Buddies Intensive Camper Program
For adolescents with special needs, ages 12-15
$680/week
Important Notice! In an effort to keep the integrity and effectiveness of our special programs such as Special Needs Campers (40), Buddies Intensive (8), Junior Camp Counselors (12), and Yak Apprentice (12) there will be a cap for participants each week, noted in parentheses. Once the cap is reached, a wait list will be generated. Please don’t wait to register because these programs fill up fast!
Registration Opens April 17th at Noon
Buddies Intensive Camper Program
For adolescents with special needs, ages 12-15
$680/week
Important Notice! In an effort to keep the integrity and effectiveness of our special programs such as Special Needs Campers (40), Buddies Intensive (8), Junior Camp Counselors (12), and Yak Apprentice (12) there will be a cap for participants each week, noted in parentheses. Once the cap is reached, a wait list will be generated. Please don’t wait to register because these programs fill up fast!
Registration Opens April 17th at Noon
Camp Yakety Yak Board of Directors
Executive Board
Board
President
Cynthia Stinson
Cynthia has been an Advisory Board Member since 2016 and became the Board President in 2019. Cynthia was involved in the field of victim services for over 25 years and served clients directly as well as being an administrator of state and federal grant funds and leader in the formation and implementation of public policy at the Oregon Department of Justice. Cynthia also served several years as a Legislative Coordinator for the Department of Human Services and now works as the Director of Data, Operations and Grant Management at the Department of Education. In addition to her work with Camp Yakety Yak, Cynthia serves on the Advisory Board for the National Crime Victim Law Institute and on the Advisory Committee for the Department of Corrections Facilitated Dialogue Program. She is a longtime member of the Willamette Master Chorus.
Cynthia and her husband John live in Salem and have three spirited children who attend Camp Yakety Yak. This is their 9th year as campers.
Vice
President
Randy Blackburn
Treasurer
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Jill Vogt
Jill has been leading educational programs, improvements, teams, and projects for over fifteen years. She started out in financial services, earned an MBA, and then transitioned into education with Amplify Learning, where she partnered with districts and educators across the country using digital literacy and math programs to improve learning outcomes
She has been an independent consultant in Oregon for the past 10 years and has held roles at Portland Public Schools, including Director in System Planning and Performance. Jill lives in Lake Oswego with her husband and two girls.
Secretary
Parent
Advisor
Kim Funge
Andrew Wyse
Andrew has just recently joined the Board this year. He has one nine year old son who has been attending camp for the three years, and has worked in IT for his entire career. Andrew lives in Tualatin with his son and learned about the camp from a friend from his son's preschool and after a wonderful first year there he was eager to help out however he could.
