Buckeye REC donates $500 to Campaign 2000

Elizabeth L. Evans Outdoor Education Center/Canter's Cave 4-H Camp is looking forward to the new millennium. To help camp continue as the premier outdoor educational center in southern Ohio, the board has committed itself to raise $300,000 for "Campaign 2000." The fundraising program will allow the camp to build a new leadership conference center and upgrade current facilities and establish a 4-H Camp Endowment Fund.

BREC employees: Debra Sword and Ron Davis

along with Canter's Cave staff Fred Deel, Anita Harris

and Chip Haggerty

Stanley and Doris Harrison, Gallia County 4-H alumni, currently of Winchester, VA, have issued a challenge gift of $80,000 that will be presented to the camp. These funds will make possible the construction of the new Leadership Conference Center and will be available when $160,000 of "Campaign 2000" have been raised.

During the 50 years of 4-H ownership, the camp facilities have grown tremendously. Today, there is much more to offer than just 4-H camping. Services are provided to a wide variety of groups and visitors are accommodated in a way that will best suit their needs.

It is hoped the new Leadership Conference Center that will be made possible through "Campaign 2000" will help to enhance and expand existing programs, while paving the way for new and exciting programs in the future. It will allow the Outdoor Education Center to reach out to more diverse audiences while creating new opportunities for 4-H youth and people of southern Ohio.

Canter's Cave 4-H Camp serves the 4-H programs throughout nine counties as a site for their local 4-H camps, as well as hosting some statewide 4-H activities. The nine counties are Adams, Gallia, Highland, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Pike, Scioto and Vinton. Currently more than 8,000 4-H'ers and other youth utilize the 4-H camp as an outdoor education center.

Buckeye Rural Electric is proud to be a part of "Campaign 2000" and would like to encourage others to help make "Campaign 2000" not just a campaign, but a reality.

Donations can be given to The Ohio State University Development Fund designated to Canter's Cave 4-H Camp account #002538 and also may be made directly to Canter's Cave 4-H Inc. They are tax deductible since the 4-H Camp is recognized as a nonprofit organization. The address is: Canter's Cave 4-H Camp, 1362 Caves Road, Jackson, Ohio 45640.

Article and photo courtesy of Country Living magazine and Buckeye Rural Electric.

Inquiries or information concerning camp please write, call, or e-mail us.

Elizabeth L. Evans Outdoor Education Center Canter's Cave 4-H Camp Inc.

1368 Caves Road, Jackson, Ohio 45640

Phone: (740) 286-4058

Fax: (740) 286-8622

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