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Help youth that identify as LGBTQ+ experience the thrill of Camp True Colors at One Heartland for the summer of 2022!
Camp True Colors is a place designed just for LGBTQ+ youth, where they can have fun and enjoy summer camp activities in a welcoming environment, while building community with peers and adults with similar shared experiences.
Aside from being a LOT of fun, camp builds self-confidence, life skills, friendships, and memories that last long after the last campfires of the summer.
People leave camp different than how they arrived. One Heartland is a safe space for those who need it, and though our family may not be one by bloodline, a found family is just as real and important. Lou, past Camp True Colors participant and current summer staff
Camp True Colors has two main types of sessions:
* Sessions open to all LGBTQ+ youth (including but not limited to those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, transgender, or queer)
* Sessions specifically for youth who are transgender and/or nonbinary, or otherwise gender expansive
We are looking for your help to raise the necessary funds to make sure that all the young people who register to attend camp this summer are able. Historically over 45% of campers who register require financial assistance. In order to accommodate those campers, we need to raise $183,000. With your help, we an give the camp experience to the young people who need it most!
WHAT: Camp True Colors Financial Assistance Fund
WHO: Anyone can a start an online fundraiser!
When: Immediately and ending on June 1st
How: Register and start a fundraising page to share with your friends, family, and contacts
To check out a video about Camp True Colors look here:
Signing up is easy to do and you can help give a LGBTQ+ young person the experience of a lifetime! Just click start fundraising, and well give you all the tools you'll need to make a difference.
Step 1) Click the orange "Start Fundraising" button to start your donations page. For more information on creating your fundraising page and peer to peer fundraising please email Patrick@oneheartland.org
Step 2) Start sharing your personal fundraising page with family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Set a goal for your fundraiser. If you are interested in raising enough funds to cover a full week camp experience, consider setting your goal at $950.
If you have attended camp or worked at camp before and have personal stories you can share with your contacts, please consider doing so. Hearing about the benefits of camp from people who have experienced it is always a more powerful message.
We will send you a cool Camp True Colors Sticker once your registration is complete! If you raise $950 to sponsor a 1-week session we will send you a $30 gift card to our merchandise website. Use it to buy a water bottle or other merchandise.
THANK YOU and Happy Fundraising!
A big thank you to Kapco for getting our campaign started with a generous donation of $7,500!!!