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Camp Cooper
& The Cooper Center
for Environmental Learning

 
 
 
Phase I of our Master Plan is fully funded!
That's right! Our goal of raising $500,000 to build new bathroom and shower facilities was met, and exceeded, last week thanks to donations large and small from our dedicated Camp Cooper supporters.

With your help, we have raised $579,155 for construction, which doesn't include $39,575 originally raised for planning and design. All told, we have raised $618,730 for new bathrooms & showers - a record-breaking investment in our facility that enables us to confidently move forward with construction and sets a strong precedent for future facilities fundraising.

 
We are grateful for your support.
The changes we are about to make will last for generations, ensuring that Camp Cooper becomes more accommodating, sustainable, and inspirational. To everyone who donated, shared our (many) appeals, or rooted for our success, know that we are so grateful for (and humbled by) your support.
 
What happens next?
The project is now out to bid.

On Tuesday March 9th, the TUSD Governing Board unanimously agreed to send our project out to bid.

Our architects at Swaim Associates will present the project to bidders this month and we expect to select and submit a bid for approval by the TUSD Governing Board at their April 13th meeting.
Groundbreaking ahead!

Once a bid is selected and approved, it's full speed ahead to construction. 

Our hope is to complete construction before the beginning of our fall programs later this year. 

Stay tuned for our groundbreaking ceremony slated for April.
 
 
The TEP Solar-Shaded Classroom

A special thanks to Tucson Electric Power for helping to underwrite our solar-shaded classroom, a gateway to outdoor adventures at Camp Cooper.

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has provided funds to build a solar-shaded outdoor classroom area adjoining our new bathroom & shower complex, which will serve as a gateway to hiking trails where many of our educational programs take place.

If the bidding and construction process remains on schedule, we are eager to unveil our new solar-shaded classroom, along with sustainable bathrooms and showers, this fall.

 
 
 
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
 
The Cooper Center for Environmental Learning, an outreach program of the University of Arizona College of Education, sits on the traditional homelands of the Tohono O’odham and Pascua Yaqui, who have stewarded this land from time immemorial. Aligning with Cooper Center’s and the University’s core value of a diverse and inclusive community, it is an institutional responsibility for us to recognize, represent, and acknowledge the ancestors, people, culture, and history our community resides on.
 

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