Live The Magic! - The Painted Turtle

Picaboo partnered with The Painted
Turtle by donating scrapbooks and
gift cards to every camper and/
or family during every session. In
addition, Picaboo continues to donate
scrapbooks, greeting cards, and
gift cards for special events, donor stewardship, and
staff and volunteer appreciation. As pictures say a
thousand words, we thank Picaboo for allowing us to
share The Painted Turtle mission and story with friends
and supporters. Special thanks to Co-Founder Kevin
McCurdy and Operations Manager, Sarah Rogowsky. To
learn more visit www.picaboo.com
Medical Advisory Board
Robert Adler, M.D., MSE.d Gary Lerner, M.D. Judie Boehmer, RN, MN John Mace, M.D. Pamelyn Close, M.D., M.P.H. Mohammad Malekzadeh, M.D. Wendy Cook, M.D. Vipul Mankad, M.D. Ken Cox, M.D. Melvin Marks, M.D. Marla C. Dubinsky, M.D. Clarice Marsh, RN Lorry Frankel, M.D. Edward R. B. McCabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Alan Gianotti, M.S., M.D. Sue McDiarmid, M.D. Roberto Gugig, M.D. Maria Minon, M.D. Sam Hawgood, M.B., B.S., M.D. Larry Opas, M.D. Sam Ho, M.D. Anthony Philipps, M.D. Amy Houtrow, M.D., M.P.H. Jud Schoendorf, M.D. Adam Jonas, M.D. Charles Simmons, M.D. Irvin A. Kaufman, M.D. Feizal Waffarn, M.D.
Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H.
SUMMER 2009 A Publication of The Painted Turtle; A Member of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps ©2009
The Founders
Page and Lou Adler
Lani and Herb Alpert
Shelly and Larry Brown
Janet Crown
Gil Friesen
Jami Gertz and Tony Ressler
Joan and John Hotchkis
Martha and Bruce Karsh
Nancy and Howard Marks
Sue Ann and Richard Masson
Ann and Jerry Moss
Paul Newman
Carolyn and Bill Powers
CELEBRITY MUSICIANS!...
“CLASSIC ROCK” KARAOKE STYLE!...
To Benefit The Painted Turtle
Coming Soon to The Roxy Theatre
Live The Magic!
The Board of Directors
Page Adler
Lou Adler
Tom Amster
Mary Brown
Shelly Brown
Larry Brown
Melanie Cook
Janet Crown
Dr. Lorry Frankel
Gil Friesen
Steve Gaggero
Jami Gertz
James Griffiths
Jim Guerinot
Laurentius Harrer
David Hernand
John Hotchkis
Matthew Jones
Bruce Karsh
Nancy Marks
Sue Ann Masson
Colleen O’Brien
Carolyn Powers
Bill Powers
Tony Ressler
Joseph Rice
Dr. Cynthia Telles
Roger Wittlin
The Painted Turtle Staff
NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
LOS ANGELES, CA
PERMIT NO. 33
A Standing “O” to the Picaboo Corporation
Founding Hospitals
Cedars-Sinai
Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego
Children’s Hospital and Research Center at Oakland
Children’s Hospital Central California
Children’s Hospital of Orange County
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles County Hospital + USC Medical Center
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA
Miller Children’s Hospital
UC Davis Children’s Hospital
UCSD Medical Center
UCSF Children’s Hospital
University Children’s Hospital, UCI Medical Center
Address Service Requested
On Saturday, April 25th, The
Painted Turtle was honored to
participate in William Shatner’s
19th Annual Hollywood Charity
Horse Show to benefit children’s
charities. In attendance were
Painted Turtle supporters and
staff Jane and Phil Bellomy,
Glenn Bozarth, Ronda Carver, Tom and Michele
Grimm, CEO Michael House, Sandra Maynard,
camper parents Robin and Eddie Rappaport, and
special musical guest and Grammy winning country
legend Willie Nelson.
A Publication of The Painted Turtle; A Member of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps ©2009
The Painted Turtle
1300 4th Street
Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Win! Win! Place & Show
Arts & Crafts
Dowels, all sizes
Googly eyes
Tempera paints, gallon bottles
Tie-dye kits
Camp Outpost (hospital outreach)
Bedside craft kits (small)
Board games (travel-size)
Glow sticks (sticks, bracelets, or necklaces)
iPod
Plastic tablecloths
Wood craft projects (boxes, frames, cut-outs)
Fun & Games/Discovery
Foam balls (non latex), all sizes
“Well Shell” Medical Facility
Adhesive bandages (no latex in bandages or
packaging)
Baby wipes (Cottonelle brand flushable ONLY)
Cetaphil hand lotion (10)
Cold packs (reusable, moldable gel) (10)
Earplugs (waterproof, non latex) up to 250 pair
Eucerin Hand/Body Cream (5)
Feminine/Maxi pads x 100 thin pads with wings
Hand sanitizer (min. 60% alcohol content)16 oz pumps
(35)
Hoyer hydraulic lifter with 6-point cradle, and padded
u-sling with head support and positioning strap
Insect repellent (minimum 25% DEET)
Lip balm/Chapstick (camphor-free and nut-oil free)
Pedialyte freezer pops (40)
Tegaderm 6x7cm (without border)
Thermacare pads (all sizes)
Toothpaste (full size and travel size)
Ziploc bags (snack-size)
Pool
Water shoes
Miscellaneous Supplies
Computer desks/workstations
Gift cards to: Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowes, Target,
Lakeshore Learning, Joanne’s Fabric
Laptop computers (2)
Camper Transportation
Airline Gift Cards: Southwest, Jet Blue, Delta, Alaska
Airlines, American Airlines, United
Gas Gift Cards: Arco, Chevron, Mobil, Shell
Woodshop
1/4” plywood
1”x4”, 1”x6”, and 1”x8” pine wood
Kits: birdhouses and cars
Nails, various sizes
Wooden shapes and small boxes
There is a line in one
of our camp songs that
campers sing, holler,
chant, and shout at
the top of their lungs:
“Gotta Live the Magic!”
The song is a standard
at camp, sung since the
very first summer, and this line is one of my very
favorites because there is no lyric I can think of
that more aptly captures the camp experience
than the phrase “Gotta Live the Magic!” When
you’re at camp is there any other choice than to
be filled with and transported by all the energy,
friendship, and love that abounds there? Who
can resist all that “magic?”
This summer marks The Painted Turtle’s sixth
summer and while I might be a little biased I
think the camp just gets better and better every
year. We are no longer a brand-new camp
defining itself on a week-to-week basis, but a
camp filled with tradition and memory, with a
family of campers, staff, and volunteers who
know that time spent at The Painted Turtle is
an experience that has the power to change
lives. Time and again these past years we’ve
seen children arrive at camp shy, unsure, and
exhausted by their illness only to emerge at
the end of a week barely recognizable to their
parents: brave, hopeful, and filled with a new
vision of themselves and their lives.
The wonderful thing about camp magic is that
it only grows stronger and more plentiful as
time passes. Whether through new programs
added or a deeper commitment to our mission,
The Painted Turtle touches a greater number
of lives every year. Through our intentional
program we continue to encourage children
to challenge themselves, to make friends and
build community, to gain independence, to make
decisions, and to believe in themselves and in all
the possibility that lies ahead in their lives. Camp
magic is hard to define. It’s gentle, it’s goofy, it’s
sweet, it’s strong, and it comes from the heart.
Best of all it’s free for everyone who needs it.
The real magic of camp is that it changes lives.
And it’s a magic that lasts a lifetime.
~Blake Maher
Executive Camp Director
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An innovative camp and family care center
for children with life-threatening illnesses.
Marvin Lee Aday a.k.a. Meat Loaf
didn’t forget the lyrics or The
Painted Turtle when he and his
daughter Pearl appeared on Fox’s
Don’t Forget The Lyrics! For
the $2,500 song, they picked the
category of Classic Rock and
chose Mitch Ryder and the Detroit
Wheels’ Devil with a Blue Dress On, for the $5,000
song, they picked the category of Pop and chose
Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want to Have Fun, for
the $10,000 song, they picked the category of
TV Themes and chose the Happy Days Theme,
for the $25,000 song, they picked the category of
Party Songs and chose Isley Brothers’ Shout, Part
1, for the $50,000 song, they picked the category
of Motown and chose The Temptations’ Just My
Imagination, for the $100,000 song, they picked the
category of Rock and chose Meat Loaf’s Two Out of
Three Ain’t Bad, for the $200,000 song, they picked
the category of Tom Petty and the
Heartbreakers and the song Don’t Do Me Like That,
for the $350,000 song, they picked the category of
1960s and chose Janis Joplin’s Piece of My Heart,
and for the $500,000 song, they picked the category
of R&B and chose Fontella Bass’ Rescue Me. They
identified and sang the
lyric correctly, thereby
winning the $500,000.
But, the biggest winner
of all was The Painted
Turtle, as Meat Loaf and
Pearl donated their winnings to the camp.
Wish List
If you are interested in donating
the below needed items for
camp, please contact Colleen
O’Brien at colleen.obrien@
mac.com. Additionally, if you are
interested in donating or helping to
secure the donation of other capital
expenditures and/or specialized services and
maintenance for camp, please contact Colleen
O’Brien as well. The BOLD items are greatly
needed! Please visit us at our website online at www.thepaintedturtle.org
For more information, please call 310-451-1353 or email: [email protected]
Hot-Patootie...Bless His Soul...
He Really Knows His Rock ‘n Roll
Shawn Boudreau/Chris Butler
Sheri Carson/Ronda Carver
Corinne Dorfman/Kristin Friedersdorf
Jim Genardi/Nicholas Holden
Michael House/Amanda Johnson
Scott Liloia/Alexis Madrid/Blake Maher
Ben Meisel, M.D. FAAP/Jill Mellor
Carolyn Parker/Donna Payne
Michelle Plasse/Jackie Ramirez
Venessa Ramirez/Jessica Santos
Rosalyn Sayer/Cassidy Skelton
Julie Swanson/Sean Torres/Dave Ur
April Uyehara/Lisa Van Ingen Pope
Claire White/Jeremy Zinger
Shelby and her twin brother were born eleven weeks prematurely, and Shelby suffered from an interventricular
hemorrhage shortly before birth. At seven months old, she was diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy and it was
confirmed that she has multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, a rare form of dwarfism. Because of the brain damage
that affected up to 75% of her brain, she is farsighted, has had seizures, has intermittent incontinence, has heat
sensitivity which causes her to go into heat stroke quickly, plus other diagnoses. She’s not able to sit, stand, walk,
roll, crawl or self-toilet. However, she is an amazingly happy, outgoing, loving and affectionate little girl who has a
passion for life, her friends, family, and animals. Through the skeletal dysplasia clinic at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, we found out about
The Painted Turtle, applied and Shelby was accepted to attend in August of 2008. Upon
arrival, she was immediately greeted by energetic camp counselors and felt comfortable
right away. By the time we were finished with the check-in process she couldn’t wait
to start her camp adventure. When I picked her up on the last day of camp, I soon
discovered I had a changed little girl. This new Shelby was happier than she’s ever been,
more self-assured, more confident, and she couldn’t stop smiling or introducing me to
everybody. Once she realized we had to leave, she cried harder than she ever had in the
past – she was devastated to part with the experience of a lifetime. Since then, we have
been pen pals with one of her camp counselors, and she was thrilled to be able to attend
the skeletal dysplasia family weekend. Shelby was also honored to be invited to San
Francisco to take part in the incredible World of Nick Adams event where once again, she was welcomed with love
and acceptance.
The Painted Turtle is the most fantastic and inspirational camp I have ever seen. It’s the most fun a child could
possibly have with so many creative activities, songs, dances and daily events, that trying to describe it just doesn’t
do The Painted Turtle justice. -Jen, mother of Shelby, Sacramento County, CA
A Letter
From Our
New Nursing
Director
From the time I was in high school, I dreamt
about finding a position in which I could make
a difference in the lives of children. It was that
dream that lead me to pursue a degree in nursing. While completing my pediatric rotation, I had the
amazing experience of caring for a 13 year old girl
who had just received a liver transplant. She and
her mom welcomed me into their lives at a time
when they were most vulnerable. Through this
experience, I found my mission in life – to provide
quality care for underprivileged and/or chronically
ill children. Upon graduating nursing school,
I volunteered as a Nurse Case Manager at a
battered women’s shelter before taking a position
as a Pediatric Nurse at Children’s Hospital of
Wisconsin. In 1999, I moved to California to work
as a School Nurse/Health Education Specialist for
the Claremont Unified School District. However,
I quickly found myself “missing” caring for
children with chronic illness, so I began working
weekends on the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive
Care Unit at Loma Linda University Children’s
Hospital. In 2001, I returned to school to obtain
my Master’s Degree as a Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner (PNP). After completing my degree,
I worked as a PNP and Supervisor for a School
Health Care Program in Arizona. From there, I
moved to Washington State to help establish a
new pediatric clinic before coming to The Painted
Turtle in June 2008.
The decision to leave clinical practice and take
on a more administrative role was a challenging
one, but I feel blessed to have the opportunity
to make a difference in the lives of so many
deserving children and their families. Each day
I work here, the laughter, smiles, and joy of the
children and families we serve touches my heart
in an unexplainable way.
Since assuming my role as Nursing Director,
The Painted Turtle has had some amazing
firsts, including: a Young Adult Leadership
Weekend for 16-18 year olds with Crohn’s and
Colitis, our first group of campers with limb loss/
abnormalities and severe burns during Shriners
Hospital for Children Family Weekend, and this
summer, our first Spina Bifida mini-session and
Rheumatic Diseases week. Additionally, our
medical program has grown to the point that we
are able to serve children with more intensivecare needs, including hemodialysis, peritoneal
dialysis, parenteral nutrition (TPN), tube-feeding,
urinary catheterization, tracheostomy tubes, home
ventilators, and central venous catheters.
I am excited to work with our amazing campers,
staff and volunteers as we embark on The Painted
Turtle’s 6th summer season.
~Sheri Carson, MSN, RN, CPNP
Medical Volunteer Profile: Dr. Jorge Vargas
If you ever find yourself at camp, you will probably hear a very heartwarming
camp story about medical volunteer Dr. Jorge Vargas and his family. And when
you do, you’ll feel like you know him and his family already. Like so many of
our volunteers, Dr. Vargas dedicates many volunteer hours at camp and always
seems to find time during his busy schedule to be part of the magic of camp.
At a very early time, Dr. Vargas heard the news of The Painted Turtle and the
proposed site during a UCLA presentation. He kept an eye on camp’s progress
and stayed informed through the Department of Pediatrics at UCLA. Out of it all,
Dr. Vargas says, “it was the idea…the idea of the camp was so incredible and I
couldn’t help but get involved.”
“For the longest time, there used to only be one camp that cared for kids with medical conditions and that
was for kids with cancer. But with the establishment of The Painted Turtle, it has made such a difference for
kids with other conditions. In the field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), the camp experience is one of the
most powerful and therapeutic experiences available for children with chronic illnesses,” Dr. Vargas shares.
So in 2005, Dr. Vargas attended his first session as a medical volunteer during
the Crohn’s and Colitis Spring Family Weekend and has been to camp every
year thereafter with his growing family. Dr. Vargas, his wife Heather, who
also helps with The Painted Turtle Hospital Outreach Program, and their five
children, love the camp experience.
Dr. Vargas has observed that the hospital or clinic is the first chance many of
these kids get to interact with their peers with the same problems; however the visits are brief and they really
don’t get to know each other. But at camp, they find that there are others just like them, and even after a
few hours at camp, we see them change, become more outgoing, and smiles are on their faces.
As a care provider with a large practice at UCLA, Dr. Vargas has a sizable number of patients who are
eligible to go to The Painted Turtle. He has become a valuable referral source for many of these children
who find their way up to camp. Dr. Vargas expresses, “While at camp, I also become a familiar face for
them which I think can be comforting. It is wonderful to see them at camp and forget about all of their
medical concerns.”
During one session, Dr. Vargas recalls a child with a combined liver/small bowel/pancreas (multivisceral)
transplant who had many complications that came about due to the complexity of his procedures, but also
due to his lack of compliance post transplant. “I thought it was going to be a very difficult week for the boy.
He actually had no problems during his time at camp and he was not without a smile the entire time. After
camp, physically and mentally, this change persisted, and he was somehow able to maintain more stability
of his health after that camp experience.”
Volunteers like Dr. Jorge Vargas keep the spirit of The Painted Turtle alive. During 2008, we had 1,433
generous volunteers who gave their time during a work day at camp, a family weekend, a summer session
or the hospital outreach program. In 2009, Dr. Vargas will be volunteering at The Painted Turtle for five
separate sessions. This is a remarkable gift and The Painted Turtle is truly grateful.
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A Letter From Our CEO
THANK YOU HIGH DESERT MEDICAL GROUP!
As most know, The Painted Turtle is a camp
that was built to support children who require
extra medical care. It is not uncommon to have
Painted Turtle campers who take over ten different
medications a day. Most of these medications are
Corporate Volunteer Day
“specialty” medications that are not carried at your
On Saturday, May
everyday community pharmacy. For this reason,
16th, The Painted
we must stock our pharmacy with these unique
Turtle held its 4th
medications in order to allow campers to stay at
Annual Corporate
camp, even if they arrive several doses short or with
Volunteer Day to
expired medication.
prepare camp for the
During 2009, it has become more and more difficult
upcoming summer
to afford these precious medications. That’s where
sessions. The workday included the participation
our HEROES at the High Desert Medical Group/
of 15 companies and over 100 employees. Turtle
Heritage Health Care (HDMG) have stepped in
hugs to Affinity Group, Ares Management LLC, BAE to help. This dedicated group of multi-specialty
Systems, Baxter BioScience, The Capital Group
medical providers has served the Antelope Valley
Companies, DaVita, Deluxe Financial, Disney
for more than 25 years. Since 2004, HDMG has
VoluntEARS, Hitachi, KB Home, Michel Capobianco, donated medical equipment and medications that if
NBC Universal/General Electric, Sony Pictures
purchased, would deplete our entire Medication and
Entertainment, UnitedHealthCare, and Yahoo! Medical Supplies budgets combined. Additionally,
Thanks also to Abraxis BioScience, Inc., Astellas,
HDMG has supported camp through several
BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., GlaxoSmithKline and community fundraising events.
Roche for their recent support.
This year, HDMG has partnered with both
McKesson
Medical-Surgical and Physicians Sales &
Volunteer Profile: Seth Miller
Service to provide The Painted Turtle with all of our
Volunteers are at the core of every aspect of camp,
necessary medications that are not available over
and Seth Miller has been giving of himself in multiple
the counter. This remarkable level of generosity
capacities for almost a decade. In the summer of
reflects an intense level of caring found in the staff at
2000 he spent his first week as a cabin counselor
HDMG. You can see why this is the medical group
at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut.
with whom we trust our occupational medicine needs
“It was magical and I fell in love with camp and all
and pre-employment staff medical care.
the good it does for the campers and families,” says
It is because of organizations like HDMG that our
Seth.
medical team can support the children that we serve.
When The Painted Turtle opened in 2004, Seth was
Thanks to HDMG…our campers receive the highest
among the first volunteers. “It made so much sense
level of camp medical care possible.
to support this new camp right in my back yard.”
Our deepest appreciation to the people at High
He has volunteered during summer sessions for
Desert for these Heroic Deeds of Medical Gifts
children with diabetes, liver transplant, hemophilia,
(HDMG).
muscular dystrophy, and skeletal dysplasia.
~Dr. Ben Meisel, Medical Director
Seth and fellow volunteer Ken Ebbitt formed The
Foundation for Giving HOPE to raise funds for the
Volunteers Rock!
camp. They organized a black-tie event at Bimbo’s
On Saturday, February 7th, over 120 volunteers
365 Club in San Francisco which sells out every
rolled up their sleeves to help The Painted Turtle
year to benefit The Painted Turtle.
prepare for our 2009 Spring Family Weekend
Seth was instrumental in the formation of the
Season. Volunteers came from far and wide to clean
Bay Area Regional Advisory Board, with fellow
cabins, wash windows, stuff and sew turtle pillows,
members Tim Albinson, Alison Barad, Tom Davis,
and just pitch in wherever it was needed to
Ana Homayoun (chair), Peter Long, and Laura
make sure The Painted Turtle was
Zimmerman, who are advancing our mission in
ready to welcome our campers and
Northern California.
their families for a Springtime of
At The Painted Turtle,
adventure and fun. The Painted Turtle
Seth has been painted
thanks everyone who helped make a
red, rolled in pudding, and
difference through a little bit of sweat
doused with water. Seth’s
and a whole lot of heart!
favorite part of camp is
being a part of the self-discovery that awaits all
campers. “To see the kids come out of their shells
and succeed at things they never thought to try
before is the most inspiring part of my year.”
Our 2008 Honor Roll
Our 2008 Honor Roll of Contributors can be found
online by visiting: http://www.thepaintedturtle.org/
turtle/howyoucanhelp/honorroll
When you enter the The Painted Turtle, you
are greeted by smiling faces and warm hearts. It is this atmosphere that invites volunteers to
return session after session, staff members
to return year after year, and makes campers
never want to leave! It is sometimes hard to
believe that the world outside camp is not as
vibrant, joyful, and exciting. Camp is exactly
what everyone needs – an oasis from the
everyday.
Of course, a lot of hard work goes into making
each camp session a success. Staff members
and volunteers work around the clock to
ensure that each camper has an extraordinary
experience. It is so rewarding to see these
children leave camp with a renewed sense
of optimism about the future. The following
quote from a camper during last year’s Liver
Transplant & Arthritis Summer Session
exemplifies The Painted Turtle’s mission and
is the driving force behind everything that we
do. “The one thing I hope other people at camp
learned about me was that even if there is
something wrong with you, you can still have
fun and go to camp.”
For children who battle serious illnesses,
life is often filled with complex and long-term
treatment regimes, periodic hospitalizations,
and invasive medical procedures. While
Painted Turtle campers face many challenges,
so do their families.
Their families are
constantly confronted
with the physical,
emotional, and
financial stresses of
caring for a seriously ill child. It is important
that we continue to provide life-changing
experiences for campers and their families.
The Painted Turtle is more than a camp. It
is a place where new friendships are forged,
worries can be forgotten, and kids can be kids. The Painted Turtle will continue to be a yearround refuge for children with serious medical
conditions.
~Michael L. House, PhD, CEO
Campership!
For seriously ill children, The Painted Turtle is
a haven where they can go fishing, canoeing,
horseback-riding, and more. Yet the most
powerful gift camp offers is the simple but
profound understanding that they are not alone
with their illness.
Thanks to your contributions, more than
10,000 campers have found courage and
strength since we opened in 2004.
Camperships change lives. Please give a gift
to help more campers experience life the way
children should. An envelope is enclosed for
your convenience, or please visit our website
at: https://www.thepaintedturtle.org/turtle/
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America (Beanie Feldstein, Kathryn
Gallagher, Molly Gordon, Matisse
Haddad, Bella Hicks, Brianna Lear,
Halle Levitt, Nick Lieberman, Zoe
Nadal, Ben Platt, Yale Wolman,
Kelsey Woo), Heidi Haddad, Marilu Henner, and Julie Platt
for believing in The Painted Turtle! On June 10th, the
group put on a spectacular performance titled “I Believe”
at The Roxy Theatre. Their fundraising efforts will
directly support our campers and camp programs!
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Antelope Valley for inviting The Painted
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On March 8th, over 170
prospective campers,
returning campers,
families, friends and
supporters of The
Painted Turtle ventured
out to camp for a Safari
themed Open House.
Activities such as arts
and crafts, fun with Pun, and singing and dancing
were available as well as refreshments and tours of
the camp facilities. It was a great opportunity for
prospective camper families to learn more about The
Painted Turtle and hopefully attend a future session.
Thanks to the Bay Area Regional Advisory Board
for hosting the Bin 38 event in San Francisco and
thanks to the Los Angeles Regional Advisory Board
for hosting The Disco Ball roller skating event in Los
Angeles. Both events, raised important funds for
our campers.
Kids Helping Kids
Brentwood School and The Center of Early Education
each spent a field trip day at camp, helping prepare for
the summer. Thank you to both schools for their hard
work and meaningful contributions.
Turtles On The Run Benefit The Painted Turtle
Palos Verdes High School Walk-A-Thon held May 16 – thank you to all of the PVHS students who
participated. * L.A. Marathon/5K held May 25 – thank you, Ginny Linenberger, Tania Roney, Adrianna
Ruvalcaba, Divna Wheelwright, and Damon Whiteside.
SAVE THE DATE – Disneyland Half-Marathon to be held Sunday, September 6, Labor Day
Weekend. If interested, contact [email protected]. * Healdsburg Half-Marathon to be
held Saturday, October 31 – The Bay Area Regional Advisory Board will take a 13-mile run through
the wine country of Sonoma County. If interested, contact [email protected].