Applications for Peace Camp 2013 will be available online, in the schools, and at Clark County libraries after the Easter Hoiday
Peace Camp will be held at Lagonda Elementary from June 10th through the 14th
Dr. Estrop voted Sweetest of Springfield!
The Superintendent of Springfield City Schools, Dr. David Estrop, was voted the Sweetest of Springfield by attendees atthe 8th Annual Sweetness of Peace event. This fundraiser benefits the Springfield Peace Center by sponsering children for its annual Peace Camp. Other local celebrities who were vying for the title were: last year's winner Winkie Mitchell of Rockinghorse Center; The executive director of the Springfield Museum of Art, Ann Fortescue; The Director of Admissions at Clark State Community College, Corey Holliday; The Clark County Commissioner, Rick Lohnes.
Wonderful deserts were provided by some of the areas finest caterers. Including: Cake Creations, Current Cuisine, Coliers Family Restaraunt, Mela Urban Bistro, Peirson's, Simply Delicious, and Sodexo
The crowd was entertained by members of the Children's Symphony Orchestra
COME TO THE SWEETNESS OF PEACE
Our "Sweetness of Peace" annual fundraiser will be held from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, February 10th in 105 Shouvlin on the Wittenberg University Campus. Celebrities will vie for the title of "Sweetest of Springfield" while everyone enjoys desserts donated by the city's finest caterers. Last year's winner, Winkie Mitchell from Rocking Horse Center will be back to defend her crown. Tickets are $10 a piece. Each ticket provides the purchaser with 10 desserts. The Children's Symphony Orchestra will be performing. Hope to see you there!
Peace Camp and Mediation Training 2012 are Now Full
Thank you for your insterest in Peace Camp. To ensure your child a place in next year's camp please apply as soon as the applications are available. (Typically the first week after Easter)
Peace Camp and Mediation Training Applications Now Available Here
We can only accept the first 225 applicants to Peace Camp after which there will be a waiting list.
Click Here for the Peace Camp Application
Click Here for the Mediation Training Application
Peace Camp 2012
Peace Camp 2012 will be held at Lagonda Elementary June 11-15th. The first 225 children ages 4 through sixth grade to apply will be accepted. There will be an emphasis on bully prevention as well as the usual themes of conflict management, self esteem and appreciation of differences.
The Teen Mediation training will be held June 4th and 5th from 9am -3:30 pm at 105 Shouvlin, Wittenberg University. Students from 7-12th grade can receive community service hours and be trained in mediation by the Peace Center, the city of Springfield Mediation service and the Clark County Common Pleas Court Mediation Service. The students will then help in the classes during Peace Camp week.
APPLICATIONS FOR THE PEACE CAMP AND THE TEEN MEDIATION TRAINING WILL BE AVAILABLE ON LINE, AT THE SCHOOLS AND IN THE CLARK COUNTY LIBRARIES AFTER EASTER.
Winkie Mitchell, repesenting Rocking Horse Center, selected "Sweetest of Springfield."
The Sweetness of Peace fundraiser was very successful on Feb. 12 with Winkie Mitchell, repesenting Rocking Horse Center, selected "Sweetest of Springfield."
COME TO THE SWEETNESS OF PEACE
Our "Sweetness of Peace" fundraiser will be hel from 2pm to 4pm on Sunday, February 12th in 105 Shouvlin on the Wittenberg University Campus. Celebrities will vie for the title of "Sweetest of Springfield" while everyone enjoys desserts donated by the city's finest caterers. Last year's winner, Police Chief Steven Moody will be back to defend his crown. Tickets are $10 a piece of 5 for $45. Each ticket provides the purchaser with 10 desserts. Entertainment and door prizes will be provided. Hope to see you there!
Peace Camp and Mediation Training 2011 are Now Full
Thank you for your insterest in Peace Camp. To ensure your child a place in next year's camp please apply as soon as the applications are available. (Typically the first week after Easter)
Peace Camp 2011 will be June 13th-17th at Lagonda Elementary
Peace Camp 2011 will be June 13th-17th at Lagonda Elementary 800 E. McCreight. This is the 25th anniversary of Peace Camp!! Each day of the Camp has a special focus.
The first day is building self-esteem and listening to each other. Day 2 is celebrating differences and helping hands. Day 3 focuses on learning conflict management skills and
using I Care language. Being a Peacemaker and caring for each others feelings is the theme of day four. Care of the Earth and taking responsibility is the final days' theme.
WE ARE GOING GREEN with a smaller newsletter. It would help tremendously for you to Sponsor A Child for Camp so we can keep it free. (See the form on the back of the newsletter) We are looking forward to having our
annual Mediation Puppet Show given by Nancy Flinchbaugh and Steve Schlather.
Students completing Mediation Training through the Peace Center and Springfield Mediation Center on June 9th and 11th will assist in the classes during Camp.
Peace Camp 2011
Applications for Peace Camp 2011(June 13-17, 2011) and the Teen Mediation Training (June 9 & 11) will be available on line and in the libraries around Easter time.
Sweetest of Springfield
Springfield Police Chief Stephen Moody was selected "Springfield's Sweetest" at the sixth annual Sweetness of Peace fundraiser held Sunday, Feb. 13th in Shouvlin Center, Wittenberg. The event is sponsored by the Springfield Peace Center and all proceeds go to "sponsoring" children for the annual Peace Camp to be held June 13-17th.
Other celebrity presenters besides Chief Moody were City Commissioner Joyce Chilton, Health Commissioner Charles Patterson, Business Manager for Springfield City Schools, Michael Whitfield and Director of Operations/Education for the Springfield Symphony, Robyn Zimmann. They participated in a somewhat lighthearted competition to be named "Springfield's Sweetest".
Donating wonderful desserts for the event were area caterers, Amy Bard Catering, Cake Creations, Colliers, Current Cuisine, Mela's Urban Bistro, Peirsons, Simply Delicious, and Sodexo (Wittenberg Catering). The Springfield Youth Symphony Orchestra provided entertainment.
The event is always held on the Sunday closest to Valentine's Day so plan to attend next year.
Peace Camp 2010 is Now Full
The Waiting List is Now Also Full
Thank you for your insterest in Peace Camp. To ensure your child a place in next years camp please apply as soon as the applications are available. (Typically the first week after Easter)
PEACE CAMP 2010
PEACE CAMP 2010 will be held June 14-18th at Snowhill Elementary School. Teen Mediation Training will be held June 9-10 at 105 Shouvlin, Wittenberg University. Register your child for Peace Camp 2010 or your teen for Mediation by filling out an application. Applications for both of these free activities are now available on this web site, through the schools and at the public library.
Sweetest of Springfield
Congratulations to City Commissioner Joyce Chilton the winner of the recent 2010 SWEETNESS OF PEACE fundraiser.
A Great Valentine Date...
Sunday, February 14th from 2:00 to 4:00PM you can enjoy delicious desserts furnished
by some of the area's finest caterers. The fifth annual Sweetness of Peace
fundraiser will take place in 105 Shouvlin Center on the Wittenberg University
Campus. A $10 tax-deductible ticket will enable you to sample ten desserts,
enjoy music provided the Springfield Dulcimer Group and vote for Sweetest of Springfield.
Vying for this "coveted" title are City Comm. Joyce Chilton, last year's winner
Mayor Warren Copeland, City Comm. Karen Duncan, County Comm. John Detrick and Sherriff Gene Kelly.
Some of the caterers donating desserts include Amy Bard Catering, Cake Creations,
Collier's Family Restaurant, Current Cuisine, Méla Urban Bistro, Piersons,
Simply Delicious, Sodexho and The Candy Shop. All proceeds from this event will
go to support the Springfield Peace Camp in June 2010. Tickets will be available at the door,
from any Springfield Peace Center Board Member, or by calling 937-327-3977.
Peace Camp 2009 is Now Full
The Waiting List is Also Full
Thank you for your insterest in Peace Camp. To ensure your child a place in next years camp please apply as soon as the applications are available. (Typically the first week after Easter)
Sign Up for Peace Camp 2009
Peace Camp 2009 will be June 22nd-26th at Lagonda Elementary School in Springfield. Applications are now available at public library locations and online from this website.
Applications are available here.
13th Annual Mediation Training
Attention all 7th - 12th graders: The Springfield Peace Center will be having its 13th annual mediation training workshop June 17th and 18th at 105 Shouvlin - Wittenberg University. Training will begin at 9AM and last until 3:30PM.
Applications are available here.
Peace Camp 2009
Peace Camp 2009 will be June 22nd-26th at Lagonda Elementary School in Springfield. Applications will be available after Easter through the Schools, at public library locations and online from this website. Teen Mediation Training will be held June 17th and 18th at 105 Shouvlin Wittenberg University. Mediation Training applications will be available after Easter.
Mayor Warren Copeland Voted "Sweetest of Springfield"
The recent sweetness of peace fundraiser at wittenberg university was successful. Thank you to the celebrity presenters:
Mayor Warren Copeland, County Commisioner John Detrick, City Commissioner Karen Duncan, County Sherrif Gene Kelly, and City Commisioner Orphus Taylor who all vied for the title "Sweetest of Springfield". Thanks also to the wonderful caterers who volunteered deserts for the event: Amy Bard Catering, Cake Creations, Collier's Family Restaurant, Current Cuisine, Mela's Urban Bistro, Piersons, Simply Delicious and Sodexo. Thank you to the Springfield Dulcimer Club for providing musical entertainment.
COME TO THE SWEETNESS OF PEACE
Vote for the celebrity you like and taste desserts from the areas' best
caterers at the fourth annual Sweetness of Peace fundraiser held from 2-4
p.m. at 105 Shouvlin, Wittenberg University on Sunday, February 8th. Tickets
are $10 or 5 for $40 and are tax deductible. Each ticket enables you to a
sample of 10 different desserts and lets you vote for "Sweetest of
Springfield". All of the money raised goes toward the week long summer
Peace Camp in June. The Peace Center needs to raise money to keep the Peace
Camp free so ALL children can attend. If you have questions call the
Springfield Peace Center at (937)327-3977. If you are unable to attend but
wish to donate to the fundraiser send your tax deductible donation to
Springfield Peace Center P. O. Box 571 Springfield, Ohio 45501
Parent Caregiver Group
The Parent Caregiver group has begun meeting monthly on the second Friday of each month at noon. Meetings are held at the Springfield Peace Center 224 W. College. with facilitator Peggy Hannah. Any parent caregiver is welcome to attend. For more information call Nanci at (937) 327-3977
Leadership Club
Leadership Club continues at the Sherman Court Springfield Metropolitan Housing site.
Recent topics for the club have included the five "I Care" rules, Diversity in the classroom,
and the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
PEACE CARDS
Think about giving Peace Cards for the holidays this year. Anyone you choose will receive a beautiful holiday card which includes a CD of holiday music from other lands. All proceeds go to Peace Camp. Simply send your donation to Springfield Peace Center P>O> Box 571 Springfield, Ohio 45501 and the name and address of who you want the card and CD sent to and we will send them off a couple of weeks before the holidays.
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW
Alternatives To Violence classes will begin again at several Springfield elementary schools this fall.
The Leadership Club at Springfield Metropolitan Housing's Sherman Court location continues weekly. They will be getting school supplies for their classrooms soon and are working on anger management and bullying issues.
PEACE CAMP 2008
Peace Camp 2008 was a huge success. We had more children register than ever before--242--and there was a waiting list. The children collected over 420 cans for their community project-the Sarah and Reese Kibler Memorial Canned Food Drive in which food is donated to a local food pantry. Our parent/caregiver discussion group was active at Camp this year. In fact, this discussion group will meet all year long. For more information on joining this group call the Peace Center at (937)327-3977. There were two Mediation Training held prior to Peace Camp. The Peace Center combined with Springfield Mediation and Clark County Common Pleas Court Mediation to train 41 students from Springfield North and South High Schools. Since these schools are merging into one school this year, these 41 students will be the foundation of the new combined mediation program. Another training in June at Wittenberg University trained 27 other area teens in mediation skills. These students helped mediate disputes during Peace Camp and performed a mediation role play.
WHO IS THE SWEETEST OF SPRINGFIELD???
You can find out at the third annual SWEETNESS OF PEACE FUNDRAISER to be held Sunday, February 10th at 105 Shouvlin, Wittenberg University. Your tax deductible donation of $10 a ticket or 5 for $40 will enable you to have a serving of 10 different desserts donated by area caterers. Those caterers include All About You, Ambrosia, Cake Creations, Colliers, Current Cuisine, Desserts and More and Simply Delicious. Your ticket will then be used to vote for one of our "Celebrity Presenters" as "Sweetest of Springfield". Celebrity presenters this year include Mayor Warren Copeland, County Commissioner John Detrick(who is defending his crown from last year), Medical Director of Rocking Horse Center, Dr. James Duffee, City Commissioner Karen Duncan,
Sheriff Gene Kelly, and City Commissioner Orphus Taylor. The Peace Center appreciates the support of all of these community leaders. Tickets will be available at the door, from the Peace Center Board Members or you can hold tickets by sending your tax deductible donation of $10 per ticket or 5 for $40. to The Springfield Peace Center, P.O. Box 571, Springfield, Ohio, 45501. All of the donations will be used to help fund the annual Peace Camp to be held this year at Perrin Woods Elementary, June 9-13.
Peace Camp 2007
Peace Camp 2007 was a great success with over 225 students signed up including a waiting list of students. Our trained mediators helped in the classrooms and presented an actual mediation to the older children. Our parent class was very diverse and all of the parents/caregivers enjoyed exchanging ideas. There were over 300 people who attended our picnic/fair on Thursday evening of Peace Camp to see what the children had learned during the week. A great potluck dinner was enjoyed by all and everyone enjoyed the Silent Auction. Our community project, collecting cans for food pantries, was in memory of Sara and Reece Kibler and the Campers donated more cans than ever--420--to benefit two food pantries.
Peace Camp 2007
Peace Camp 2007 will be held at Perrin Woods Elementary from June 18 - 22.
Application forms are now available on this web site
Sweetest of Springfield -- John Detrick
Congratulations to county commisioner John Detrick who won the Sweetest of Springfield title from Karen Duncan at the second annual Sweetness of Peace fundraiser held Feb. 11th at Wittenberg University. Proceeds from the event will go toward the Adopt a Child program for Peace Camp 2007.
Upcoming -- Sweetness of Peace Event
Can Commishioner Karen Duncan defend her "Sweetest of Springfield"
crown? On Sunday, February 11th, 2007, from 2-4 PM in 105 Shouvlin at
Wittenburg University you can find out. Guest caterers from Springfield
and the county will present delicious desserts for tasting, served by
guest "Sweetness Celebrities" servers. Attendees can vote for "Sweetest
of Springfield" by placing tokens in a dish by the "Celebrity Server"
of their choice. Tickets are $10 each and you will receive tokens to
try all of the desserts. Tickets are available through the Peace Center
at 224 West College, or you can have tickets mailed to you by sending
your check to Springfield Peace Center, PO Box 571, Springfield, OH
45501. All donations are tax deductible and will be used to fund Peace
Camp 2007.
20th Peace Camp Huge Success!!!
The 20th annual Peace Camp, held June 12-16 at Perrin Woods Elementary
School, brought hundreds of former Peace Campers together. The picnic /
fair on Thursday, June 15, showcased projects made by the children and
special quilts and flags made for the 20th anniversary celebration.
Former Peace Center directors, Shirley Wuchter, Susan McKinney, and
Peggy Hanna, spoke at the Peace Fair. An all kazoo band featuring
present and former Peace Campers entertained the gathering. A very
successful silent auction led by Steve Schlather was held to raise
money for Camp. Our Peace Camp was covered by the television stations
and the Springfield News Sun.
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