Our second annual crowdfunding campaign is now in the books, and with your help, we raised $27,395! More than 175 people donated in 30 days. Amazing!

Cooper Center for Environmental Learning (Camp Cooper) is now one step closer to being able to offer memorable environmental learning programs with a full complement of passionate and highly qualified educational staff members. Other fundraising efforts are currently underway to operate the Center for next year. If you or someone you know were unable to contribute during crowdfunding but would still like to give, you can do so by following this link to Cooper's donation page with University of Arizona Foundation:  https://www.uafoundation.org/netcommunity/sslpage.aspx?pid=1489.

You can expect to receive a receipt for your gift and thank you letter from the College of Education very shortly, and Cooper Director Colin Waite will be sending you a card later this summer. You can also expect an invitation to a special donor recognition event at the Center in the fall.

There are many different ways to keep in touch with our work and our fundraising efforts:

Website - http://coopercenter.arizona.edu 

Facebook - Cooper Center for Environmental Learning (Camp Cooper) 

Follow Cooper Director Colin Waite on Twitter @CCJackrabbit or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/colin-waite-4786309?trk=hp-identity-name

Thank you for your generosity and support over the past few months, and we look forward to your continued involvement in our efforts.

From the Desert,

Colin "Jackrabbit" Waite, Director

Dr. Constantinos "Black Bear" Manoli, Coordinator of Instruction, Research, and Evaluation

Dr. Bruce "Coyote" Johnson, Department Head, Teaching, Learning, and Socio-cultural Studies

We are less than $8,000 from our goal of raising $20,000 for our educational staff. Every dollar is essential if we are to operate the center at full capacity for the 2016-17 school year. Thank you to the 125 people who have donated so far - please share our campaign with family, friends, and professional colleagues to maximize the value of your support. Remember, Tucson Unified Superintendent HT Sanchez and a team of donors will match up to $10,000 in gifts from TUSD staff and parents, and we still have a way to go to answer that challenge!

Join us in providing memorable Camp Cooper overnight experiences in our wondrous Sonoran Desert to over 3,000 students next year. With your help, the center is inspiring the next generation of environmentally responsible citizens for our community. 

Click on the video to hear from Black Bear, Program Coordinator Extraordinaire...

Thank you.

Five days remaining in our crowdfunding campaign with just over $10,000 left to raise. Thank you to each and every one of you for your gift to our campaign. Now, we need your help in sharing our appeal to #SupportCampCooper with family, friends, and professional colleagues. Every gift, whether it's $5 or $5,000, gets us closer to a full schedule of Camp Cooper field trips next year with an educational team that is energetic and passionate about sharing their love of the Sonoran Desert. Your gift helps us to provide a memorable experience in nature to over 4,000 children, and that impact lasts a lifetime.

For more information on Cooper's campaign or to make a contribution, please visit us at http://crowdfund.arizona.edu/cooper2016.  

Thank you for supporting Camp Cooper and helping us to achieve our goals. We truly could not do it without you.

The campaign has raised over $7,500 so far towards its goal of $20,000 during the month of April. Thank you for your gift and for sharing our campaign with family and friends.

Click on the video to hear more about how the campaign is doing and to hear about a special challenge from Tucson Unified Superintendent HT Sanchez.

Click on the video to find out how our campaign is doing so far from Jackrabbit!