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Target demographics: UCLA UniCamp serves low -income and foster care youth throughout Los Angeles.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Approximately 1,000 Campers per year
Geographic areas served: Los Angeles
Mission:
UCLA UniCamp is the official student charity of the University of California, Los Angeles. UniCamp operates as an independently funded, secular, non-profit organization linking today''s University students with the Los Angeles community. Each year, UniCamp inspires approximately 1,000 children from low-income families to envision brighter futures by sending them, along with 350 Student Volunteers, to its residential outdoor summer camp. UCLA UniCamp establishes a continuum of care - a structure in which children in need are given the opportunity to become a productive member of the community.
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squirrelly88
09/14/10
UniCamp has been the defining experience of my entire 4 years at UCLA. This organization is truly dedicated to servicing the underserved youth of LA. Not only does this organization try to help these kids realize their potential, the camp is run in such a fashion that judgment is not passed upon the...
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aengelder
09/12/10
UCLA's Unicamp provides underserved children from the inner city an opportunity to see a life outside of their environment. They are part of bonding activities with their peers, are given positive role models and are able to participate in outdoor activities not available to them in their own ...
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pikachu
09/06/10
UCLA UniCamp is one of the few unique opportunities that bring UCLA students and alumni of diverse backgrounds and experiences together for one common cause. How else would I have been able to meet and know people outside of my major, my niche, and common interests? When people say the camp is for ...
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