Emily Sandall Foundation

The Sandall Family and the Emily Sandall Foundation have established YMCA Camp Menogyn camperships in Emily’s name in an effort to keep alive her spirit of giving and her love for Menogyn. The scholarship is designed to help a deserving young person experience a Menogyn wilderness trip. The recipient should show passion for helping others through some community service work. Emily in her short and remarkable life always tried to combine wilderness adventure with helping others. Her family hopes to foster that in others through this scholarship.

The recipient of this special campership will be chosen by the Sandall family after their review of the applicants. The winner will be contacted the second week of May, 2009.
It is the Sandall family’s hope that this scholarship stimulates interest in community service and wilderness exploration in derserving teens for many years.

The essay question is:
Emily would love to know that her scholarship helps a teen experience the wilderness.She would also love to spread the message of the importance of volunteer service-helping those less fortunate by giving them a voice.
Emily’s life work combined her love for the wilderness and humanitarian service with passion and joy.Please tell us how these values are demonstrated in your life.

http://www.campmenogyn.org/pages/page_19_94.htm

We are very proud to again donate to the Summer Arts and Leadership Camp sponsored through WORD in Missoula, Montana and run by a friend of Emily’s,Joshua Lisbon.The camp is for homeless and at-risk children. It is a free camp that provides breakfast, lunch, transportation and a bunch of great programming including rafting,backpacking,Native American games, music, art and horseback riding.Emily would have loved this concept and camp.
It is the goal of SALC to provide a safe, structured and fun summer free of charge to homeless students and those at-risk of homelessness who would otherwise be unable to access such resources. This camp combines so well Emily’s passion for the wilderness and helping disadvantaged children.

This fall Joshua plans to introduce wilderness programming for those students who have aged out of SALC, 8th grade through high school, to run through the school year. It will be a pilot program which he hopes to build on in the future.
We hope that SALC and its staff and campers have a wonderful and successful summer.