For more than 20 years, Clarkston SCAMP has been featuring area homes — big and small, new and old — on a special tour to benefit a five-week summer camp for special needs children and young adults.
This year, the Clarkston Home Tour 21 has five homes on display including those owned by Nancy and David Gignac at 6415 Waldon Rd., Anne and Michael Mizusawa at 37 N. Holcomb, Kevin and Melissa Knapp at 7161 Deerhill Court, Tim Birtsas at 20 Main Street, and Doris and Tom Holt at 9910 Davisburg Rd.
The tour will be Sunday, June 8 for the public. Registration is in Depot Park from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Homes are open from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person ($22 age 60 and over) and include a tour of the homes and a light lunch at Mesquite Creek.
The previous night, Saturday, June 7, is Patron Night. Information is available by calling (248) 620-1882. Tickets start at $65 per person and include a tour of the homes and a champagne reception at 8:30 p.m. at Thomasville Furniture.
The Clarkston Home Tour 21 is sponsored by RBI Companies, owned by Tim Birtsas, a Clarkston SCAMP board member.
The history of Clarkston SCAMP begins in 1976 as the result of some concerned individuals in the community wanting summer recreational activities and maintenance academic work for multiply impaired children and young adults.
With just a few dollars of seed money and lots of determination, a small group of people raised the money to fund the first five-week summer day camp. Seventy-five students attended.
Now approximately 350 students attend each summer from northern Oakland County to southern Genesee County.
Traditionally 90 percent of the students have one or more disabilities (autism, mental and/or emotional impairment, learning disability, spend and language delay or physical handicap). The remaining 10 percent are identified by school personnel as students ‘at risk? and in need of a positive summer experience.
Daily camp activities include music, art, motor skills, academic games, field trips and special on site visits by groups for educational entertainment purposes.
Clarkston SCAMP 2003 will take place from June 23 through July 24.
For more information call (248) 620-1882 or visit www.clarkstonscamp.com.