CAMP Rehoboth Community Center Founder's Circle Update

It’s amazing to me how many fantastic and caring people walk through the doors of the CAMP Rehoboth Community Center each day. Many drop in just to say hello or to say thank you for working so hard to make a difference. Many also want to join with us in any way they can to help us reach higher and higher. Whether it’s the goal to top last year’s Sundance fundraiser; or to plan an art fair that exhibits emerging as well as established women artists in our community; or to help us reach our Capital Campaign goal of $1,000,000 over five years to build a full-service Community Center, the members of our community are right there offering to help in any way they can by giving to the Community Center through their donation of friendship, time and money. It’s not just the GLBT members of our community who support us but also members from our business community and from our community-at-large. They believe in our mission to create a more positive environment in Rehoboth and to build a safe, inclusive community for everyone.

The people in our community and their diversity make our community interesting, enlightening and worthy to be associated with. For the past three years especially, many of you have shown that you share the vision to create a place where we can all live in friendship and harmony. You have shown that we need to take care of our community, make it safe and make it whole. Community provides all of us with an outlet to do good work. In many ways we have forged a partnership with each other in which we have built trust and understanding so that we can work together toward a common goal. That’s the reason that we have been able to reach $567,628.00 from 215 member pledges in the Founders’ Circle in a little more than two years. That’s also why we will reach our $1,000,000 goal as well.

Victories often tempt people to celebrate and move on to the next challenge. Let’s go ahead and rejoice about where we are today. But we will not forget to review what happened so we can replicate, or even improve, our performance in the last three years of our Capital Campaign. We need to be sure and focus on the goal and also reflect on what we have learned about each of you in our community and your needs. As part of our community partnership, we at CAMP Rehoboth have made every effort to listen carefully so that we understand your interests, opinions and concerns. We need to know what is important to you. In the coming weeks, we will be planning a Founders’ Circle Open House. We will review where we are with the expansion plans for the Community Center, solicit your ideas and concerns, and work with those of you who desire to be more involved. The architect from DPK&A, Bob Hotes, will also be there to provide an update on progress. Watch for your invitation in the mail! An open house for the public will be held at a later date.

As you plan your holiday parties, please consider hosting a party that will benefit the Founders’ Circle Capital Campaign. It’s a great thing to do for your community and your friends will be able to make a tax-deductible contribution. Also, a gift of membership to your family and friends is a wonderful tribute to them and a great gift to your community. They’ll receive cool gifts and a chance to see their names "up in lights"! CAMP Rehoboth is a 501(c)(3) organization and contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law. 

"Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen"—Epictetus