Newman's Own seeks to expand company charity project

WESPORT, Conn. Beginning April 20, Newman's Own, Inc. will continue its effort as a national sponsor of a charity that provides children with serious illnesses and conditions a camping experience of the highest quality, while extending year-round support to their families and health care providers.

Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Camps is the largest family of camps for children with serious medical conditions. The Camps offer children hope and healing through therapeutic recreation, universally accessible activities, and round-the-clock medical care. Camp services help restore a sense of normalcy to lives turned upside down by serious illness, and it is all done free of charge.

As a national sponsor, support from Newman's Own, Inc. will be used to recruit and support additional runners and cyclists to help more kids to attend all 13 Hole in the Wall Camps.

"What began with a handful of runners and cyclists supporting The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Connecticut has become a national and international endeavor," said Mike Smiles, chief development officer at The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, Inc. "This national sponsorship from Newman's Own, Inc. will help share the Team Hole in the Wall athletic fundraising initiative that partners athletes with the mission of the Hole in the Wall Camps."

Team Hole in the Wall participants have raised more than $4.2 million since the program's inception in 2004. Thanks to the Team, thousands of children have enjoyed empowering and life-affirming experiences at Hole in the Wall Camps across the globe. The Camps that comprise the global Association of Hole in the Wall Camps include: Camp Boggy Creek, Fl.; Double H Ranch, N.Y.; Flying Horse Farms, Ohio; The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Conn.; The Painted Turtle, Calif.; Roundup River Ranch, Colo.; Victory Junction, N.C.; Barretstown, Ireland; Bator Tabor, Hungary; Dynamo Camp, Italy; L'Envol, France; Jordan River Village, Israel; and Over the Wall, U.K.