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Heart Center continues Camp Cawley operations under two‑year contract; served 265 campers in 2024
Summary
Parks staff updated the board on Camp Cawley operations with the Heart Center as operator under a two‑year initial contract (with three one‑year options). Staff and the Heart Center reported 265 participants served in 2024, secured scholarship funds, and plans to expand weeks and counselor training in 2025.
The Parks Department and Heart Center on Thursday updated the Parks Board on programming and operations at Camp Cawley, the city‑owned 30‑acre overnight camp north of Phoenix that the department last year contracted to the Heart and Education and Recreation Therapy Foundation (the Heart Center).
Deputy Director Jared Rogers said the city purchased the 30‑acre site in 2001 for just over $1 million and that city staff and a series of operators have run the camp since the early 2000s. “Our current camp operator is the Heart Center. Their contract is a two‑year initial period… We have options to…
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