Friends of Camp Crowell/Hilaka

Accomplishments

At our urging, GSNEO included camp information on its web site.

Poster campaign informing general public about prospective closure

Board of Directors agreed to keep some sites in the north half of Camp Crowell/Hilaka open for girl camping

Original research into pre-camp history of the land, bringing to light fascinating stories

Sunday Fun-Day programs:  Halloween Open House, led by Jacqui Walsh; Winter Fun-Day, led by Sarah Spiegler; Let's Move, led by Rachel Oppenheimer

Enhancement of 2010 Spring Open House

Establishment of a working relationship with the Richfield Historical Society

Analysis of the GSNEO Camp Survey results

Production of booklet describing features and available programming at Crowell/Hilaka

Establishment of the Camp Grants program, which provided partial funding for 8 troops to attend camp in February 2010 and 9 troops in March 2010 (April count pending), helping to show that troops will camp in the winter when the cost is affordable.

Hinckley Buzzard Day display

Neighborhood letter campaign

Removal of unsafe back deck on Seeley Cabin

Trail restoration

Media appearances:
    Kaleidescope: Rachel Oppenheimer
    Channel 19 News: Winter Fun Day, interview with Lynn Richardson
    Radio podcast: Barb Starr
    Richfield Times article

Accomplishments of our first year

We’ve been dealing with evasions and misinformation. We’ve learned the value of verifing information & analysing the data for ourselves. [ first part of my state of the union address / plus the number crunching]

Camp info placed on GSNEO website.  Until June of 2009, GSNEO did not have camp information on it’s website. When we were told that the camp was hardly used, we pointed out that very few members from the legacy councils beside Lake Erie knew the camps exist or what is there. Our earliest proposal was that they have this information on line.  Within a week it was there. Thanks to GSNEO for being responsive.

We’ve learned we have to be proactive & persistent. Every time the board rejected our proposals, we came up with new ones. [ our assorted proposals and what became of them. The page this links to is actually has it’s own heading under the about us page ]

Poster campaign { poster]

They partially reversed the decision because we were fighting for it. [ Letter from GSNEO ]

Stan has kept his job

We’ve become camp monitors

Board survey – in a fair sample CH was shown to be the most popular camp

Vision 2012 called for report on unique feaures of the camp properties.  We came up with a whole book.

Sunday Fundays

Camp Grants program

Established credibility with council board & staff

Our website

Neighborhood letter campaign

Plumbing fixed

Media – TV x 2 ; Richfield Times articles, Barb’s national radio interview, blog, Facebook, Twitter

Discovered a wealth of historic information.  Learned the stories of courageous women and men who lived right here.

Many memorials that we cherish

Established a relationship with Richfield Historical Society

Haven’t earned a whole lot of money – because that isn’t our goal—but enough.

Helped with community recognition:  Buzzard day, Richfield garage sale, cookies!

We have a bank account

We are incorporated in the state of Ohio.

Spring cleaning

Trail restoration:   Troop ____ of N. Olmstead marked and cleared Deer Leap Trail

Invasive species removal and replacement on Pine Lake Trail

Clarified the GSNEO insurance policy [greenblood news insurance info –pertinent part hight lihted – link to form on GSNEO web]