia.
As time draws nearer to this event, we will provide more details,
with regards to time, and so on. As your historian, I am available
to you and would love to hear from all of you. Please contact me
with any questions regarding the above event or anything else that
might be related to our rich history. I welcome any help, ideas,
and thoughts. I hope to see a huge turnout and if you cannot make
it, but would like to provide an item for display, we can arrange
to possibly pick it up.
Thank you for your time, and please note my contact info.
Regards,
Bobby
e-mail-elah1991@msn.com
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Tell all near and far, the CHAA
Online Discussion Board is back in business. This
initial Discussion Group program will be updated as
user traffic increases to bring you a CHAA experience
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Board Meetings - Held on the first
Monday of each month at the Harriet Tubman House in the South End.
We encourage all who are members of the alumni, or friends
of Camp Hale, to attend these meetings. Be a part of the organization
that helps keep the experience alive. Contact any member of
the CHAA Board of Directors to reserve your spot at the next meeting.
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