A big thank you to Larry Andreesen, President of the Iowa State Association of Assessors for taking on Camp Courageous as this year’s State Project.  They had a silent auction for Camp, along with other activities that raised money and items for the Camp.

The mission of the Iowa State Association of Assessors is to provide fair and equitable assessments as the basis for funding local governments and services. Their Core Values are,  Integrity, Professionalism, Fairness, and Trustworthiness.  And their Vision is:  To create the highest standard of professionalism in our membership through collaboration, mentoring, and education. To attain fairness, equity, and uniformity in property assessments throughout the State of Iowa.  The ISAA’s does a community betterment project each year in order to give back to their local communities.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cYiBolo3q4

Larry Andreesen has had a long relationship with Camp Courageous…going back to his folks, who had their roots in Jones County, Cleo & Richard Andreesen.  They had 3 sons, Arnie (Joan) Anamosa, Ron (Barb) Center Junction and Larry from Vinton.   Each of them have been very involved in Camp, and just the nicest people.  They were very close to neighbors, Gail & Donna Ahrendsen.  Larry and Monte Ahrendsen have been lifetime friends.  Monte has two sons, Doug & Kevin who have been coming to Camp since about the age of two…so picking Camp Courageous was a natural.

In addition, Larry has done the Sprint Triathlon, years ago, then the Duathlon, and then his daughter did the current Sprint Triathlon… generations of support.