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fornia. Pioneering in New York state with Lighthotise Camp, a project' camp for the blind, she served many summers as a camp counselor. Possessing a magnetic personality and an ability to push herself above handicaps and disappointments, she inspires and assists others to help themselves. It is not surprising that out of a heart so full of compassion and concern should come the dream of a camp for chil' dren handicapped by blindness.
Convinced that one of the deepest desires of those without sight is to reahze a normal place in society, Miss Resnick made a thorough study of the matter. Her own convictions that the visually-handicapped need activation and expansion of recreation were substantiated by authorities in New York and California.
THE first camp for visually-handicapped children of the west was held in August, 1947, at Los Altos. Twenty boys and girls between the ages of eight and fourteen attended. So keen was their enjoyment of swimming, hiking, and horseback riding, as well as the participation in square dancing, baseball, crafts and campfire song fests, none wanted to leave. Most of the children had never been to camp before, but their improvement in self-reliance and adjustment to each other as well as to sports and skills, made Miss Resnick even more positive that her dream was a must for other blind children.
For three years Miss Resnick and her committee, aided by donations from friends, rented a camp and gave summer vacations to a small number of blind children. Limited funds and
facilities made it impossible to ac commodate more than 50 children' This was such a small percentage o ' those who begged to attend, that Mis Resnick yearly set her goal higher, en deavoring to reach more and mort youngsters.
Aided by Nina Brandt, a registerec nurse and professional worker in psychiatry and pediatrics, a committee of philanthropical citizens, and £ highly trained staff of camp counselors, she finally saw her dream realized
On Feb. 6, 1950, Enchanted Hilh was acquired. Located on the gentle! slopes of the west ridge of the NapaValley, the camp boasts 340 rolling acres. It is reached by a scenic road, winding down Mt. Veeder for eleven miles through towering redwoods. It's the first permanent camp of its kind in the western states, and will make possible a new outlook on life for hundreds of blind children.
As Miss Resnick 's dream becomes more and more a reality, literally thousands of sightless youngsters, children for whom a summer vacation held no anticipation of joys to come, nothing but a drab monotony of being left on the sidelines while their friends ran and played, will share a new delight and freedom.
DURING a publicity campaign forjj; the camp funds, Kelvin, a small five-year-old lad, was posed with Mayor Robinson of San Francisco. Not entirely satisfied with the ar' rangement, the photographer said unwittingly, "Look up at the Mayor, Honey."
Quickly Kelvin complied. Putting out his hand, he touched the Mayor's