Pictured from left to right are Keoni Varlack (Camp Tikkun Olam camper), Kristen Schwindt (Camp Tikkun Olam coordinator), Bob Cirtullo (Humane Educational Society Director) and Pam Miller (Humane Educational Society Board member).
The Tucker Foundation in Conjunction with Camp Tikkun Olam (CTO) presented a check for $2,000 to the Chattanooga Humane Educational Society. As part of the CTO experience, campers seventh through ninth grades, volunteer at several local non-profit organizations. At the conclusion of a week of volunteering the campers allocate funds to one of the non-profit organizations where they volunteered.
This year Amy Moore, Grant Administrator for the Tucker Foundation, led the campers through the allocation process. Campers discussed the concept of “what good, for whom” and made the decision that funds would greatly enhance the work of the Humane Educational Society. Impressed by the campers and the structure of Camp Tikkun Olam the Tucker Foundation provided an additional $2,000. The primary objective of The Tucker Foundation is to provide financial support to non-profit organizations to produce in young people the character and skills required to live a productive and happy life, along with organizations that conserve essential elements of our natural environment forever.
Camp Tikkun Olam is a joint program of Chattanooga First Church of the Nazarene and the Jewish Federation of Greater. Camp is open to all children regardless of religious affiliation, and runs in conjunction with Philanthropy Camp. For more information about camp, please contact the Jewish Federation at 423 493-0270, federation@jewishchattanooga.com