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_‘ V g L Q‘ ._.),_;I"I‘ , L‘ Theresa and I met to develop a program,” said Sue
S’ 5" . . _. g» ', 7 Ann Carroll, who is now the Community Relations
Manager of the USO of Central and Southern Ohio.
« I V From 2005 to 2013, Carroll served as Child and
, , ii 4 _ Youth fjrogram Coordinator for the Ohio National
'1 I, Guard. ‘We really saw a natural partnership. 4-H
' ' haddloés fif Camps, anwivedhad lots of children who
, v - - nee e t ose camps. e ecided to start there, and
I ‘ ‘ it really was that simple.”
‘ 0 I E \ ‘ The USO entered the mix as a funding partner. “It
\ takes a village to run a camp,” said Ferrari. “And it
\ takes a village to fund a camp too. The leaders at the
\ ‘~ I USO saw this camp as a natural extension of their
- . . “ support to service members and their families.”
» \ ' That ‘simple’ idea has grown into one of the local
_ \ _ USO s largest programs every year: sponsoring a
,\?_f‘» .- ' - clamp for Ohios military children every year during
, t e summer on Kelleys Island in Lake Erie. >
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Camp is filled with new experiences: a first-time ferry ride
new foods, and new friends. ‘
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