Needless to say, we couldn’t do what we do without our fantastic volunteers.
Thank you to our over 300 volunteers!
You put the Blue into our Skies.
Love,
The Camp Blue Skies team
If you would like to become part of our Camp Blue Skies family click Volunteer at CampBlueSkies.org.
Thank you to the Buckhead Invitational for selecting Camp Blue Skies- Atlanta as their 2011 charity. With the $3,000 donation from this golf tournament, Camp Blue Skies will be able to run another fun-filled camp this March in the great state of Georgia.
The Buckhead Invitational is put on by The Buckhead Charities Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization that benefits deserving charities and causes of the Buckhead Community through fundraising events in the Metro-Atlanta area.
To see photos and learn more about this great organization, please visit their website at www.buckheadinvitational.com.
We are excited to welcome Amy Millikan to our Camp Blue Skies team. Here is her bio and how she came into our family. With Amy working her Development magic, we believe Camp Blue Skies will continue to grow for many years to come.
How did we find Amy?
Dick (our Founder) met Amy through Shana Plott, who helped us initially with fundraising and has continued to help behind the scenes with computer projects (thank you Shana!). Dick met Shana through Kathi Knier who is the Development Director for InReach (a nonprofit organization that provides residential and community supports and services for children and adults with developmental and other disabilities in residential and community settings). InReach sends many campers to our North Carolina Camp. In the end, thanks to these great wonderful women and their involvement with our camper community, we found Amy!
Amy’s Bio:
In mid-August 2011, Amy returned to Charlotte Country Day School (CCDS) to serve as the Interim Director of the Annual Fund. Amy was the Director of the Annual Fund at Country Day from August 2001 to October 2004. She was directly responsible for overseeing the annual campaign by identifying and engaging prospective donors, conducting mail solicitations, managing 8 different constituency groups, and supervising over 75 volunteers. Prior to working at CCDS, Amy was Area Director for the American Heart Association (AHA) in Winston-Salem and Charlotte. Over the course of 7 years with the organization she oversaw fundraising and special events for the AHA’s national programs Jump Rope for Heart, American Heart Walk and the Charlotte Heart Ball. Her responsibilities included sponsorship, marketing, logistics, auctions and managing over 60 volunteers to meet the goals. After graduating from Salem College in 1990, Amy was an Admissions Counselor and Assistant Director of Admissions at Salem. She traveled the east coast recruiting students, as well as planning on-campus visitations and overseeing the Admissions student ambassador group. Amy has been in Charlotte 14 years. She is married to Bill, who owns a commercial construction business. They have two children, Will seven years old and Mary Cass four and half.
So there you have it! Our team is complete. Stay tuned for fun ways we will be raising funds and awareness of our camp with Amy’s wisdom and guidance.
Do you ever feel like the stars have aligned? We sure do. Seems like every day another great person becomes part of our Blue Skies family.
One example of this type of thumbs-up from the universe is the involvement of David Boardman with our camp. We found David through Camp Twin Lakes our Atlanta host camp.
From the first “thump”, Camp Blue Skies was in love with his get-ya-dancing-in-your-seat-even-in-cold-rainy-weather-drumming program. With a blend of humor, games, drums and simple instructions,David transformed each group from a bunch of people to musicians creating beautiful music and rhythms.
Not too bad for an hour lesson.
A second example of star alignment is HE’S COMING to our North Carolina camp this October! Takes a special person to sign on for the 292 mile one way drive in order to bring drumming to camp. We are also super excited for a second program by “Drummer Dave” making it’s Camp Blue Skies debut this October. (Sorry, you’ll have to wait for camp for details!)
So who is the man behind the magic? Here are his stats:
David Boardman holds a degree in Music Education from Florida State University and is an active percussionist, teacher, conductor and composer. He is percussion instructor at Morgan County Middle School and directs handbells at Madison (GA) Presbyterian Church. David has performed with the Savannah, Macon and Augusta symphony orchestras, and with his own percussion ensemble at the 1996 Olympics, 1982 World’s Fair and on commercial and public television.
“Drummer Dave” also facilitates wellness drumming at Camp Twin Lakes near Atlanta, Georgia. Camp Twin Lakes offers year-round recreational, therapeutic, and educational programs for children and adults facing serious illnesses and other physical, emotional and life challenges. www.camptwinlakes.org
Needless to say, we hope the stars will keep aligning for many years to come and we can’t wait to see what special tricks David has for us this October.
Keep on drumming!
Liz- Camp Blue Skies Program Director