Ohio State’s annual Bucks for Charity Drive is coordinated by the Office of Human Resources.

This year’s campaign is chaired by Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life.

hr.osu.edu/special/bucksforcharity.aspx

The kids who attend the Flying Horse Farms camp in Mt. Gilead are able to just have fun and not worry about their health issues that qualified them for the free camp in the first place. The charity just started accepting campers in April and already expects to reach capacity by next spring.

Photos courtesy of Flying Horse Farms

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Attention faculty and staff on the Columbus campus! Help support your favorite local charities through the 2011 Bucks for Charity drive.

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Community Health Charities of Ohio Community Shares of Mid Ohio EarthShare Ohio United Negro College Fund (UNCF) United Way of Central Ohio

United Way of Delaware County United Way of Fairfield County United Way of Licking County United Way of Pickaway County United Way of Union County

Campaign runs through December 9, 2011

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At Flying Horse Farms, kids can look past their health problemsAdam King onCampus staff

A young boy of 8 looks across the swimming pool and sees a slightly older boy, ready to jump in, with a scar from the top of his chest down to his sternum.

It’s exactly like the scar the younger boy has on his chest, which he got after undergoing a heart transplant. Seeing and playing with others who have been through exactly what he went through allows him to derive some comfort and normality from an experience anything but normal for someone his age.

But that’s the goal of Flying Horse Farms, to build a camp experience for children with serious illnesses so they don’t feel out of place and they can have the same type of fun healthy kids enjoy.

As one of the newest members of the Bucks for Charity campaign through Community Health Charities of Ohio, Flying Horse Farms (charity code 60930) officially opened in April with its first residential camp — where kids age 8 to 15 spend six days at the camp without their parents.

The campers — who attend weeklong residential camp or weekend family camps with peers with similar medical conditions — get the full away-from-home treatment. They sleep in cabins on the 200-acre spread in Mt. Gilead and have counselors stay with them. They fish, they swim, shoot arrows from bows, make arts and crafts, go boating, play games, act out stage performances and even help teach the resident dogs how to navigate agility courses — all tailored to what they are able to do.

“I have to say the campers’ reaction is pure joy,” says Regan Walsh, director of marketing and communications for Flying Horse Farms. “The kids come out and they’re smiling and carefree. The volunteers are changed forever.”

Kids are able to come without their parents because Flying Horse Farms has a 24/7 medical facility on site

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Flying Horse Farms is a full member of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps, the world’s largest family of camps for children with serious illnesses. Founded in 1988 by actor, philanthropist and Ohio native Paul Newman, the association has served more than 337,000 children and families from five continents and more than 50 countries. Search for Flying Horse Farms on Facebook or visit flyinghorsefarms.org.

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staffed by doctors and nurses from children’s hospitals familiar with the specific health issues of the kids in each camp session — oncologists from Pittsburgh, heart specialists from the Cleveland Clinic.

The campers’ medical conditions have included heart disease, cancer, blood disorders such as sickle cell, gastrointestinal disorders, arthritis, kidney disease and asthma.

The special camp sessions just for families include a weekend of activities that allows kids of basically any age and their relatives to enjoy a stress-free setting.

“The parents are changed as they’re either at the camp or away from their child and not having to worry about taking care of their child,” Walsh says. “Life can be normal and they can have the daily experience other families do.”

The children and their families pay nothing for the experience, which makes Flying Horse Farms a $4.5 million operation and heavily reliant on the generosity of donors. The charity was able to serve 500 kids and their families, and the goal is to increase that to 800 smiling faces next year. That’s only a small fraction of the 16,000 children in Ohio with serious illnesses.

“We want to grow the numbers slowly so we’re responsible in our growth, providing a safe camp experience for our families,” Walsh says.

The camp experience has quickly passed by word of mouth from parent to parent in hospital hallways, so much so that Walsh expects to have a camper waiting list next year. A couple of camping sessions this season

already exceeded capacity.“It’s an organization people

can rally around,” Walsh says. “And we always need volunteers to come help the kids. From an Ohio State perspective, volun-teering would be great for educa-tion majors, social workers and nursing majors.

“Whether faculty, staff and students want to come help us make the camp pretty — or if they want to be a counselor or run the boat dock or help us at a fundraiser or provide medical care to our campers — this is something everyone at OSU can be a part of. There’s room for a lot of people around our campfire.”

Every camp has been a transformation for the kids, the parents and the volunteers.

“Our approach is to always make people feel wel-come. Everyone has a place here,” Walsh says. “We want people to experience the joy, hope and respite our families find while at camp. The camp is peaceful and beautiful. You can breathe a little bit easier and you feel at peace when you’re walking around the property.

“Best of all, the kids and their families can let their guard down, be silly and have fun.”

UNCF—the United Negro College Fund—has helped Ohio students live the American dream by helping more than 350,000 young men and women graduate from our colleges across the country. Today, UNCF supports approximately 60,000 students who attend more than 900 schools nationwide, including 39 UNCF-supported colleges and universities.

Please give to UNCF.Use Bucks for Charity Drive Code 1500.

Your gift will make a difference. Whether you give a little or give a lot, your gift is a lifeline to a talented student.

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You Can Help End Hunger in the OSU Area.

Designate Neighborhood Services, Inc. (nsi) as the recipient of your OSU Bucks for Charity contribution

through Community Shares of Mid Ohio.

NSI provides food and material assistance to residents of the university area and surrounding communities.

We serve more than 10,000 people each year, 40 percent of whom are children. More than 90 percent of

our funding goes directly to the services we offer including our Choice Food Pantry, Clothing Room, Back-to-School Programs, and Holiday Food Baskets.

To designate NSI as your preferred recipient, use code 8354.

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When domestic violence occurs, everyone in our community gets hurt.

Call ASHA-Ray of Hopeto find out how we can help

MissionASHA-Ray of Hope exists to support and counsel individuals and families affected by domestic violence in Ohio, especially in the South Asian community. Through advocacy, collaboration and awareness activities, ASHA will help to educate the greater community and connect individuals and families with the resources they need to achieve self-reliance.

Contact us by:Phone : (614) 326-2121Fax : (614) 326-2131E-mail : asharayofhope@sbcglobal.netHelp line : (614) 565-2918

Our address:ASHA-Ray of Hope1505 Bethel Road, Suite 103Columbus, Ohio 43220

Trained DV advocates answer the help lineand all information is kept confidential.

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give. advocate. volunteer. live united.

When you give to United Way of Central Ohio, you make a real difference in our community. Because at United Way of Central Ohio, we focus on the four basic building blocks of a better life: Education, Income, Health and Home. We do it because helping in one area has an impact on all areas. We do it because it’s the most effective way to change people’s lives. And we do it to strengthen our community and make it a better place – for all of us.

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For more information on the Bucks for Charity Drive, contact your unit coordinator or Michele Bondurant of the Office of

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