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Community Involvement
Dogwood Acres Campground has helped many charities during its 42 year history. Since our purchase of the campground in 2001, charity fundraisers have become annual events. Our seasonal campers chose Ronald McDonald House Charities as the primary recipient of our efforts. We contacted the nearest house, in Hershey, PA, and spoke with Kathy Denton, its Executive Director. She explained how, if a child were to become ill and be admitted to Penn State Children’s Hospital for treatment, the parents could stay right across the street in temporary housing at no cost to the family. They would get support, hot meals, and a private bedroom.

Community involvement is important at Dogwood Acres Campground.

Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Wall of Fallen Heroes

Our campground got on board! We saved aluminum cans that we recycled for money, we held auctions, sold everything from chicken corn soup and chili to lottery calendars, and held carnivals. Our 2009 carnival was held on August 15th. With support from our seasonal campers, we pulled together and raised $5,000.00 more than we had pledged to Amy Leonard, the Event Coordinator at Ronald McDonald House. She helped us successfully coordinate this awesome event. Our goal was $20,000.00, but when the carnival was over, we had raised a total of $25,000.00. And that was just for 2009! From 2002 to 2011, we have raised over $56,750.00 just for Ronald McDonald House Charities. We are very proud that our Dogwood Acres family and friends have been a small part of helping out this worthy charity.

An expansion is currently underway, and we have been part of the “Room to Grow” campaign. With our contribution, a new guest room is under construction along with a tribute/memorial bench in Dogwood Acres’ name. The full expansion will include another 15 bedrooms so that at least 750 more families per year may be accommodated. We are proud to have been a part of this expansion.

In 2009, in addition to the $25,000.00 which we raised for Ronald McDonald House Charities, we also raised $4,031.00 for breast cancer research, $800.00 for the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, and $450.00 for the Wall of Fallen Heroes. In 2010, we raised another $4,500.00 for Ronald McDonald House Charities and $800.00 for the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. In 2011, we raised another $4,700.00 for Ronald McDonald Charities, $800.00 for the Pennsylvania Council of Churches, $1,200.00 toward the purchase of an AED machine for the campground, and held a fundraiser for Morrison, a local musician undergoing cancer treatment.

We hope that you will join us this year and be a part of our efforts on behalf of the community to which we all belong.

Community involvement is important at Dogwood Acres Campground.

Dogwood Acres Campground Presented with Volunteer of the Year Award

Dogwood Acres Campground was recently presented with the Volunteer of the Year award by The Volunteer Center and the United Way of the Capital Region. In a ceremony on April 13, 2010, we were recognized for our commitment to the community through outstanding volunteerism on behalf of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Pennsylvania. Click here to download the nomination form, as submitted by Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Pennsylvania, in its entirety.

If you give, lives can change!
Charlie & Lucille Strub
Dogwood Acres Campground • 4500 Enola Road, Newville, PA 17241 • (717) 776-5203