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Lakewood Camping Resort To Present “Labor Of Love” Essay Contest For Grand Strand Area Residents Without Jobs - Aug 14, 2009
Lakewood Camping Resort has been known for their community involvement since they opened in 1959, and this Labor Day weekend, the Resort will help 110 less fortunate Grand Strand families enjoy the Labor Day holiday weekend through the “Labor of Love” contest.
Beginning Monday, August 17, Lakewood invites any Grand Strand area resident, who has been without a job for at least six months and is actively looking for a job, to submit an essay describing why his or her family deserves a Labor Day vacation at Lakewood Camping Resort. Individuals can also submit an essay for a friend or neighbor who has been without work for six months and is in need of a positive opportunity in their lives.
Typed essays should be 500 to 750 words in length and can be submitted by email essay@Lakewoodcampground.com dropped off at the Resort front desk; or mailed to Lakewood Camping Resort Essay Contest, 5901 South Kings Hwy., Myrtle Beach, S.C., 29575. All entries will be verified for authenticity. The deadline for entries is Friday, August 28, 2009.
Lakewood Camping Resort representatives will read all submitted essays and select 110 winning essays. The winners will be contacted by phone on September 1 for more information on their very special Labor Day Weekend at the Camping Resort, Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7.
Winning families will be provided with a Lakewood camp site and will enjoy amenities such as a private beach area for Lakewood guests, a beachfront playground, an indoor-heated swimming pool and spa, five stocked fresh water lakes, golf cart rentals, an arcade with electronic and table-top games for children. Each winning family will also receive the Family Value Fun Pass to provide each family member with unlimited access to the Resort’s hippo slide, paddle boats, bicycles, water wars balloon games, kayaks and canoes, pedal boats, mini-golf and bicycle rentals. Lakewood will also provide a free meal for the families on Saturday and Sunday evenings and tickets to the Saturday night performance of High Steppin’ Country Show in the amphitheater. Graham Golf Cars has agreed to also provide each family with a golf cart for the weekend. Winning families will need to bring camping equipment, RV and or tent for the site.
“We have been blessed with a great 2009 season and the ‘Labor of Love’ is our way of giving back to our fellow residents of the Grand Strand who have suffered in the economy by the loss of their jobs,” said Shannon Gomer, chairman of the board at Lakewood Camping Resort. “Labor Day weekend traditionally signals the end of the summer and the start of the new school year. We want to help 110 area families make a fresh start this fall.”
