Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is a residential summer camp and year-round center for seriously ill children located in Ashford, Connecticut. All services are provided free of charge based upon contributions received from thousands of individuals, and hundreds of corporations, foundations, and organizations. Services include an outreach program to hospitals throughout the northeast in which staff members make regular visits to seriously ill hospitalized children. Paul Newman cofounded the camp with A.E. Hotchner in 1986; it was named after the gang in his film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (the Hole in the Wall Gang). The camp is a 300 acre parcel of land including a 44 acre lake. The land was the part of the Harakaly farm. When the farming industry in Connecticut began to decline the Harakalys built the lake, and after refusing to develop it, sold it to Newman. The camp receives support from more than 6,000 annual donors and many organizations, including Newman's Own and Newman's college fraternity, Phi Kappa Tau. Although Mr. Newman remains active on the Camp's Board of Directors and supports the organization financially, approximately 98% of the Camp's annual operating budget of $6.5 million comes from sources other than Paul Newman or Newman's Own. The Camp provides advice and financial support to other camps with similar missions, as part of the Association of Hole in the Wall Camps. Member camps include:

• Camp Boggy Creek, Eustis, Florida
• Double "H" Ranch, Lake Luzerne, New York
• Jordan River Village, Ra'annana, Israel
• L’Envol, Echouboulains, France
• Over the Wall, Alton, Hampshire
• The Painted Turtle, Lake Hughes, California
• Victory Junction Gang Camp, Randleman, North Carolina
• Barretstown Ballymore Eustace, Ireland
• Dynamo Camp, Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy

See also

• Newman's Own

External links

• The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
• Hole In The Wall Camps