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Electricians Light Up Summer
Camp For Diabetic Children
Fathers Change TheWorld
One Child At ATime.
Volunteer electricians from Christenson Electric, Cochran/Broadway Electric, and Delta Electric, all
NECA and
.V Local 48 members, added or improved lighting and electricity for almost every building
at Ga:es C'
Camp, west of Forest Grove. Gales Creek is a special summer camp for diabetic
childn
■■'■s photo, Don Fox of Cochran/Broadway uses a bucket truck to work on the camp’s
lighting. Volunteer crew members not pictured: Mark Boyer, Terry Basch, Dan Galbreath, Dwight
Greiner.
heller, Bruce Knowles, Bill Mohr, Mark Nellor, Dwight Page, and Phil Saunders.
E l e u > idiis . • om C o chran/
Broadway Electric, Chistenson Elec
tric, and Delta Electric, all members
of the Oregon-Columbia Chapter of
the National Electrical Contractors
Association (NECA), and the Inter
national Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers (IBEW) Local 48, donated
approximately 140 work-hours of
their time and labor to bring more
light into the lives of diabetic children
attending Gales Creek Camp this sum
mer.
A crew of nearly a dozen volun
teer electricians replaced or added
lighting to almost every building at
the camp, upgraded the camp’s elec
trical wiring, and installed much
needed Ground Fault Circuit Inter
rupters (GFCIs) to prevent bums or
shocks from occurring.
Gales Creek Camp, located west
of Forest Grove, has been providing a
summer camp experience for chil
dren with diabetes for more than 40
years. The camp is committed to of
fering an interesting and varied rec
reational program to diabetic chil
dren under appropriate medical su
pervision. It is associated with the
Oregon affiliate of the American Dia
betes Association and Good Samari
tan Hospital and Medical Center’s
Diabetes Institute. The camp is oper-
r~
ated by the Diabetic Children’sCamp
Foundation which relies heavily on
donations and grants to operate and
maintain the camp’s facilities. As a
result, there wereaspectsof the camp’s
maintenance which previously hadn’t
received all the attention they de
served. Electrical work was one of
those areas — and that’s when the
IBEW Local 48 electricians, coordi
nated by Dwight Page of Cochran/
Broadway Electric, decided to step in.
“My father was a doctor who
used to volunteer his services to Gales
Creek Camp,” said Page. “I know
how important the camp experience
is to these kids. Not only do they learn
more about managing their disease so
they can be more independent, but
they have a terrific time, too. This is
a wonderful facility for the kids and
we’re glad to give up a couple of
Sundays to help make it even better.”
The electricians, complete with
tools, service van, and bucket truck,
worked on two consecutive Sundays
making the camp much safer - and
much brighter - for the campers,
counselors, and physicians who will
be attending.
“This is wonderful,” said Patricia
TenEyck, Executive Director of the
Diabetic Children’s Camp Founda
tion. “The work these electricians
Each day you help shape a life that depends very much on you. You fix
flat tires, play catch in the back yard, and wipe away tears. You also teach
the important lessons of honesty, integrity and the value of hard work in a
very practical way - by your example.
.Ml the little things you do every day make a big difference in the lives
of your children today.. .and far into the future, in fact, you are a unique
and irreplaceable part of your child's development into a responsible adult.
That's why we set aside one day just to honor you and your commit
ment to your family. Happy Fathers Day, Dad. .and I bank You!
donated makes Gales Creek safer for
our campers, provides a better envi
ronment, and has saved us a lot of
money, too. We really appreciate what
they’ve done.” Dr. John Stevens,
Chairman of the Board of the Dia
betic Children’s Camp Foundation
agreed. “The electricians were all sin
cerely interested in helping the chil
dren. They did an enormous amount
of work to update everything, bring it
all up to code, and bring more light to
our camp,” said Dr. Stevens. “The
change here is really quite magnifi
cent.”
“W e’re glad to help out,” said Ed
Barnes, IBEW Local 48 Business
Manager. “And we’re very proud of
the volunteers who chose to partici
pate in making this camp a better
place for children with diabetes.”
“We know how important spe
cial camps like this are for the camp
ers, not only for recreation, but for
increasing self-esteem and indepen
dence,” said Tim Gauthier, Execu
tive Manager of NECA, Oregon-Co
lumbia Chapter. “We are always
pleased when our members take an
interest like this In their communi
ties.”
The camp will be open for its first
1994 summer camp session at the end
of June.
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The Breakfast And Lunch Program
T he African American Cler
gies will begin it’s second summer
programming June 20, 1994. The
Summer Breakfastand LunchPro-
gram will start on June 20, 1994
and continue through August 31,
1994. Breakfast will be served,
Monday through Friday between
the hours of 8:00 am and 10:00 am.
Lunch will also be daily between
the hours o f 11:30 am and 1:30 pm.
Children between th e a g e so fj
to 19 year so f ageare eligible for the
fret meals. The meals will beserved
at ST. Mark Baptist church, lo
cated at 103 N. E. M orris S t (one
block west of Martin Luther King
Blvd). Joe Hardie. Pastor.
There will also be a daily recre
ational program as an extension of
the Som m er Breakfast and Lunch
Program, w h ich offers a full day of
social/recreation program m ing for
youth. The Program w ill offer rec
reation, field trips, arts, crafts and
other sim ilar activities throughout
the sum m er months. In addition,
counselingand gang youth outreach
services as w ell as som e em ploy
m ent serv ices, w ill be on goin g
throughout the summer.
The African A m erican C ler
gies will also be starting the second
annual Parksand Gangs Youth Out
reach Program, beginning August
25 1994. The O utreach Program
will operate each Saturday and
w ill have recreation, food, coun
seling, em ploym ent services and
music between the hours o f 12
noon and 5 pro. The schedule o f
the Parks and Gangs Youth Out
reach activities for die sum m er
are: June 25, Peninsula Park; July
9 ,1 6 , 23, 30, Alberta Park; A u
gust 6, Dawson Park; A ugust 13,
2 0 ,2 7 , Unthank Park.
The African American Clergies
is also seeking volunteers to assist m
the operation of any or all of these
programs. Any questions concerning
ehhenrboduithtseprogramsshoukl
be directed to the African American
Clergies at 287-7457.
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