Ron McGauvran, formerly of Clinton, IA and now living in Le Claire, IA; is the last of the living Iowa Oil Jobber Board Members, who in 1981, met at Camp Courageous and decided to take the Camp under its wing, at a time the Camp was struggling to survive.  Ron will be 91 years old soon.  Over all these years, Ron has never stopped supporting Camp Courageous…which is extremely heartwarming.  For Ron’s 90^th birthday, his family made a substantial donation to the Camp Courageous Perpetual Fund in honor of Ron, thus his legacy will live on forever, here at Camp.  When his Family presented him this special gift, it had everyone in tears, because the gift summarized a life well lived, and of a good and caring and compassionate person, who has touched the lives of many.

Ron McGauvran is providing the funding to build a new Gazebo, at the same location of the existing one, at the center and heart of Camp Courageous.  The existing one was built in the 1980s to honor the retirement of their long serving Director, Ed Kistenmacher, by the Iowa Oil Jobbers, (later to become the Iowa Petroleum Marketers, Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Stores of Iowa, and now FUELIowa).  The new Gazebo will honor the 1981 Board of Petroleum Marketers of Iowa who took on the Camp, along with Ed Kistenmacher, Managing Director and Norb Bahl, who Chair their Board of Directors.

Glenn Hasken is currently a Camp Courageous Board Member and like Ron McGauvran and Norb Bahl, is a former Chair of the FUELIowa Board.

Pictured are (L-R) Ed Kistenmacher, Managing Director of the Petroluem Marketers of Iowa, Charlie Becker, Director of Camp Courageous, and Norb Bahl, Chair of the Board in 1981, when Camp Courageous was taken under their wing.

 Ron McGauvran leads a group of Petroleum Marketers from their Board Meeting held in the Guest House at Camp Courageous in 1981.