"When I was in my teens, members of my Girl Guides' group were planning to go to summer camp, but my parents could not afford the fee. However, someone came forward and paid my way! It was a wonderful experience… There is no better way for children to learn about life and the world around them than by camping. Hence my continuing support of Moorelands. I'm nearing 90 now!" -Marion Wood

"I am honoured to be a part of your Century Club. I've been a supporter of your work since my daughter Christine worked at Moorelands in 1988 or '89. I visited the camp then a couple of times and saw what good things were happening for the campers. Christine went on to be a teacher and is now teaching in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia." -Elizabeth Beadle

"The tree planting idea is wonderful – but I would like it to be named in honour of my husband, Arthur Austerberry, who died in 1983. He told me how your camp had let him and his twin sister and younger sister go to camp when they were very young. I think his mother went too. My husband and his sisters were the youngest of seven and they were very poor. I have kept up the donations in honour of my husband." -Thelma Austerberry

"The planting of a tree at the Camp has a special significance for me as I first came to the island in 1936 or 7. At that time George and Ben Russell owned and operated a fishing camp there and my sister and I accompanied our parents for several summers. The guides took the adults fishing and provided a shore lunch with the fish caught while we enjoyed many happy hours on the beach and in the water. War was declared on September 3rd and we left the next day to return to London as my father was a Lt Colonel in the militia and subsequently raised an artillery regiment which was deployed to Europe. We had a small 14' dinghy named "Popeye" which we gave to David Palter who bought the fishing camp and established Camp Kawagama in 1941." -Pat Brookbank

"I hated camping – my memories of sleeping in a tent and getting bitten alive by black-flies are ones that I do not look back on with undiluted pleasure. However, I realize that I am in the minority and that my own awful camping experiences have given me the ironic pleasure of sending others in my place and having a tree planted in a campsite in my honour." -R. Hutchison M.D