To the editors:
–The decision to sell the camp was a two-year process originally recommended as part of a long range planning process that took three years. In fact, the decision to sell was delayed a year to give the members who thought the camp could be made self-sustaining a full season to demonstrate that. Sadly, with their best efforts operating costs could not be covered, let alone needed capital costs.
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–The site was appraised when that process was begun and the appraisal was updated by a letter of opinion before the final price was set.
–The YWCA continues to make available a camping program, at an Illinois site, for kids in its programs. As a matter of fact for the next two weeks some 200 school-age students will be participating in YWCA-sponsored camp programs.
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Our purpose in writing the Forest Beach story was to shed as much light as possible on an issue in which we firmly believe there is great public interest.
