Pictured above is Leah Morrsion with her son, Julian Herington, picture with their Camp Courageous collection box. They are collecting needed items for Camp at Leah’s Business, Morrison Consulting, located at: 2209 Falls Ave, in Waterloo, IA. Leah, and her company, do accounting, tax work, and other consulting. Leah is a wonderful person and a great advocate for those with special needs, who loves the care her son receives at Camp Courageous. Leah has also joined the sponsors of camp’s t-shirt program…where every camper receives a t-shirt at the conclusion of their stay at camp. Leah knows first hand how important that t-shirt is to Julian.
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Online date quests for all 2014 adult camping dates opens today at 7:00 AM. You can make your request online using the date request system, or you can call 319-465-5916, ext. 2310 and leave a voice mail message. For tips and hints on how to make a date request at Camp Courageous, please go to this web page.
Posters will be displayed in the windows of participating Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores to distinguish them as participants. The Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa encourage everyone to join with their local petroleum marketer to give thanks this Thanksgiving, by helping Camp Courageous on the day before. On this day, participating Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores will give thanks by contributing one-cent from every gallon of petroleum product to Camp Courageous. “The day before Thanksgiving was picked 33-years ago,” according to Charlie Becker, the camp’s executive director, “because both Camp Courageous and the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores felt we have an awful lot to be thankful for and it was the perfect time to give thanks for all our blessings.”
This spectacular holiday stage production — new for 2013 — features International Steinway Concert and Recording Artist, Jim McDonough at the concert grand piano, his 14-piece orchestra, a cast of singers and dancers, elaborate sets and costumes and the true spirit of the season. The tour will deliver the message of Christmas in a production perfect for all generations. “We’ve put together the grandest ‘Holiday Grande’ yet,” McDonough says. “It’s elegant, it’s exciting, it’s filled with spectacular musical arrangements, and it benefits a wonderful organization.” For eight years, McDonough has toured to benefit Camp Courageous, a year-round respite and recreational facility for individuals of all ages with disabilities. The “Holiday Grande 2013” tour encompasses six shows in five of Iowa’s most beautiful venues: Cedar Rapids – Saturday, November 30, at 2:30 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre Davenport – Sunday, December 1, at 2:30 p.m. at the Adler Theatre Des Moines – Sunday, December 8, at 2:30 p.m. at Hoyt Sherman Place Dubuque – Saturday, December 14, at 2:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. at the Five Flags Theater Cedar Falls – Sunday, December 15, at 2:30 p.m. at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Perf. Arts Ctr. Jim McDonough’s 16 CDs – including his brand new album “Country Roads” – are available at gift shops across the country and via his Web site, www.PianoFavorites.com. ABOUT JIM McDONOUGHAfter stints as a high school band director, cruise ship entertainer and air-traffic controller, Monticello native, Jim McDonough, began selling his distinctive brand of soothing piano music in gift shops in eastern Iowa. Today, the International Steinway Concert and Recording Artist’s CDs are available in nearly 1,000 stores across the country and via his Web site, www.PianoFavorites.com. Jim’s independent record label, Jim McDonough Productions, Inc., has already sold more than 200,000 of his CDs. The road to success, though, has been paved with detours. In eighth grade, an accident nearly ended his musical career. A falling piano crushed three fingers on his right hand – and nearly crushed his dreams in the process. Jim emerged from two hours of surgery with pins in his fingers and tiny fractures across his hand. But throughout more than a year of physical therapy, Jim kept playing – with a cast on his right hand – and concentrated on improving his performance with his left hand. “Playing the piano defined me,” McDonough says. “It was my life, and I was determined to play again.” He devoted nearly every spare moment to working to get back the dexterity in his right hand, and the rigorous rehearsing paid off. In ninth grade, instead of a car, Jim bought a Steinway grand piano to celebrate how far he’d come. McDonough was recently honored by the legendary piano maker, Steinway & Sons, naming him to its worldwide artist roster. From classical pianists like Lang Lang, to jazz stars like Harry Connick Jr., to pop icons like Billy Joel, to “immortals” like Irving Berlin and Cole Porter; as a Steinway Artist, McDonough joins an exclusive international list of the most accomplished and discriminating performing artists. His discography includes Requests (2002); Home for Christmas: Christmas Favorites Vol. I (2003); Projections: Songs from the Silver Screen (2004); An Ivory Christmas (2004); Music of the Night (2004); Simple Gifts: Songs of Faith & Inspiration, Vol. I (2005); With Love: Timeless Love Songs, Vol. I (2006); Homeward Bound: Songs of Faith & Inspiration, Vol. II (2007); Country Dreaming: Country Favorites, Vol. I (2008); A Christmas to Remember: Christmas Favorites Vol. II (2008); Rat Pack Remembered (2009); Isn’t It Romantic: Timeless Love Songs, Vol. II (2010); Young At Heart (2011); Christmas Eve: Christmas Favorites, Vol. III (2011); One Nation Under God: Songs of Faith & Inspiration, Vol. III (2012); and his brand new release, Country Roads: Country Favorites, Vol. II (2013). For more information, visit Jim McDonough’s web site at www.PianoFavorites.com or call (800) 375-7095.
There was never a time I would ask Charlie for a favor for camp, that he didn’t come through with flying colors. From being involved in the camp’s beautiful, large, indoor pool to currently putting a bridge across camp’s Lake Todd… Charlie was a man of his word…and person that believed in giving back. We will dearly miss him. |
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The Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa are launching their thirty-third annual Cent-A-Gallon Day for Camp Courageous on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. One-cent out of every gallon of petroleum product sold on the day before Thanksgiving by participating marketers will go to Camp Courageous.
Charlie Taylor was always a ‘bigger than life individual’ to me. Over the years Charlie and Lois would never miss a Camp Courageous Breakfast or Cruisin’ For Camp or other events. Our paths would cross often each year…and Charlie would always have an adventure to tell me, that would fascinate me to no end.
