Comfort Zone Camp for Children With Murdered Parents Seeks Volunteers

The Sheilah A. Doyle Foundation is accepting camper & volunteer applications through July 15, 2011, for participation in the first ever Comfort Zone Camp in Illinois. The camp will be from September 30 to October 2 at Camp Manitoqua in Frankfort.

The organization aims to give children with murdered parents "hope for a brighter future.

Here's a little background on the foundation and the camp:

The Sheilah A. Doyle Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides support and assistance to children ages 7-17 whose parent or legal guardian was the victim of murder. Though our partnership with Comfort Zone Camp and our college scholarship program, we believe that we can transform a child’s tragedy into a bright future.

In July 1993, Sheilah A. Doyle was brutally murdered by two men who followed her home from work with the intent to steal the hood of her car. She was a wife, a mother of three, and the core of the Doyle family. After having children, it was Sheilah’s dream to help her children go to college one day, so she decided to go back to school to better her life and work to save money. Since she never had this opportunity, her family decided to start a foundation in the hopes of
helping others in need.

Comfort Zone Camp is the nation’s largest bereavement camp. Comfort Zone Camps are offered free of charge to children ages 7-17 who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling or primary
caregiver. The camps are held year-round in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia. The Sheilah A. Doyle

Foundation is partnering with Comfort Zone Camp to help bring the camp to Chicago, and serve the needs of local children whose parent or legal guardian was a victim of murder. The Chicago camp will be held this fall. The Sheilah A. Doyle Foundation will fund 100 percent of the weekend camp for 60 children and 85 volunteers.

For more information on the foundation and to make a donation,
please visit us at www.sadfund.org. We can also be contacted via email
at contactus@sadfund.org or by phone at 708-885-3900.