Phi Tau Cooks Out For Kids
Phi Kappa Tau will conduct the 15th annual Cookout for Kids April 13 to support camps for children with chronic or terminal illnesses.
In the run up to the event, Phi Tau members will be taking lunch orders for barbecued meals, which will be delivered April 13. This year’s menu features either a barbecued half chicken or pork steak, with side orders of baked beans, coleslaw, bread and a soda for $8.
Proceeds from Cookout for Kids go to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps for children with chronic or terminal illnesses. The camps were originally created by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, a Phi Tau alumnus, in 1988. They provide one-week camping experiences for children that require around the clock care and frequent hospitalization.
Today there are more than 10 Hole in the Wall Gang Camps operating in five states and seven countries, and eight additional camps are in the development phase.
While it cost, on average, $2,100 to send one child to camp, Hole in the Wall Gang Camps do not charge the families. It is only through contributions and donations the camps are able to host the children.
In the last three years, Truman Phi Tau members contributed more than $5,000 to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps.
To place an order, or to request an order form for an office or organization, call 816.686.0285 or e-mail Ralph Cupelli at rcupelli@truman.edu. Order forms are also available in McClain Hall 203.
For more information about the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, go online to http://www.holeinthewallcamps.org.
In the run up to the event, Phi Tau members will be taking lunch orders for barbecued meals, which will be delivered April 13. This year’s menu features either a barbecued half chicken or pork steak, with side orders of baked beans, coleslaw, bread and a soda for $8.
Proceeds from Cookout for Kids go to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps for children with chronic or terminal illnesses. The camps were originally created by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, a Phi Tau alumnus, in 1988. They provide one-week camping experiences for children that require around the clock care and frequent hospitalization.
Today there are more than 10 Hole in the Wall Gang Camps operating in five states and seven countries, and eight additional camps are in the development phase.
While it cost, on average, $2,100 to send one child to camp, Hole in the Wall Gang Camps do not charge the families. It is only through contributions and donations the camps are able to host the children.
In the last three years, Truman Phi Tau members contributed more than $5,000 to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps.
To place an order, or to request an order form for an office or organization, call 816.686.0285 or e-mail Ralph Cupelli at rcupelli@truman.edu. Order forms are also available in McClain Hall 203.
For more information about the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, go online to http://www.holeinthewallcamps.org.
