Stamp Camp USA | Staff/Volunteers Where kids learn through stamps! Laurie A. Kring, Executive Director Laurie assumed the leadership of Stamp Camp USA in 2011 when founder and then Executive Director Cheryl Edgcomb retired. Born and raised in Jeddo, Michigan, Laurie has led an active home life raising seven children who now have seven kids of their own while serving in numerous community positions as well. She has always been involved with church, music and youngsters, whether it be in her role as Sunday school teacher, guitarist, singer, choir director, Christian education board member, or frequent school volunteer for a variety of projects including assisting the high school track team. Laurie was the acting secretary for the Grant Township, Michigan Board and was herself elected to a Board position. She and her husband Michael have been in Elkland, PA since 2006. Laurie is currently a Board member of Parkhurst Presbyterian Church and Secretary for the Borough of Elkland. She loves to travel and has extensively visited most mid-west states, Florida, Arizona and Canada. Her most recent overseas trip was to Japan in 2008. Laurie is assisted in her daily duties with personnel provided by Experience Works- Pennsylvania or funded through occasional grant projects designated for administrative personnel management. Twilla Wood is the current Experience Works part-time office assistant without whom headquarters simply could not function as smoothly as it does! Stamp Camp USA additionally relies on many community and regional volunteers who support the program's goals and mission year round. Among them are: Linda L. Cox Linda L. Cox has been a part of Stamp Camp USA since the programs beginning. Serving as a community volunteer, Linda first became directly involved in an advisory capacity, helping to appropriately structure the organization's materials and program donations. Linda was part of the international stamp show, Washington 2006. She was on the instructional committee for Stamp Camp USA. Linda became directly involved with children during the Kid's Camps that were a part of the major philatelic event. Now assisting campers across the country with three-dimensional creative and traditional stamp exhibiting, Linda's growing experience and stamp camp program knowledge has led her to becoming one of the key community leaders and champions for Stamp Camp USA. In November 2007, after extending several thousand volunteer hours devoted to Stamp Camp USA behind-the-scenes administration and Kid's Camp instruction, Linda became the first community volunteer to receive Stamp Camp USA's premier Community Volunteer of the Year award, presented by the Stamp Camp USA board of directors and CEO. Becky Squier Becky Squier began her postal career in 1974 as a part-time flexible clerk and since then has held various postal positions, including City Carrier and Officer-In-Charge for numerous postal facilities. In 1983, she was appointed postmaster at Montandon, Pennsylvania, were she has enjoyed serving her customers and community for the past 22 years. Postmaster Squier has been involved with children’s programs for many years, including serving as the Zip Code 178 Area Stamp Club Coordinator. She has sponsored two local stamp clubs and has been an active philatelist with the Stamp Camp USA Program since its inception. Pamela Williams Pam has been a part of Stamp Camp USA's community volunteer’s roster for the past several years. Serving as a Kid's Camp instructor and program facilitator, Pam has devoted many volunteer hours to helping spread the joys of stamp collecting to kids across Pennsylvania. Pam conducted the first stamp camp program activities in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and continues to assist at various camps as they are scheduled across the state. As postmaster of Newville, Pennsylvania, Pam continues to work on behalf of Stamp Camp USA, where she is presently part of the 2008 Pennsylvania National Association of Postmasters State Convention Stamp Camp USA Committee. Joe and Janet Contento Mr. and Mrs. Contento became active as community volunteers for Stamp Camp USA in 2007 when first asked to assist with a youth design pictorial postmark contest sponsored by Stamp Camp USA. Upon learning about the many ways, volunteers can assist with Stamp Camp USA programs and activities, this couple soon became supportive volunteers who help with administrative operations at the National Headquarters office, as well as assisting with materials and donations management projects. Joe, a collector and member of the Elmira New York Stamp Club, has served as a guest judge for Kid's Camps, while Janet has served as an assistant Kid's Camp instructor. Presently, both are assisting with administrative and donations management operations at Stamp Camp USA headquarters. Denise L. Stotts Denise has been collecting stamps since childhood and being married to a fellow collector, Jay Stotts, has continued the hobby throughout her life. She has been involved with organized philately for over 25 years, having served in various offices for several stamp clubs, as show chairperson for over 12 years in Houston, Texas, and as secretary for the Ohio Postal History Society. She is a director-at-large for the American Philatelic Society and a director of the American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors, the United States Stamp Society, the Texas Philatelic Association, and Women Exhibitors. A gold medal-winning exhibitor herself, having won for her thematic exhibit on Japanese Art and several other one frame exhibits, Denise has volunteered to serve Stamp Camp USA as a philatelic adult leader instructor, Kid's Camp instructor, and exhibit mentor. Along with community volunteer Linda Cox and Stamp Camp USA CEO Cheryl Edgcomb, Denise has attended a weeklong training conference at the Cayman Islands, as part of Stamp Camp USA's philatelic international outreach efforts. Carl E. Cox Carl came to us in January of 2009. He started out sorting and filling activity pages. Then he began assembling activity packets. Before long, he was handling the incoming mail each day, logging the donations, and sending out the acknowledgments. Carl was Superintendent of Public Works for a local government agency for 11½ years before purchasing his own business in 2004. He has a lot of experience with coordinating work projects to get the most production from the least amount of time. At our annual appreciation luncheon in the fall of 2009, Carl was announced Stamp Camp USA’s Community Volunteer of the Year.

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