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Staff Writer

T

hanks to a capital cam-
paign that has raised
almost $3 million, the
Fresh Air Society will be
upgrading its facilities at Camp Maas
in Ortonville.
According to executive director
Harvey Finkelberg, the two largest
pieces of the upgrade will be the Sara
and Irving Mahler Dining Complex,
and the Nancy and Stephen Grand
Multi-Use Indoor Facility. Both are
scheduled to begin construction on
Sept. 1, 1998, for completion by the
start of camp in 1999.
"When we merged the two camps
[Ortonville and Brighton], we had no
facility to house all the campers and
staff for camp-wide activities — espe-
cially in inclement weather,"
Finkelberg said.
The Grand Facility will be over
13,000-square-feet, with a full-size
gym for basketball, tennis and volley-
ball. There will be a stage at one end

upkeep. That sum will depend on the
for plays and other camp produc-
actual cost of the buildings.
tions.
"The interest from the endow-
Also in the facility will be a 25-
ments
will provide operating income
yard indoor swimming pool.
for
the
new buildings," "said Rick
'Adding a pool will increase our
Goren
of
the Fresh Air Society.
ability to do swim instruction, espe-
The other money will go
cially when the weather is bad,"
towards renovating existing
Finkelberg said. "We needed to A proposed
facilities.
add one. Across the country,
artist's sketch
According
to Jack
camps have pools."
of the Grand
Robinson,
chairman of the
The Mahler Dining Complex Multi-Use
capital
campaign,
"Many of
will have two dining halls
Facility.
the
villages
needed
expan-
for younger and older campers
sion and refurbishment. We
— connected by a kitchen.
had our largest enrollment ever this
There is a wall between the two din-
past summer — 2,000 campers —
ing halls that will be opened up for
and we needed to expand all our pro-
Shabbat.
grams to accommodate it."
"When the camp was built, the
According to Robinson, one-third
kitchen was built a mile away from
of
the campers that attend Camp
the main part of camp so food is
Maas are on scholarship, and the
trucked to each village," Finkelberg
funds raised will go towards that as
said. "It's not appropriate or efficient
well.
to do it this way."
The final numbers are still
The estimated cost of the two
unknown, Finkelberg said. He
buildings is $2.5 million, including
expects that their campaign will be
planning, land development and con-
finished by the end of the month. ❑
struction. The additional funds will
go into endowments, and towards