THE CARL B. KERN FUND of The Dayton Foundation
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2002 SECOND QUARTER FIGURES - Figures through June, 2002 have been posted
on-line. A 2002 donor list to-date is also
on-line.
2001 YEARLY SUMMARY - Year-end figures for 2001 have been posted
on-line. A complete 2001 donor list is also
on-line.
Bob Barr passed away on January 12, 1999.
A tribute page has been established.
Welcome to The Carl B. Kern Fund, one of over 250 funds which make up
The Dayton Foundation,
a non-profit community foundation located
in Dayton, Ohio.
This Fund pays tribute to a person and an institution. The person is 'C.B.'
Kern, Dayton Y.M.C.A. Boys' Work Secretary from 1909-1917, whose outstanding
work with youth was evident from the many testimonials and resolutions made
in his memory after he died tragically and unexpectedly on June 3, 1917
at the age of 37.
The institution is organized camping, which 'C.B.' recognized as one of
those unique experiences which can have such a profound, positive impact on
the physical, mental, and spiritual development of youth. More of
permanent value can be accomplished with a week in camp with a boy
than months of casual contact, he wrote in a 1915 one-page report
of the activities of his summer camp, Camp Ozone, which was
subsequently renamed Camp Kern in his honor.
Please feel free to browse the Kern Fund web pages and learn more about
the person and character
of Carl B. Kern, the institution of organized
camping which he embraced so strongly, and the activities of The Carl B.
Kern Fund which serve to perpetuate the memory of 'C.B.' and
support "the experience that lasts a lifetime".
The "CB-KERN" electronic mailing list
disseminates information
about the Fund and allows camp friends & alumni to keep in touch with
each other.
When Carl B. Kern established YMCA camping in the Dayton
area in 1910, he was continuing a tradition that began 25 years earlier in 1885
with the first YMCA camp, Camp Dudley. A listing of YMCA Camps
on the Web by Region will enable you to check into YMCA camps all around
the world to see how far YMCA camping has come....
Descriptions of other summer camp funds are on-line, including a
Summer Fund
developed by the Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts, Inc. (AGM).
Developed by:
Stuart T. Weinberg, MD;
Founder, The Carl B. Kern Fund
First placed on the WWW: April 5, 1995
Please send your comments to:
stw@pobox.com
Background on The Carl B. Kern Fund