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Camphill ProAm tops all records!
Friends and supporters of Camphill Special School gathered at the historic Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown, Pennsylvania on May 7 and raised a record amount - over $152,000 - for the school and its students.
A record 310 people enjoyed fine dining, dancing, and live and silent auctions at the 2010 ProAm Tennis Ball. Robin Young of National Public Radio’s Here and Now emceed the evening, which included a performance by the school’s high school choir.
Special guest Roger Begelman, President of the Board of Directors of the Camphill Foundation, announced the awarding of a $500,000 challenge grant to the school as part of its “Sharing Life and Learning” capital campaign. The campaign seeks to raise $3 million to build a new student residence and an education and resource center for the school’s Transition Program for eighteen to twenty-one year olds.
The next day at host Tennis Addiction Sports Club in Exton, Pennsylvania the ProAm team of Wasyl Manko and Lynn Dickson won the 2010 Camphill ProAm Tennis Tournament. Manko played number one tennis at La Salle University; is certified PTR and USPTA; and has taught tennis in Chester County for over twenty years. Dickson is a 5.0 rated amateur; NTPR certified tennis instructor; and has played at Nationals for the past two years. The duo placed second at last year’s ProAm Tournament.
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