News & Press Releases
Bradley Cooper Joins Camp’s Board of Directors
Bradley Cooper, who volunteered as a cabin counselor for seriously ill children at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in the summer of 2006, has joined the organization’s Board of Directors to help carry the torch left behind by founder Paul Newman.
11th Annual AngelRide Raises More than $400,000 for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Hospital Outreach Program
Team Hole in the Wall Runners Due to Surpass $410,000 at Boston Marathon
Great Pumpkin Challenge to Return to Main Street
Rising Newtown High School sophomore Mackenzie Page is planning to issue her yearly challenge to Newtown again this fall, in the hopes that The Great Pumpkin Challenge will enhance the tradition of celebrating Halloween on Main Street. This week Mackenzie said her decision last year to donate part of the donations to The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp, Paul Newman’s nonprofit organization for seriously ill children, will be furthered this fall with all of the collected money going to the camp.
Baldwin Carries on Newman’s Legacy at Camp for Ill Kids
After a chance introduction by a mutual friend more than two decades ago, Alec Baldwin dedicated much of his rare free time to helping Paul Newman fulfill his dream of making the lives of some children just a little brighter.
10th Annual AngelRide Raised More than $700,000 for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Hospital Outreach Program
Learn about The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
The Travelers Championship donates 100 percent of its net profits to a number of charities, including the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. Tim Lammers talks all about the camp.
Meet Cameron Merritt from Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
Fox CT’s Tim Lammers sat down with Cameron Merritt, a camper from The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp, which is a partner with Travelers, title sponsor of the Travelers Championship.
Weekend of Hot Steamed Jazz in Essex
The annual Hot Steamed Jazz Festivalreturns to the Essex Steam Train venue, Friday through Sunday, June 21-23. The group's board of directors has announced that this year's festivities will benefit The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, founded by the late Westport actor Paul Newman, for children with cancer or serious blood diseases.
Travelers: An Inspiring Open at TPC River Highlands
The star of Monday's opening ceremonies of the Travelers Golf Championship at TPC River Highlands was 11-year-old Cameron Merritt. Merritt was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin's Lymphoma when in kindergarten. He talked about the battles he went through, including the surgeries and the chemotherapy. "I wore my Red Sox cap to cover my bald head," he said. He also talked about his times at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a place established by actor Paul Newman for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. "When I go to camp it's the most wonderful time of the year," he said. "I hope to be a counselor one day."
Best of the West 2013: The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp
You can debate the placement of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid among Hollywood’s greatest westerns, but few films can match its remarkable legacy. Besides winning four Academy Awards and earning a spot among the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest Movies, it inspired Robert Redford to create the Sundance Film Festival and costar Paul Newman to found the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
Jason Sonski: Fairfield Road Races About Fund-Raising, Fitness
Thousands of runners will line up next weekend to be part of the two-day annual Stratton Faxon Fairfield Road Races at Jennings Beach. The "signature" charity of the Fairfield races the past few years continues to be Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
Fundraiser's First "Angel" REturns to Help Others
James Krupienski has a challenging Memorial Day weekend ahead with the 136-mile AngelRide. Now in its 10th year, AngelRide is a two-day charity bicycle ride, with 100 percent of the donations going to benefit the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Hospital Outreach Program.
Vernon Resident to Take Part in AngelRide
James Krupienski has a challenging Memorial Day weekend ahead with the 136-mile AngelRide. Now in its 10th year, AngelRide is a two-day charity bicycle ride, with 100 percent of the donations going to benefit the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Hospital Outreach Program.
Cause Celeb: Bridget Moynahan
Moynahan is speaking at the Social Innovation Summit 2013 at the United Nations headquarters in New York May 29. She’ll be talking about her work with Connecticut’s The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. Founded in 1988 by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman, the camp (which is free of charge) is for children who are seriously ill.
Road Race Benefits Hole in Wall, Other Charities
The Fairfield Road Races are a non-profit organization that, with the help of its participants, has contributed over $4 million to non-profit groups in the past.
Race Director Steve Lobdell said “This past year alone a record amount of over $400,000 was raised for the Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Operation Gift Cards, John Patrick Flanagan Foundation, Fairfield YMCA and a number of other local charities.”
Thank You Westport
As Westporters we all know a bit about the Hole in the Wall Camp. On Thursday, Jimmy Canton, the Camp’s CEO, told Y’s Men of Westport-Weston all about it and thanked the community for its support.
Run Inspired with Team Hole in the Wall at the Fairfield Half Marathon or Event of Your Choice - Redefine Your Personal Goals
Run with Team Hole in the Wall at the Fairfield Half Marathon or 5K in June and help celebrate The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp’s 25th Anniversary.
A Camper and His Counselor Stick Together
Bridget Moynahan Shares Camp's "Healing Feeling"
Paul Newman's Camp Debuts "Healing Feeling"
Thomas Beeby Named 2013 Driehaus Prize Laureate
A member of the “Chicago Seven,” architect Thomas Beeby, FAIA, took home the 2013 Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of Notre Dame to become the prize’s 11th laureate. Beeby’s notable designs include the Harold Washington Library Center in Chicago; the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, Conn.; Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy; and the Rice Building at the Art Institute in Chicago.
Newman's Gang: Celebrating 25 Years
Ask anyone involved with the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp why, twenty-five years ago, Paul Newman came up with the idea, and he or she will tell you that Newman wanted to found a place where kids could “raise a little hell,” regardless of their life-limiting conditions. A visit to the Camp in Ashford, Connecticut, reveals that it’s the perfect place to do just that.
American College of Physicians - Connecticut Chapter Recognizes Local Physicians
For the Connecticut Chapter’s Volunteerism and Community Service Award winner, Richard Kayne, MD of Woodbridge, engagement had deeply personal roots. His son, a survivor of osteosarcoma, attended Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in 1995.
