Help LightHouse Enhance Wayfinding at Enchanted Hills Camp This Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is tomorrow December 3!
This year, we’re inviting you to be a part of exciting fundraising efforts in support of LightHouse’s Pathways to Independence project. Our project goal is to raise $75,000 for wayfinding systems at Enchanted Hills Camp (EHC).
This essential project aims to enhance navigational accessibility across our 311-acre campgrounds through Braille signage, tactile maps, and implementation of other accessibility systems, empowering campers and visitors to travel independently, build confidence and fully participate in EHC’s immersive natural experiences.
Helen Schneider, Senior Project Manager at Perkins&Will, the architect and design firm that worked on the fire rebuild of camp, commented on how the rebuild process laid the groundwork for future wayfinding projects at EHC.
“It was really important to LightHouse that the rebuild safeguarded the camp against future wildfires, and made an environment that’s more accessible for people who are blind or have low vision. [During the rebuild process] we built a 3D model of the site so we could communicate the really diverse terrain. Anytime we were showing renderings [to the Vision Design Committee for the EHC rebuild], we would come up with a very descriptive explanation of what was shown on the screen.”
Jerry Kuns, a member of the Vision Design Committee who is blind said, “Working with Perkins&Will has been a wonderful experience for me. Good members of the team spent time learning a bit about how we travel. The sensitivity that was given, having people take the time to do things with us, instead of to us or for us, has been absolutely magnificent.”
Giving Tuesday Donation Incentives
We deeply appreciate every dollar amount, large or small, donated by our community on Giving Tuesday. This year, we are offering two exciting donation incentives.
Donate $75 or more (whether it be a one-time gift or recurring monthly gift totaling $75 or more) anytime on Giving Tuesday, and your name will be entered in a drawing for a LightHouse/EHC schwag box containing a LightHouse puffy jacket and some branded camp items.
Donate $1000 or more (whether it be a one-time gift or recurring monthly gift totaling $1000 or more) anytime on Giving Tuesday, and you will be invited to a special picnic at Enchanted Hills Camp in 2025.
Thank you for your support of Enchanted Hills Camp this Giving Tuesday.
Ready to donate now? All contributions given today will count towards Giving Tuesday.
