Costco Connection

SERIOUS FUN! That was the late Paul Newman’s idea when he launched the ;rst Hole in the Wall Camp in Connecticut in 1988. ;e camp was to be a place where children with serious and life-threatening ill-nesses could enjoy the serious fun of just being kids at camp.

Today, Paul Newman’s legacy has become a global entity, with 14 camps (and three more coming online) plus 10 international partnership initiatives in Africa, Asia and South America. To date, its programs have served more than 384,000 children from 50 countries. Its Hospital Outreach Program also brings the camp experience to children too sick to leave the hospital.

;is year, a new camp o;cially joined the organization, Camp Korey ( www.campkorey. org), based in Carnation, Washington. Camp Korey was established by Costco senior vice president for food and sundries Tim Rose in honor of his son, Korey, who died from bone cancer at 18.

Tim and his family started Camp Korey in 2005 at the historic Carnation Farm of

More camps mean more fun for kids

Carnation Evaporated Milk fame. ;e camp has already provided thousands of children from around the Paci;c Northwest with a free camping experience and expects to serve 1,800 participants in 2012.

As part of a fundraising gala in New York in April, the Association of Hole in the Wall Gang Camps introduced its new name and logo—SeriousFun Children’s Network, founded by Paul Newman. ;e change will better identify the organization and its goal to serve more children, both in the U.S. and internationally. ;e individual camps, such as Camp Korey, will maintain their current identities.

For Tim, the o;cial a;liation with the SeriousFun Children’s Network brings additional credibility to Camp Korey and feels like a graduation of sorts. He notes, “It took me six years to go from opening a building, to getting everything 100 percent right to become a SeriousFun camp. It’s an honor to be associated with such a great man [Newman] and help carry out his legacy.”—Anita ;ompson

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Tim Rose holds the torch as Camp Korey campers compete in the Silly Olympics.

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