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Summer camp for autistic kids saved.

The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)

| June 08, 2012 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Columbian. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Andrea Damewood

June 08--The call for help went out, and the money came pouring in, from people struck by the story of the Summer Sensory Camp -- the area's only camp for children with autism that had been canceled this spring due to Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation budget cuts. It came from a couple who plunked down $750 at the Vancouver Farmers Market. It came from more than $500 from the students in a fifth-grade class at Helen Baller Elementary in Camas, who sold charity bracelets. It flowed in at a concert and silent auction. In the end, a group of about a dozen dedicated moms did what they thought might be impossible: They raised more than $27,000 in …

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