2014-07-21T16:33:51-05:00 2013-12-31 JACKSON HOWARD & WHATLEY CPA'S 729 CHESTNUT STREET BIRMINGHAM AL 35216 990 2013-01-01 300098053 CIRCLE CAMPS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN CIRC 4124918151 5124 HOLYROOD ROAD PITTSBURGH PA 15213 SANDI LANDO WELCH PRESIDENT 4124918151 2014-05-29 true MICHAEL J JACKSON P00173903 2058222352 2014-05-29 X 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z SANDI LANDO WELCH 5124 HOLYROOD ROAD PITTSBURGH PA 15213 206688 false X WWW.CIRCLECAMPS.ORG X 2002 PA CIRCLE CAMPS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN PROVIDES FREE OVERNIGHT CAMP PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG GIRLS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCES THE DEATH OF A PARENT. OUR MISSION IS TO OFFER OUR CAMPERS THE ADVENTURES AND FUN OF LIVING AND PLAYING TOGETHER AT OVERNIGHT CAMPS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THEY CAN SHARE THEIR GRIEF. CIRCLE CAMPS HELD ITS FIRST PROGRAM AT CAMP TAPAWINGO IN SWEDEN, MAINE IN 2002 WITH 32 CAMPERS SUPPORTED BY 26 VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 5 CIRCLE CAMPS PROGRAMS: CIRCLE OF TAPAWINGO IN SWEDEN, MAINE - CIRCLE WEST IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA - CIRCLE OF EKC IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - CIRCLE SUMMIT IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - AND CIRCLE OF FLEUR DE LIS IN FITZWILLIAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN THE PAST 12 YEARS OVER 350 GRIEVING YOUNG GIRLS HAVE ATTENDED A WEEKLONG CIRCLE CAMP. VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS COME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, RANGE IN AGE FROM 19-74, AND HAVE A RETURN RATE OF OVER 90%. OVER THE YEARS THE CIRCLE PROGRAM HAS GROWN FROM A CAMPER PROGRAM 10 10 4 110 0 142670 167812 0 300 264 30300 142970 198376 0 0 25000 53821 0 0 106241 104784 131241 158605 11729 39771 226423 266483 289 226423 266194 X CIRCLE CAMPS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN PROVIDES FREE OVERNIGHT CAMP PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG GIRLS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCES THE DEATH OF A PARENT. OUR MISSION IS TO OFFER OUR CAMPERS THE ADVENTURES AND FUN OF LIVING AND PLAYING TOGETHER AT OVERNIGHT CAMPS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THEY CAN SHARE THEIR GRIEF. CIRCLE CAMPS HELD ITS FIRST PROGRAM AT CAMP TAPAWINGO IN SWEDEN, MAINE IN 2002 WITH 32 CAMPERS SUPPORTED BY 26 VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 5 CIRCLE CAMPS PROGRAMS: CIRCLE OF TAPAWINGO IN SWEDEN, MAINE - CIRCLE WEST IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA - CIRCLE OF EKC IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - CIRCLE SUMMIT IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - AND CIRCLE OF FLEUR DE LIS IN FITZWILLIAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN THE PAST 12 YEARS OVER 350 GRIEVING YOUNG GIRLS HAVE ATTENDED A WEEKLONG CIRCLE CAMP. VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS COME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, RANGE IN AGE FROM 19-74, AND HAVE A RETURN RATE OF OVER 90%. OVER THE YEARS THE CIRCLE PROGRAM HAS GROWN FROM A CAMPER PROGRAM false false 150528 167812 PROVIDED WEEK LONG CAMPING EXPERIENCES FOR 195 GIRLS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 AND 14 WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE THE DEATH OF A PARENT AT CIRCLE OF TAPAWINGO IN MAINE, CIRCLE WEST IN CALIFORNIA, CIRCLE OF FLEUR DE LIS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND CIRCLE SUMMIT IN THE WHITE MOUNTAIN AREA OF NEW ENGLAND. 150528 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 false 4 true false false false false false false X 10 10 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false X MICHAEL BLOOMSTON 2059375749 5124 HOLYROOD ROAD PITTSBURGH PA 15213 CATHY SPEAR DIRECTOR CAM 1.00 X 16000 0 0 AUDREY ROTHSTEIN CAMP DIRECTO 1.00 X 3000 0 0 MAUREEN PURSLEY DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JAY BRIGHT DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 JULIE GEER DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SANDI LANDO WELCH PRESIDENT 30.00 X 26250 0 0 MARTHA STRAUS CAMP DIRECTO 1.00 X 3000 0 0 TERRY HOLZMAN CHAIR 1.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL BLOOMSTON TREASURER 1.00 X 0 0 0 NATALIE SCHWAB VICE CHAIR 1.00 X 0 0 0 48250 false false false 167812 167812 299 299 957 992 -35 -35 -35 37620 7320 30300 198376 264 48250 48250 5571 5571 875 875 1600 1600 11067 11067 4142 4142 PROGRAM EXPENSE 55099 55099 EXPANSION CAMPS 21674 21674 BOD EXPENSES 5222 5222 CORPORATE IDENTITY 1887 1887 3218 2838 380 158605 150528 8077 0 226423 118341 146142 2000 226423 266483 289 0 289 X 226423 266194 226423 266194 226423 266483 39771 X false false false X 86826 82705 103855 142671 167812 583869 86826 82705 103855 142671 167812 583869 12373 571496 4718 373 343 300 299 6033 589902 37919 0.96880 0.79400 X CREDIT CARD PAYABLE 289 289 FUNDRAISERS 37620 37620 7320 37620 37620 7320 7320 30300 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION CIRCLE CAMPS FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN PROVIDES FREE OVERNIGHT CAMP PROGRAMS FOR YOUNG GIRLS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCES THE DEATH OF A PARENT. OUR MISSION IS TO OFFER OUR CAMPERS THE ADVENTURES AND FUN OF LIVING AND PLAYING TOGETHER AT OVERNIGHT CAMPS, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH THEY CAN SHARE THEIR GRIEF. CIRCLE CAMPS HELD ITS FIRST PROGRAM AT CAMP TAPAWINGO IN SWEDEN, MAINE IN 2002 WITH 32 CAMPERS SUPPORTED BY 26 VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS. CURRENTLY THERE ARE 5 CIRCLE CAMPS PROGRAMS: CIRCLE OF TAPAWINGO IN SWEDEN, MAINE - CIRCLE WEST IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA - CIRCLE OF EKC IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - CIRCLE SUMMIT IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA - AND CIRCLE OF FLEUR DE LIS IN FITZWILLIAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN THE PAST 12 YEARS OVER 350 GRIEVING YOUNG GIRLS HAVE ATTENDED A WEEKLONG CIRCLE CAMP. VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS COME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES, RANGE IN AGE FROM 19-74, AND HAVE A RETURN RATE OF OVER 90%. OVER THE YEARS THE CIRCLE PROGRAM HAS GROWN FROM A CAMPER PROGRAM FOR GIRLS AGES 9-12 TO INCLUDE A TEEN PROGRAM FOR GIRLS AGES 13-14, A 2 YEAR COUNSELOR IN TRAINING (CIT) PROGRAM FOR FORMER CAMPERS AGES 15-16, AND CIRCLE SUMMIT, A LEADERSHIP/WILDERNESS PROGRAM FOR GIRLS AGES 17-18. FORMER CAMPERS BECOME COUNSELORS AT AGE 19. 7 FORMER CIRCLE CAMPERS ARE NOW CIRCLE COUNSELORS. REGULAR CAMP ACTIVITIES ARE JUST A PART OF THE CIRCLE EXPERIENCE. THE PROGRAM IS UNIQUE IN ITS INTEGRATION OF GRIEF ACTIVITIES INTO THE CAMPERS WEEK. TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND CRY ABOUT THEIR LOSSES, SURROUNDED BY THE CIRCLE COMMUNITY, IS THE GREATEST GIFT CIRCLE GIVES TO ITS CAMPERS. EXCEPTIONAL, EMPOWERING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CIRCLE TIME, WHEN CAMPERS CAN CHOOSE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DECEASED PARENTS IN THE COMPANY OF THEIR BUNKMATES, VOICES OF CIRCLE: A CIRCLE OF VOICES, A PROFOUNDLY MOVING COLLECTION OF CAMPER WRITINGS COMPILED AND "PUBLISHED" IN 6 DAYS, THE ROCK CEREMONY, WHERE CAMPERS PLACE A HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE ON A ROCK IN OUR MEMORY GARDEN, CIRCLE OF THE STARS TALENT SHOW, IN WHICH CAMPERS PERFORM BEFORE A LARGE AUDIENCE, AND CAMPER CAMPFIRE, WHEN CAMPERS SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR CIRCLE FAMILY UNTIL THE FOLLOWING SUMMER. CIRCLE CAMPS ARE COMPLETELY FREE TO CAMPERS. CIRCLE CAMPS IS A 501C(3) ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN PENNSYLVANIA IN 2002. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE TREASURER WILL REVIEW THE 990 BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO REQUESTS TO DATE FROM THE PUBLIC TO VIEW OUR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, THESE WOULD BE GLADLY PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.