At Hole in the Wall Camp, Families are Formed

Tesi'ah, 15, was in cheerleading practice when her cell phone started ringing repeatedly. She tried to concentrate on her cheers, but she couldn't stop looking at her phone, which was on the ground next to her. It lit up over and over again. It was her best friend, Dannielle, also 15. The two had met at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, where they attended summer camp for children with sickle cell anemia. The girls, who each have the inherited blood disorder that affects primarily African-Americans, later discovered they lived a short distance from one another, and their friendship grew.

Service Game: Tennis Ace Helps Sick Kids

For the past week and a half, tennis standout Danny Hirschberg experienced a thrill he said exceeded winning any match. And in this service game, he had no use for a racket. The former Staples star and rising sophomore at Brown University finally was old enough to serve as a counselor at The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in rural northeastern Connecticut, where his father, Andy, has volunteered for the past seven years.

Camp Challenge Ride Sets Ambitious Goal

The Simon Konover Co. kicked off its Camp Challenge Ride fundraising campaign by announcing a target of $100,000 for the annual charity cycling event to benefit The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp located in Ashford.

Clinton Man's Woodworking Kits Help Sick Kids

Robert Wilkins of Clinton can see beyond a child's illness -- right to the heart of the person lying there in a hospital bed, scared, sometimes isolated, and just waiting and hoping to be made well.

Man Sings and Strums to Raise Money for Sick Children

OGUNQUIT, Maine — With a smile stretched from ear to ear and his guitar in hand, James Orrigo is fund-raising to send a child with a serious illness to camp.

Hot Steamed Jazz Fest in Essex

The 13 jazz bands and performers brought together for the 20th Anniversary Hot Steamed Jazz Festival began playing Friday evening, and barely stopped for a breath until Sunday evening’s closing sets, to the delight of the record crowd. The non-profit Hot Steamed Jazz Festival donates proceeds to The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a summer camp that annually helps 20,000 children dealing with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other serious illnesses.

Jason Caron, Carri Wood True to their Roots

EAST FALMOUTH – While Monday's heavy rain washed out play at The Golf Club of Cape Cod, the Caron-Wood Charity Classic was still a victory for the tournament and the charities it supports. In its brief five-year history, the event has raised more than $150,000, awarded in the form of scholarships to local graduates, donations to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Bruins Foundation and the Cape Cod Junior Golf Association.

Morning Drive with Jason Sobal

GolfChannel.com Senior Writer Jason Sobel is in Cromwell, Connecticut this week for the Travelers Championship.

Newman's Question and a Camp's Resounding Answer

HARTFORD, Conn.-- At first, he panicked. “What if no one shows?” he asked out loud to no one in particular. “We built this for the kids, and what if they don’t come?” Actor-turned-philanthropist Paul Newman, whose visionary mind had just opened the doors in Ashford, Conn., to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for kids with life-threatening illnesses, seemingly had reason for concern. The fact was, Newman’s vision was slow out of the gate. But that was 25 years ago.

Camp Interviews with NBC-CT Reporter Dianna Russini

One of the charities benefiting from The Traveler's Championship is the late Paul Newman's camp for sick children. It's a special place where "kids can just be kids."

Booker "T's" It Up for Charity

SmackDown announcer and former six-time World Champion Booker T traded in his ring boots for golf shoes Wednesday when he competed in the 2012 Travelers Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament. The celebrity charity tournament was held at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., as part of the lead-up to the Travelers Championship PGA Tour event.

Junior Ambassador for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

Sanam Rastegar talks about why she chose to work with The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.

AngelRide: Cyclists Keep Pedaling for Kids

An avid cyclist, Dave King, looks for any excuse to ride. However, the Old Saybrook resident had a special reason to get his bike out this past Memorial Day weekend. For the second year in a row, King took part in AngelRide, a two-day bicycle ride across Connecticut. The ride begins in Norfolk, Connecticut’s Northwest corner, where teams bike 85 miles to The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT, founded in 1988 by actor Paul Newman to serve children with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening illnesses.

Kings Highway School Honored by Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

When Kings Highway School teachers and students collaborate for a cause, they do it with it gusto. The school's efforts to support the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp -- a camp for sick children founded by the late actor Paul Newman, a Westport resident -- have been recognized with an inaugural Kids for Camp Award from the charity.

Travelers Celebrates 60th Anniversary of the Travelers Championship

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Travelers is pleased to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Travelers Championship, which tees off with opening ceremonies on June 18 at 9:00 a.m. EDT at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. A spectacular field of some of the world’s top PGA TOUR professionals headlines the tournament including defending champion Fredrik Jacobson, Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Matt Kuchar, Ian Poulter, Charl Schwartzel, Vijay Singh, Padraig Harrington, Ryo Ishikawa and many others. The week includes great golf and entertainment for the entire family with 100 percent of net proceeds donated to more than 100 charities in the Northeast region including The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a summer camp for children coping with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other serious illnesses. The tournament has generated $29 million dollars for charity since its inception and will surpass the $30 million dollar mark with this year’s event.

Speedbowl & Mr. Rooter Partner with The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp

Waterford, CT — Waterford Speedbowl and Mr. Rooter of Connecticut are proud to announce a partnership with The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, founded by late actor and auto racing enthusiast Paul Newman.

Selectmen Proclaim Tessa Duke Day

“Theater has been my passion since I was five years old,” said Tessa Duke, about the interest that started when, as a kindergartener, she played a caterpillar in “Sleeping Beauty.” That interest continued even as a seventeen-year-old, when the senior at Fairfield Ludlowe High School earned the Girl Scout Gold Award by teaching theater to children at the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.

Push-up Competitors Pull Together to Send Sick Kids to Camp

Fitness Factory co-owner Andy Berman and teammate Emily Bass knock out push-ups at the gym Saturday in a Push-Up-Athon to raise money to send sick children to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp this summer.

Westport Fire Department Beats Police in Charity Push Up Competition

WESTPORT?--?The Westport Fire Department pushed themselves to a victory over the Westport Police Department in a two-hour charity push-up competition at The Fitness Factory of Westport on Saturday.

Bridget Moynahan, Anna Quindlen headline Women's Day at Travelers

Bridget Moynahan and best-selling author Anna Quindlen are coming to the Travelers Championship in Cromwell next month.

McDonagh, Bernstein to Play the Ike instead of Connecticut State Amateur

Tommy McDonagh was disappointed after tying for second place Tuesday in the Russell C. Palmer Cup. Still, with the Connecticut state amateur only one month away, the defending champion had to be buoyed by his performance.

Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Named Finalist in Toyota's 100 Cars for Good Program

Saturday, May 26 will be an exciting day for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, the camp founded by Paul Newman in Ashford, Conn. to serve children with cancer, sickle cell anemia and other life-threatening illnesses. Beginning at 10 a.m., friends of the Camp will have the opportunity to vote for the charity to win a new Toyota.

Media Advisory: AngelRide Cyclists Cross Connecticut for Paul Newman’s Camp

Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp Named Finalist in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good Program

Sports Commentary 5/2/12 by Scott Gray

The Travelers Championship is, of course, a professional golf tournament, but it’s about so much more than golf, it’s about community, and over $30 million the proceeds from the tournament have poured into hundreds of local charities as it celebrates it’s 60th birthday.