Haan A. Phelps, Dwight Mission executive director, recently received funds from the Oliver Family Trust, Marjorie Oliver of Sallisaw and the late Dr. Frederick B. Oliver.
Oliver told Phelps her children loved to attend camp each summer and she wanted to make sure those in Sequoyah County had a chance to also attend summer camp. The funds this year are designated to assist three young people from the Sallisaw Boys and Girls Club to attend camp.
The scholarship fund will be designated as the Oliver Camp Scholarship Fund and funds will be available on an annual basis to assist young people from Sequoyah County to attend camp, Phelps said.
"The generous gift and forethought of Marjorie Oliver in the establishing of this fund helps insure that those in need have an opportunity to receive a wonderful Christian camp experience at Dwight Mission in the current year and years to come. Any individual, family, church or business wishing to contribute to this fund may also do so," Phelps said.
Dwight Presbyterian Mission was originally established at its present site in 1829, and served as a mission school until 1948. Since the 1950s it has been owned and operated by the three Presbyteries of Oklahoma as a camp, conference and retreat center.
The summer camp program is open to any young people entering grades three through 12. The camp also offers two family camp programs each summer, with one on Memorial Day Weekend and the other on Labor Day weekend.
For more information or a summer camp brochure, call Dwight Mission at (918) 775-2018 or visit the Website at www.dwightmission.org. Additional funding besides the Oliver Camp Scholarship Fund is available for those who have a financial need in order to attend summer camp.
