An update from Sandy:

As of Friday, Janice Eden has completed the Certificate of Incorporation for the State of Washington and she will continue to work towards completing our total non-profit status with the IRS, plus completing the budget for the next three years as part of this whole process. I am personally very excited because she expects to have all of this complete by the end of April. Janice will also be creating a temporary website called Youth On Purpose USA.

We now have a formal Board and we also have an advisory committee. If you would like to be part of the foundation or the summer camp, please let me know. We have many volunteer positions as well as paid positions to fill.

There are two dates and locations held for the summer camp - (1) July 11-20 at Sahale Retreat Center in Tahuya, WA, or (2) July 7-17 at The Firs in Bellingham, WA. We will have approx 60 youth participants in the 2008 summer camp. 10-15 of these youths will be international participants. We are now accepting applicants for the program. The application form will be posted on the website.