(Front L-R) Merlin Hulse (100-years-old), Mary Van Houten (Chair), Mary Johnson (Secretary), Peg Slusher, Amy Rouse (Past-Chair), Jill McDermott, Amanda Schlemme Jan Short, Phil Short, and Sheri Grawe. (Back L-R)  Randy Faulkner (Chair-elect),  Jim Zimmerman, Diane Pitlik (Treasurer), Chris Wiese, Bruce Scheff, Jim Foels, Greg Greco, Mag Welter, Glenn Hasken, and Margo Ahrendsen.  (Not pictured, Trish Recker).

(L-R)  New Camp Courageous Board Chair, Mary Van Houten presents Amy Rouse with the Camp Courageous Outstanding Board Chair Award.  Amy Rouse served the past two-years as Chair of the Camp Courageous Board.

Camp Courageous Announces Board Elections

## FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The . The new Chair of the Board of Directors is Mary Van Houten.  Mary is Catering Sales Manager/Adjunct Instructor at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center, Cedar Rapids IA.  Mary has been a Camp Courageous volunteer going back nearly 50-years, with the first Pineapple Gala held at the Stouffers Five Season Hotel in downtown Cedar Rapids in 1979.

The Camp Courageous Board of Directors: 

Officers:

Chair:

Mary Van Houten, Catering Sales Manager/Adjunct Instructor at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center, Cedar Rapids, IA

Chair-Elect:

Randy Faulkner, GTG Peterbilt, Cedar Rapids, IA & Pres. Hawkeye Dry Ice, Cedar Rapids, IA

Secretary:

Mary Johnson, Retired, Rockwell Collins, Marion, IA

Treasurer:

Diane Pitlik, Former Non-Profit Dir. & Special Needs Advocate, Cedar Rapids, IA

Those re-elected to a three-year term included:

Randy Faulkner, GTG Peterbilt, Cedar Rapids, IA & Pres. Hawkeye Dry Ice, Cedar Rapids, IA

Glenn Hasken, COO Molo Companies, Dubuque IA

Jill McDermott, Camper Advocate & School Counselor Maquoketa Valley, Monticello, IA

Diane Pitlik, Former Non-Profit Dir. & Special Needs Advocate, Cedar Rapids, IA

Bruce Scheff, Retired and Active Volunteer, Cedar Rapids, IA

Mag Welter, Retired Special Educator, Monticello, IA

Jim Zimmerman, Lifetime in field of education, Retired Principal Sacred Heart School, Monticello, IA

Other Board Members include:

Margo Ahrendsen, Camper Parent, Advocate, Farmer, Oxford Junction, IA

Jim Foels, Farmer, Brooklyn, IA

Sheri Grawe, Grandparent of Camper, Retired, Marion IA

Greg Greco, Financial Planner, Cedar Falls, IA

Merlin Hulse, Retired Farmer, Tipton, IA

Trish Recker, Fundraising Coach at Leading Edge Fundraising, Cedar Rapids, IA

Amy Rouse, Washington High School, Cedar Rapids, IA

Amanda Schlemme, Camper Parent, Accountant Knuth Farms/Bale Barn, Cascade, IA

Jan Short, Retired Teacher, Winthrop, IA

Phil Short, Farmer, Winthrop, IA

Peg Slusher, Retired, Rockwell Collins, Marion, IA

Chris Wiese, Managing Partner, CommonGround Capital, LLC, Cedar Rapids, IA

Camp Courageous

Camp Courageous is a year-round recreational and respite care facility for individuals with special needs. In its 50^th year of serving campers, Camp Courageous now serves nearly 10,000 campers with special needs annually. The camp is run on donations, without government assistance, without formal sponsorship, and without people paid to raise funds for the camp. What this means is everything that is donated to the camp, whether it be supplies, time, or other resources, goes directly to benefit the campers.