Aaron's Acres Presentation

February 5th Meeting - Don't miss it!

The Rotary Clubs of West Reading/Wyomissing and Conrad Weiser partnered to obtain a Rotary District 7430 Grant to provide scholarships for Aaron’s Acres special needs youth and families to attend a summer camp program in Berks County at the South Mountain YMCA.   The Rotary Club members from West Reading/Wyomissing and Conrad Weiser ran a carnival during the summer camp program with events adapted to the needs of the campers. This provided a special fun day at the camp for the youth and their families.  

A check will be presented by both Rotary Clubs on February 5, 2015 at the West Reading Wyomissing Rotary meeting at noon at the Wyomissing Family Restaurant in the amount of $3,250 to Risa Paskoff, Executive Director of Aaron’s Acres.  She stated, “Families raising children with special needs face a tremendous amount of challenges, including financial ones.  By providing scholarships to families, we are eliminating one of the possible stressors they may face. In addition, we are providing a 2 week period of time that is positive for the child as well as for the family. In this way, the mental health of the familial unit is improved. The family feels energized and recharged which results in them being able to face ongoing challenges throughout the year.  Our goal is to provide a 2 week period that is stress free---in all aspects.  Everyone involved with Aaron’s Acres is grateful to have received this grant.”

Karen Dewalt, President of the West Reading/Wyomissing Rotary, said “We partnered with the Conrad Weiser Rotary to write a grant to better serve the needs in our community. By joining together we increased the funding and opportunities for the special needs children supported by Aaron's Acres at South Mountain YMCA Camp”.