News – Camp Encourage

Double your FUN Trivia Night benefiting Camp Encourage

By Alissa WorkmanJune 21, 2017Comments Disabled

Assemble your best Brain Trust and join us for a night of fun, trivia, food, and drinks! All proceeds from the evening will go towards scholarships for youth with autism in Kansas and Missouri to attend Camp Encourage, an overnight camp specifically designed to meet their needs. Proceeds from the evening will be doubled, […]

Double your donation at Chipotle!

Double your donation at Chipotle!

By Alissa WorkmanJune 01, 2017Comments Disabled

Take a break from cooking while supporting a good cause! Join us for a DOUBLE Your Donation event at Chipotle in Lee’s Summit (SummitWoods location). Chipotle will donate HALF of the proceeds raised that evening, which will then be DOUBLED through our Camps For Kids match grant to provide scholarship funding for youth with autism […]

Join us in counting down the days to camp!

Join us in counting down the days to camp!

By Alissa WorkmanMay 12, 2017Comments Disabled

Each year we ask campers and volunteers to help us count down the days until camp. We LOVE seeing the photos as they come in, and get more and more excited to return to camp as the number of days and weeks decreases! Join in the fun by sharing your countdown photos on social media […]

Quiz for a Cause with Geeks Who Drink – a Trivia benefit for CE

Quiz for a Cause with Geeks Who Drink – a Trivia benefit for CE

By Alissa WorkmanMay 04, 2017Comments Disabled

Come join the fun as Geeks who Drink welcome us to play trivia and raise funds for our campers! $5 per person, in teams of up to 6 players. $5 per team will be put into a pot for the winning team and Camp Encourage receives the rest. Even better – since we are in […]

We <3 our volunteers!

We <3 our volunteers!

By Alissa WorkmanApril 27, 2017Comments Disabled

We love reflecting on all of the great memories and the tremendous growth we have had (and, have provided) as we approach our 10th summer of providing camps and our 10th year celebration at S’Mores & Pours: Camp Stories this fall. Perhaps one of the most significant discoveries in all of our reflection is this: […]

We Want to Hear YOUR Camp Encourage Stories!

We Want to Hear YOUR Camp Encourage Stories!

By Sonya AndrewsApril 15, 2017Comments Disabled

This year, Camp Encourage is celebrating our 10th year of camp and WOW!—a lot has happened in those 10 years! We have grown not only in numbers of employees and opportunities to host more camp sessions, our hearts continue to grow as well by collecting memories of time spent with you. We know our campers, […]

Camps for Kids Matching Campaign 2017: April 1 – July 31

By Sonya AndrewsApril 01, 2017No Comments

Camps for Kids Matching Campaign 2017: April 1 – July 31

It’s springtime and everything is blooming like crazy here in Kansas City. Not only have the daffodils and lilacs gotten ahead of the growing game, it’s a great time for you to add some extra growing power to your charitable giving! There’s no better time to donate than TODAY (and any day until July 31st). […]

A Report From Our First Mini-Camp

By Sonya AndrewsMarch 29, 2017No Comments

A Report From Our First Mini-Camp

What a wonderful first MINI CAMP we recently had! Thanks to all volunteers (many of which are shown below) and all campers for sharing the beautiful spring weekend with us. It was as if the clouds cleared and the sun warmed just for our campers! The MINI CAMP provided a wonderful time to reconnect with […]

Evening With the ‘Rents 2017