Locations:
* Bull and Bear: Downtown, Chicago
* North Star Camp “reunion” at the Gilbert’s
* Jenny Lynn Snyder Leadership Fundraiser at Bluegrass Restaurant, HP
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Thomas C. welcomes his guests at the Borders Books & Music Book Campingly Yours book signing in St. Joseph, Missouri, on Saturday, February 14th, 2009. Check out the photo gallery on Flickr!
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By Lacey Storer
St. Joseph native Thomas Adler has wonderful memories from his years at camp. His many, many years as camp.
Mr. Adler went from a reluctant 9-year-old camper to a camp owner and director and spent roughly 45 years of his life at camp. He detailed his experiences in a recently released book “Campingly Yours.” Mr. Adler will hold a book signing from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Borders, 5201 N. Belt Highway.
“Just a couple years ago, I was kind of looking around, kind of visualizing all the kids and the counselors and the camps,” he said, “and it just kind of occurred to me that I had a lot of stories, what led me to this life.”
Mr. Adler said a former camp director told him he would make a good camp director. That, he said, is how “… a kid in his 20s with no money ends up running his own camp.
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Dont miss the All Camp Reunion and help launch Campingly Yours a novel by Thomas C. Adler, Former Director of Chippewa Ranch Camp, Eagle River, WI.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Bull & Bear
431 N. Wells St.
Chicago, IL
Respond to the Facebook invitation: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=59948483572
Did you grow up with the fortune of experiencing summer camp and all its joys? The campfire, singing songs in the mess hall, water skiing, sailing, good ole athletic competitions, and making lifelong friends? Now, in combination with campsforallkids.org and the proceeds from the memoir about 45 years of summer camp and a lifetime of love, your participation in this event can help send kids of all diversities and economic backgrounds to overnight camp too.
Please tell your friends, relatives, spouses, cabinmates, and counselors to join in on the fun!
$35 pre-registration* $45 at the door
Order tickets via Eventbrite.
Can’t attend? Buy a book at http://www.campinglyyours.com or donate to Camp For All Kids.
Event ticket includes drinks**, appetizers, and a signed copy of Campingly Yours.
All proceeds from this reunion and additional book sales go to Camp for All Kids.
*Online registration fee not included
** Sponsored vodka and wine from 5:30-7:30, must be 21 to enter
Tags: adler, bull and bear, campinly yours, chicago, chippewa, thomas c
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Thomas will have a table at the quarterly fitness launch hosted at La Mariposa Resort and Fitness Club. Information will be provided about the charity and fundraising project as well as copies of Campingly Yours for purchase.
A reminder that most of the proceeds of book sales goes to charity!
View Thomas’ entire schedule of book tour stops.
Join the fitness launch and sign up for a class. Free weekend to all if you bring food items for the Community Food Bank. Visit their website or call La Mariposa for details on class registration at 520-749-1099.
Start Time: Friday, January 30, 2009 at 8:15am
End Time: Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 11:00am
Location La Mariposa,
Street: 1501 N Houghton Rd.
City/Town: Tucson, AZ
* Special Follow-Up Note *
You can still come and see the booth without working out, have a s’more and chat with Tom. Why not, you’re not working out anyway?! BUT..if you want that S’more to be guilt free, sign up for a class.
ENJOY… it is free to you and friends if you call and sign up as my guest AND bring a can of food. C’mon….. it it willbe FUN! Call La Mariposa the Monday before and sign up! 520-749-1099! Here is the workout schedule:
Friday 30th
830am - RPM/BodyAttack
940am - Bodypump
430pm - Bodycombat/RPM*(pam)
535pm - Bodyflow(*pam)
Saturday 31st
830am - Bodystep/RPM
940am - Bodyjam/Bodyflow in yoga room.*(pam)
1040am - Bodypump
See you there!
Tags: adler, camp, campingly yours, fitness, la mariposa, pamela, summer, thomas
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Hey everybody! We just sent our first official evite out to the Campingly Yours/Fundraiser event at Bluegrass Restaurant in Highland Park, Il. If you’d like to come, be added to the invite, or would simply like more information, send an email to Pam at pma1218@comcast.net.
This event is a fundraiser for the Jenny Lynn Snyder Leadership Fund and Camp for All Kids Foundation. Cost of admission is $30 for adults 21+ years old, and $20 for High School age and under. Cost of admission gives you a signed copy of Campingly Yours, appetizers, pop and coffee.
Host: Pam & Tom Adler/Michele & Bob Snyder
Location:
Bluegrass Restaurant
1636 Old Deerfield Rd
Highland Park, IL 60035 US
When: Saturday, February 28, 1:30PM to 4:30PM
Phone: 520-721-6809
There will be a cash bar as well as a raffle at 3:07pm (thank you to those who donated). Please be sure to RSVP by, February 15th as an exact count is needed. We thank you for your friendship and support of these wonderful charities.
Last favor-please be sure to let us know if we need to add any names who may have been left off or whom you would like to invite. This is open to ALL, not just camp people. The goal is the foundation! A special thank you to Bluegrass owners, Joanie and Jimmy Lederer!
Tags: adler, camp, campingly yours, chippewa, fundraiser, thomas, tour
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Thanks for leaving a review at www.amazon.com, Carly!
This book truly captures the emotions associated with going to summer camp. Anyone who experienced camp will find a connection with this memoir!
Tags: camp, chippewa, memoir, summer
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Sari Hirsch wrote a review at www.amazon.com. She says:
I LOVE CAMPINGLY YOURS
Campingly Yours was a fantastic book that truly captured me. I loved reading each page and wanted it to go on forever. It is a feel-good read that made me appreciate life and again realize what is truly important.
Thanks Sari!
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Lisa and Cliff are the new Directors of Chippewa Ranch Camp. They reviewed Thomas C.’s book at Amazon and here’s what they said.
Lisa and Cliff’s Book Review
Campingly Yours is sweet and funny and warm. It makes you realize that a simple, honest life can be most satisfying, and that real happiness can be found in a wonderful set of parents, a beautiful Northwoods summer camp and a great game of baseball…we loved being drawn into the memories and the wisdom…thanks for a lovely read.
Thanks Lisa and Cliff!
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Thanks to Becky Stark, who’s written a review at Amazon.com. Here’s what she says about Campingly Yours.
‘Campingly Yours’ proves to be a enchanting story not only about a life rooted in a love for summer camp, but also about what makes a person truly good. Thomas C. lets us walk a mile in his shoes as he shows us the value of friends and family…including several members with 4 legs and countless others related not by blood, but through a shared love of a special summer camp. His life’s work of sharing the morals and kindness that he once learned through summer camp with his own young campers and staff is more than inspiring and is a true testament to the character of Thomas C. Adler.
If you have ever spent a summer at camp, played a game of baseball, loved a dog, been embarrassed, love the outdoors, lost a loved one, worked with children or simply love a sweetly honest, funny and heartfelt story…. you’ll love this book!!
Now it’s your turn to write a review!
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