BINGO IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!- Our new location looks to be very promising. It is in a state of the art hall in Addison, IL. It is fully accessible and has a huge lit parking lot. We will be having our grand opening Sunday, November 27th. The hall opens at 3:00pm and games start at 6:00pm. The name of the hall is Gold Strike Bingo (800 S. Rohlwing Rd. Addison, Illinois 60101) and their website is  http://www.goldstrikeaddison.com/index.html. To make this fundraiser a success we need all the help we can get. Ideally, we would like to have teams each week so the same people don't have to work every week. If you can volunteer a day a month every month or just every so often please contact Mary Pisano at 708-532-1916, or agnesmpisano@hotmail.com. Please tell everyone you know so we can get as many volunteers as possible! If you can't volunteer then how about you come on out and play and win some big bucks!  Remember, this will count toward volunteer requirements for membership. If bingo is successful it will eventually help lower the cost of camp, and who doesn't want that! : ) Thanks a bunch and hope to see you all soon!

 

WINDY CITY POKER CHAMPIONSHIP AND JERRY YANG BOOK RAFFLE WINNERS ANNOUNCED-The winners for the Jerry Yang autographed book raffle were announced on August 14th. Agnes Pisano and Neil Johnston both won a personalized autographed copy of Jerry Yang's book, All IN. SOC would like to thank Kirk Fallah and Fallah Productions and Jerry Yang for holding this fundraiser for us. Also a big thank you goes out to all the players who helped make this fundraiser possible. Fallah Productions will also be announcing the winners on their show as well as an interview with Shady Oaks Camp Treasurer Mary Pisano. Interview and winners announcement can be seen by clicking links below (May take a bit to load). Poker Shows Air on Comcast SportsNet Chicago. CSN is available on all cable and satellite providers including DirectTV, Dish network, Cox Cable, WOW, RCN, and Comcast. All questions can be directed to Kirk Fallah, of Fallah Productions at http://www.windycitypokerchampionship.com/. Thanks everyone for all your support!

INTERVIEW WITH MARY PISANO

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 1

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT 2

                                               

CAMP 2012-We are now accepting applications for membership into the Parents Association for Cerebral Palsy Children  and Shady Oaks Camp for summer of 2012. Attendance at SOC requires active membership in the PACPC. For more info please see our downloadable brochure and application. Deadline to reserve spot for summer 2012 is April 30th, 2012.

BROCHURE                        APPLICATION   

NOW HIRING--We are now taking applications for summer of 2012 staff. Available positions include  Assistant Cook, Nurse, Counselor, and Programming/Recreation staff. Resumes can be sent to camp address or via e-mail (soc16300@sbcglobal.net) or download an application. All positions are residential an require staff to live on grounds.

CITGO MOWS INTO ACTION--The grass is growing out of control, weeds are taking over the flower beds....who do you call? CITGO to the rescue! For almost 10 years the CITGO Community Action Team has been coming out to help camp get ready for opening. This year on June 2nd, 2010  the wonderful people of CITGO came out to get us up and running. They cut grass, planted and mulched flower beds, spread gravel on driveway, spread dirt, and lots of other much need projects. Thanks to all of them camp looked great for opening day on June 14th. THANKS CITGO!

DAY CAMP--Because of the success of our day camp program last summer we will once again be offering it for children with disabilities ages 5-16.  If you are interested in securing a spot for your child this summer contact Scott at camp. Spaces will be limited and filled on a first come first served basis.

COMMUNITY BUILD, SLOW START BUT FAST FINISH- On behalf of SOC I would like to sincerely thank everyone who attended the community build on Saturday, May 1st. As you all know we had a few problems, to say the least, with the delivery and could not do a lot of the playground. Thanks to all of you, we were able to accomplish so much more then just build a playground. You guys did an amazing job and without your help much of that work would have not been done. The article ran in the Homer Horizon, so if you want to check it out the link it is http://www.homerhorizon.com/Articles-c-2 010-05-07-206943.114133_Coming_together_ for_a_cause.html. The company has been out all week constructing the playground and it is starting to look really good. They should be finished by next week. If anyone wants to come out and see the finished product you are all invited to our camp open house on Sunday July 18th from 12-3. Thanks again for a awesome day!

 

THANKS MARIAN VILLAGE!--On April 30th the Marian village house keeping team came out to camp to cleanup the buildings. They did a great job getting them ready for the campers ands staff to arrive. In addition the maintenance team came out several times to do much needed repairs to the buildings. Everything from broken pipes to bathroom stall doors were working better then new when they left! A big thank you to Elizabeth, Tom and all the staff over at Marian Village!

                                                                                                                                                            

BETHEL CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH REMODELS 4TH DORM IN 4 YEARS!--This past July the members of BCRC returned for their fourth dorm remodel project in as many years. In only took 5 days and dorm 7 got a new roof, siding, windows, doors, central air and heat, outside landscaping, curtains and a new interior paint job with a polka dot theme for the girls! In addition the directors house got the royal treatment as well. New siding, windows, doors, insulation, air and heat and some much needed landscaping took the directors house off the scrap heap and transformed it into quite the little bungalow! Without these wonderful people I am not sure where camp would be right now.....so a HUGE thank you goes out to everyone from BCRC for all your hard work and dedication. You truly are a God send! Hope to see you again soon!