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Camp For Grieving Children Scheduled at NYPA Visitors Center Contact: April 21, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NORTH BLENHEIM—The admission-free visitors center at the New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) Blenheim-Gilboa Pumped Storage Power Project will play host to a camp for grieving children on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4. The two-day “Camp Forget-Me-Not” will be conducted by representatives from the Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care. The camp is open to all children in grades Kindergarten through 12 in Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie Counties who have suffered the loss of a loved one. For more information, and to register, please contact Laurie Schacher or Patricia Bachman, camp co-directors, at (518) 234-7611 by April 25. The visitors center will be open as usual on May 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center is located on Route 30, 17 miles south of Middleburgh and five miles north of Grand Gorge. About NYPA: ■ NYPA uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy-efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation’s largest state-owned electric utility, with 18 generating facilities in various parts of the state and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. |
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