News Grants If you are looking for grants this off-season, don’t forget about ACA’s online grants tool, which lists links to government and private grants and awards relevant to the camp community. Users can search for grants by grantor type, grant category, and location. Visit www.ACAcamps.org/grants. Make sure to sign up for the RSS feed to receive the most up-to-date grant information. Health and Wellness According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nineteen states and territories reported decreases in obesity among low-income preschoolers. Twenty states and Puerto Rico held steady at their current rate, and obesity increased slightly in three states. Still, one in every eight preschoolers is obese in the U.S. Children are five times A Tribute to Jack Pearse February 23, 1926 – August 24, 2013 The international camp community has lost a dedicated member. Jack Pearse, longtime ACA member and past president of both the Ontario and Canadian Camping Associations, has passed away. In 1961, Jack co-founded Camp Tawingo in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, which he owned and directed for forty-two years. Pearse was a leader in organizing the International Camping Fellowship starting in 1988; he served as the second chair of the International Camping Fellowship Steering Committee and continued as an emeritus member until his death. In 1990, he won ACA’s National Honor Award; he also received ACA’s Distinguished Service Award in 1994. Jack was best known for sharing the gift of song with the camp community. In his lifetime, Pearse recorded three collections of camp songs; coauthored ten books on camp songs, program, and leadership; and led singing to countless children across the world. In 2010, Jack contributed an article titled “Camp Songs — History and Traditions” for ACA’s Camping Magazine History Series. (Read Jack’s article at www.ACAcamps.org/campmag/1007/ camp-songs-history-and-traditions.) In the words of his colleagues: Jack was a leader of the highest order. His dedication to camping and to the international scene of camping is legendary. He never approached any leadership role, speaking engagement, or song leading without being fully prepared. His integrity was manifest in every move he made — yet touched with lighthearted humor and visionary in his actions. Jack was a dear friend and the angels will move over to welcome this icon of camping into their heavenly choir. — Jean McMullan 4 CAMPING magazine • November/December 2013 In 1987, Jack Pearse participated in the initial conversations among international representatives at the International Camping Congress in Washington, D.C. In the following years, Jack hosted a founding meeting of ICF, served as the Canadian representative and the ICF representative to the Third International Camping Congress in Toronto (KUMBAYAH, 1994), and was ICF’s second chairman from 1997 to 2003. Jack was a constant advocate and able ambassador for the sharing and networking that has become such an integral part of the ICF community. His love of music, singing, and songleading built bridges and blazed trails to camping corners and youth leaders in countries all over the world. — John Jorgenson The world of camping lost a great leader and friend with the death of Jack Pearse. ACA friends met Jack at the first international ACA Conference in 1979 in Minneapolis, when Camp Tawingo’s Boys’ Camp Band and Jack opened general sessions with camp singing. The Radisson Hotel suddenly became a campfire as delegates joined in singing camp songs. For a number of years thereafter, Jack Pearse brought the joy of camp singing to national conferences. In addition to the many children and staff he touched through Camp Tawingo, camp friends around the world will remember his warmth, friendship, and songs. — Armand Ball more likely to be obese as an adult if they are overweight or obese between the ages of three and five years. Obesity in early childhood increases the risk of high cholesterol, high blood sugar, asthma, and mental health problems later in childhood and adolescence. To continue toward lower rates of obesity in young children, the CDC recommends that youth development professionals:
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