Help the Handicap Kids
For 12 years now, the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville, Texas ( www.lionscamp.com ) handicap campers have enjoyed learning the recreational hobby of metal detecting and treasure hunting regardless of their handicap. Twelve years ago when the Texas Council of Treasure Clubs www.texascouncil.com started this program with the Camp it was aimed at building esteem in the many campers and to show those campers there is a recreational hobby they can enjoy regardless of their handicap. Both the Texas Council and the Texas Lions Camp are very proud to announce the great success of this activity offered to each camper every year.
Twelve years ago, several dealers in Texas, distributors and many metal detector manufacturers donated 12 detectors to the camp for this program to be a success and it has become a highlight every year to all the campers to learn to discover treasures buried beneath their feet using a metal detector. Also, each year a dedicated group from the Texas Council helps the new counselors visiting from foreign countries to also learn the hobby so to continue the program for the many campers visiting the Camp each year. However as an added bonus, many of those counselors take this new knowledge of such a program back home with them to share in their alike Camps for children in their country.
Now This is the Important Part: for this program to continue, the Camp is in great need of "foreign coins" to hide for these campers. Without donations of foreign coins, the program will die! The Camp relies on your kindness of donating any foreign coins you may have found or wish to purchase for the kids. Why "foreign coins"; because the children of the camp can not have money to use in counselor's vending machines; the kids only drink healthy fruit juices or water at the Camp which is free to all the campers as is all the facilities of the Camp. Also the children learn more about foreign countries and their money by using foreign coins hidden for this activity.
At this time, the Camp's supply of foreign coins is very low. The Camp is in need immediately of donations of foreign coins so the activity for the kids will continue this 2008 year. The Texas Council of Treasure Clubs and I ask you to please consider donating to the Camp such foreign coins for this activity. You can ship the coins to me at:
Keith Wills
1495 FM 49
Gilmer, TX. 75644
or
Directly to the Camp at: Texas Lions Camp
P.O. Box 290247
Kerrville, TX. 78029
If you do send them direct, please contact me and let me know you have done so at: kwills@etex.net
A Sincere Thanks to you all, and for photos of the Camp and kids enjoying this activity, checkout www.wwats.org under "Photos".
Thank you very much, Keith Wills
For 12 years now, the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville, Texas ( www.lionscamp.com ) handicap campers have enjoyed learning the recreational hobby of metal detecting and treasure hunting regardless of their handicap. Twelve years ago when the Texas Council of Treasure Clubs www.texascouncil.com started this program with the Camp it was aimed at building esteem in the many campers and to show those campers there is a recreational hobby they can enjoy regardless of their handicap. Both the Texas Council and the Texas Lions Camp are very proud to announce the great success of this activity offered to each camper every year.
Twelve years ago, several dealers in Texas, distributors and many metal detector manufacturers donated 12 detectors to the camp for this program to be a success and it has become a highlight every year to all the campers to learn to discover treasures buried beneath their feet using a metal detector. Also, each year a dedicated group from the Texas Council helps the new counselors visiting from foreign countries to also learn the hobby so to continue the program for the many campers visiting the Camp each year. However as an added bonus, many of those counselors take this new knowledge of such a program back home with them to share in their alike Camps for children in their country.
Now This is the Important Part: for this program to continue, the Camp is in great need of "foreign coins" to hide for these campers. Without donations of foreign coins, the program will die! The Camp relies on your kindness of donating any foreign coins you may have found or wish to purchase for the kids. Why "foreign coins"; because the children of the camp can not have money to use in counselor's vending machines; the kids only drink healthy fruit juices or water at the Camp which is free to all the campers as is all the facilities of the Camp. Also the children learn more about foreign countries and their money by using foreign coins hidden for this activity.
At this time, the Camp's supply of foreign coins is very low. The Camp is in need immediately of donations of foreign coins so the activity for the kids will continue this 2008 year. The Texas Council of Treasure Clubs and I ask you to please consider donating to the Camp such foreign coins for this activity. You can ship the coins to me at:
Keith Wills
1495 FM 49
Gilmer, TX. 75644
or
Directly to the Camp at: Texas Lions Camp
P.O. Box 290247
Kerrville, TX. 78029
If you do send them direct, please contact me and let me know you have done so at: kwills@etex.net
A Sincere Thanks to you all, and for photos of the Camp and kids enjoying this activity, checkout www.wwats.org under "Photos".
Thank you very much, Keith Wills