<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>During Winter break many students at UNA go home

to spend time with their families and friends. Recent UNA graduate

Lyndsie McClure did not take a break. McClure spent part of her

break to raise money for a cause that is near to her

heart.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>McClure hosted a night of painting at Relique,

her mother’s store on North Wood Avenue in Florence. The event was

planned to raise money for Camp ASCCA, a camp for physically and

mentally challenged kids.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>The event paid for two students Alec and Atalia

who both are children with undiagnosed cerebral palsy. The kids’

families have to pay to attend the camp and McClure wanted to send

these two children for the next summer session.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>According to McClure, the camp survives off of

donations and contributions from the public. The donations provide

for what Camp ASSCA calls “camperships.”

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>McClure worked at the camp this summer as an

intern, and ever since has been dedicated to getting the word out

about what the camp does and how it helps kids with

disabilities.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>The camp provides a normal camp environment for

kids with disabilities to take part in activities such as riding a

zip line, playing put-put, sliding down a waterslide, riding an

inner tube and many other activities many able bodied people take

for granted.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>“The camp provides kids a chance to learn how to

have a little bit of freedom.” McClure said. “It’s cool to give the

kids a place where people don’t point. If you take the time out of

your life to do something completely selfless, it will uplift you

like nothing else can.”

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>McClure wants students to get out of the box and

do something uncomfortable. She wants other students to get off of

Facebook and their cell phones and do something productive to help

the community.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>McClure describes the camp and the things that

go on there as one of the most beautiful things she has ever

seen.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>“The hope the kids have make you want to do

nothing else but do everything for them,” McClure said.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>Whitney Nichols a sophomore at UNA who is a

member of McClure’s sorority is proud to have met McClure. “I feel

privileged to have a sister as giving and charitable as her,”

Nichols added.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>Nichols expressed that it is neat to see McClure

get letters from the kids that she worked with. Nichols said

McClure’s excitement for the cause inspired all of her sisters to

get involved.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>“All the hard work she has put into the camp

inspires our sorority to continue to help others by getting

involved in the community and our own causes,” Nichols

said.

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>“The campers taught me about life and to be

thankful for what I’ve been given,” McClure said. “It’s a different

kind of love when these campers give love. The experience, bottom

line, it opened my eyes.”

<span style=

“font-size: 14pt;”>For more information on how to help or

contribute to Camp ASCCA visit the organization’s website at

<a href=

“http://www.campassca.org/”>www.CampASSCA.org.