The Mark and Judy Pallett Scholarship Fund is a not for profit endowment established in 2001 to honor Mark and Judy Pallett, Wildwoods first Executive Directors, who served from 1989 to 2001.  The Endowment is intended to help fulfill their dream of making a camp experience available to deserving urban youth who could not otherwise afford a Wildwood Experience, and to provide on-going financial support for the Summer Learning Program. 

Purpose
The purpose of the Fund is to secure, by financial or other means, the benefits to support the Summer Learning Program and to allow urban youth an opportunity to experience the wonders of living and learning in the outdoors whose personal or family resources are not adequate to cover the cost of tuition.

The Summer Learning Program serves 550 to 600 urban youth over a five week period each summer.  The youth are recruited through the Kansas City Missouri School District, Charter Schools and Parochial Schools through the Greater Kansas City area.

Additional information on how to make a contribution to the endowment can be found on the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation website, www.gkccf.org, using their Donors Edge link.

What Has the Endowment accomplished thus far?
Since 2000, 5 percent of the Mark & Judy Pallett Endowment, managed by the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, has been released to support Wildwood’s Summer Learning Program.  Currently, 5 percent equals approximately $20,000, so the Endowment supports 89 of the 550-600 students who attend one of the five Summer Learning sessions each summer.