By Barbara Rosasco | Secretary & Treasurer
July 15 is GlobalGiving Bonus Match Day
We are still hoping for a Summer Arts Camp 2015 ! We will be sending more information on the Bonus Match Day by separate email.
A history of our Summer Arts Camp:
We have offered a Summer Arts Camp to disadvantaged children from our AIDS Patient Family Support Program, medically fragile childrem from the Phnom Penh Municipal Orphanage and other disadvantaged children for 7 out of the past 8 years.
Champey Academy of Arts opened in 2013 and hosted its first Summer Arts Program in August and September 2013 . Last year, we again hosted the 2014 Summer Arts Program in August and September. Due to funding shortfalls, we shortened the 2014 camp from 8 weeks to 6 weeks and from 6 days to 5.
In 2014 our local, daily attendance swelled far beyond our usual roster of students as many local children come to participate, with many days seeing as many as 100 children. Our goal to become a place for kids has quickly gained ground with local residents and street vendors who have found the summer program a great way to safely occupy their children, while parents are at work . Alternatively most of these children would be left alone at home or brought to street and market stalls for the entire day from early morning until late at night.
If we can find funding, we would like to offer Summer Arts Camp 2015.
Our budget is about $ 1.70 per day per camper !
Summer campers ( age 4 - 16 ) will include approximately 30 medically fragile children invited from the National Orphanage in Phnom Penh and as well as several children from our AIDS Patient Family Support Program ( FSP) . Children will enjoy a half day session learning traditional Cambodian dance and music and learning the stories and history that created the dance. This year we continue the painting and drawing classes we began last year to enrich our program.
All campers will get a “ Summer Arts Camp” tee shirt ( $ 2.50 each) , and a small daily snack ( $0.50 each) . We hope that this year we can reinstate our camp outing where we host all of the campers to a visit to a local water park ( $ 3.00 admission each) . This had to be cancelled in 2014 due to lack of funding. Campers also receive a graduation certificate ($0.75 each) performance and small party to celebrate their accomplishments.
If we are not able to raise full funding for the camp during the GlobalGiving Bonus Match and/or other fundraising in July, based on the fund we raise, we will offer either a pared down program or some summer activities at Champey to neighborhood children .
2015 Budget
Anticipated census: 100 campers ages 4 to 16
T-shirts $ 2.50 x 100 $ 250
Art Supplies $ 200
Snack $0.50 per child $2,400 ($0.50 x 100 kids x 6 days = $ 300 x 8 weeks = $2400)
Certificate $0.75 x 100 $ 75 Completion certificates used in end of camp ceremony
Transportation 1 $1,920 (2 tuk tuk for 30 kids $ 20 round trip x 6 days = $ 240 wk x 8 wks = $1920
Transportation 2 $ 960 ($20 round trip est. 10 kids from FSP x 6 days x 8 weeks = $960
Party supplies & Food $ 200 ( estimated 150 persons)
Buses for water park $ 300 (estimated 3 buses)
Entry fee water park $ 300 ( estimated at $3.00 per camper)
Misc. expenses 8 weeks $1,000 ( covers unanticipated expenses, supplies, extra transportation, more
campers etc)
Fund raising costs $ 750 ( estimated average fundraising costs on GlobalGiving site for project)
Total Budget 2015 $8,255
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