On May 6th, Pretty Lake Vacation Camp held its 73rd annual Tag Day event. Staff, board members, volunteers and members from the Downtown Kiwanis Club of Kalamazoo and the Junior League of Kalamazoo were out in force from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. throughout the downtown Kalamazoo area as well as at local Walgreen’s, Harding’s, Felpausch and Sam’s Club to collect donations from the community.
People identified the volunteers by their bright blue aprons and colorful buckets. Everyone who made a donation — no matter the amount — received a "tag" to proudly show that they gave their support to this worthy cause of providing financial assistance to bring campers to camp this summer.
We set our goal high and hoped to raise $15,000. Despite the economic difficulties that we face, the community was again very generous and we raised — at last count — well over $17,000!! This speaks volumes to the commitment of our sponsors and the many volunteers who helped collect donations. It also speaks to the generosity of individuals and organizations in our community and their commitment to the youth of our community. Pretty Lake Camp is truly the "community's camp" and for that we are grateful.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Gold Level: Harding's, AM 590 WKZO, Keyser Insurance, John Schlukebir - State Farm Insurance Agent, Portage Printing, National City
Bronze Level: Kingscott, Party Perfect
We also thank our additional sponsors for their in-kind donations: Asiago’s Bakery & Deli, Walgreen's, Felpausch Grocery, and Sam's Club.
Thank you to EVERYONE who helped make 2009’s Tag Day event an enormous success!!!
A big thank you to WKZO for broadcasting multiple interviews throughout the day of people affiliated with Pretty Lake Camp (staff, campers & families, and the current presidents of the Downtown Kiwanis Club and Jr League. We appreciate the publicity and opportunity to tell the “Pretty Lake Story”!
Listen to our 2009 Tag Day radio commercial
The donations received will help enable over 650 at-risk youth to attend Pretty Lake Vacation Camp for free this summer. You can still donate – at any time – to help "adopt a camper". Simply mail a check to Pretty Lake Vacation Camp 9123 W. Q. Ave Mattawan, MI 49071 or make an online donation:
We invite you to listen to the interviews conducted on Tag Day or to our commercial that was run on many stations prior to, and on the day of, Tag Day.
