SKAGIT BIGFOOT FEST SUPPORTS THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY

 Children of the Valley is an after-school program. They provide a positive, caring, and supportive environment for children of low-income families that values and respects each child’s God given potential, while offering a variety of cultural enrichment activities as well as academic support. 

 Since 2006, Children of the Valley has been at the forefront of local efforts to ensure that children in need are given equal opportunity to learn, feel supported, and thrive in all aspects of their young lives. We believe that every action taken on behalf of these children – positive word-of-mouth, donation, sponsorship, or volunteer hours – starts a ripple of change that reaches far and wide. It is our goal to positively impact the lives of the children and families we serve, creating a better future for us all. 

Their purpose is to create empowering, adaptive year-round programs for children and their families living with life-altering medical conditions, free of charge. Their foundational pillars are safety, friendship, inclusion, equity, and fun. 

 Camp Korey is named for Korey Rose, a vivacious teen who lost his battle with bone cancer at age eighteen.  His father, Tim Rose, founded Camp Korey in 2005 with his family to honor Korey’s memory and create a safe haven for other families dealing with childhood illness and serious medical conditions.  Paul Newman’s SeriousFun Camps, which he established in 1988, inspired Tim to extend the privilege of “raising a little hell” to kids in the Northwest.  Camp Korey operated as an “on-the-road” program for three years before moving to the City of Carnation in June 2008 and launching into its first two camper sessions just two weeks later. In the summer of 2016 Camp Korey purchased a 200-acre property in Mount Vernon with plans to expand conditions and numbers served.