It's worth mentioning I think that since 2016, fifty-four (54) Juniors have participated in the four previous Junior Camp Contests held at Texas Soaring Association, Harris Hill, Sandhill Soaring Club, and Williams Soaring Center.
Many of these Juniors flew their first regional contest, completed their first racing task, landed out for the first time, won or placed on the podium for their first time in a regional contest, etc. A significant number of Juniors have come back and or plan to come back for their 2nd and 3rd time.
To get a sense what these Junior Camp Contests are like, this video was made at the 2017 US Junior Soaring Camp Contest at Harris Hill in Elmira, NY:
https://youtu.be/RZEIUC0YiPM
Given the SSA's Junior Rebate Program helps subsidize the cost a Junior's participation in the camp/contest, the Junior/Youth Committee is always looking for donations to help fund these camps.
Any funds that are donated to JYC to support these events will be earmarked for such and any monies leftover will be used to fund future Junior Camp Contests. It should also be noted that any monies donated for this purpose will also work to extend the life of the Contest Committee's Junior Rebate Program so in future years the SSA may continue to offer the program to Juniors who participate in SSA sanctioned contests, not just the Junior Camp Contest.
Lastly, the 2019 SSA East-Coast Junior Camp Contest at Harris Hill will be the 2nd camp held this year. The SSA's West-Coast Junior Camp Contest was held earlier this year at Williams Soaring Center, in California, this past March. Look for future articles is Soaring magazine about these events.
On behalf of JYC and the Juniors who so many of you have helped and graciously, continue to support, thank you!
Chris Schrader
SSA Director, Region 6
To donate:
See:
https://ssaeagles.ssa.org/juniordevelopment.html
See also:
https://www.ssa.org/Giving?show=blog&id=5697
Note: When directing funds to JYC, please select "Junior Development" and then in the drop-down menu select "Junior XC Camps Fund"