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Show Patriot Camp Teaches Youth About the Founding of America by Geri Taylor It didn't take much for Amy Porter and Julie Knudsen to embrace the idea of a Patriot Camp for their children and then run with the idea. With secular schools shying away from teaching teach-ing the founding of our nation, these local mothers saw the perfect per-fect venue to instruct their children chil-dren about the Founding Fathers and their belief in a Divine Providence Provi-dence that guided them in establishing estab-lishing this great nation. While acting in their appointment ap-pointment as State delegates, the two were introduced to the Constitutional Champions Foundation and were immediately immedi-ately impressed with the goal of promoting true patriotism through "American history education, edu-cation, particularly as it pertains to the Constitution and Founding Found-ing generation." With the option to conduct their own version of the program, pro-gram, Knudsen and Porter chose to purchase the foundation's kit that contains curriculum and a detailed outline of how to run the camp. With little more than their belief in the mission of CCF and knowing other parents par-ents who would support the enterprise, en-terprise, they began a word of mouth campaign to attract participants, par-ticipants, volunteers and youth leaders. The daily 2 12 hour classes were held at the John Hancock Charter School during the week of July 11-15 and drew in more than 100 children and 40 volunteers vol-unteers and youth leaders. The overwhelming response was evidence of the great need for this type of education, and that "Patriot" continued on Page 5 frr - ' M" v iWrj. .-.... T ' f A-1 7 Win - Youth attending the Patriot Camp, raise a historic American Flag and then lead other participants in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Youth learned about the founding of America while attending the camp. Photo courtesy of Geri Taylor "Patriot" continued from Page 4 flag Betsy Ross was said to have sewn for George Washington. Wash-ington. Sponsors for the camp were Chick-fil-A and Synerg.y FDM who provided T-shirts for participants. Next year's camp is already in the planning plan-ning stages and promises to be a must attend event. parents are enthusiastic about having their children learn these important history lessons. les-sons. Many volunteers came from out-of-town, including Salt Lake, Saratoga Springs and Nephi, to learn how to put on their own camp next year. This year the camp was geared to grades 1-6 with older children helping in the different classes and crafts. To keep the attention of the various ages, each class lasted only 15 minutes, with crafts and snacks in between. Each day began with a flag raising and pledge of allegiance. The children created their own flag patterned after the Colonial |