Boys crowd around a long worktable inside Camp Jeanette in Waterford, Michigan, a children’s camp tied to the Good Samaritans of Michigan. The message on the back reads like a straight-up fundraising pitch: the group said it was giving about 1,000 boys a free two-week vacation that summer — many from Detroit’s “Cork-town” area — and asked supporters to call so volunteers could pick up “cast-off” donations like clothing, furniture, mattresses, rags, rag rugs, dishes, magazines, and newspapers.
Do you remember Camp Jeanette, the Good Samaritans, or similar camps that ran on community donations?
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