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Camp Rising Sun is an international, full-scholarship, leadership summer program for students aged 14–16 by the Louis August Jonas Foundation (LAJF), a non-profit organization. Its seven-week program was operated from a boys' facility in Red Hook, New York, and a separate girls' facility in Clinton, New York, about north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley. Participants come from all over the world and are chosen by merit. Instead of being asked to pay for tuition, campers are requested to pass along, to someone else, the benefits they gained. There are alumni organizations in numerous countries with more than 5,000 alumni around the world. Among the Camp Rising Sun alumni are a United Nations Under-Secretary General; a president of Harvard University; a winner of the Intel Science Talent Search; a Foreign Minister of South Korea; two former Israeli ambassadors; an Under Secretary of State in the Carter administration; and folk singer Pete Seeger. In 1996, a group of Danish and other European alumni founded Camp Rising Sun Europe for young women. Organized and maintained by the George E. Jonas Foundation and the Camp Rising Sun Alumni Association of Denmark, the program was located in Stendis, Region Midtjylland, Denmark. == Background == Located on 176 acres in upstate New York,〔Julie Brickle, ("Not your ordinary summer camp" ) ''The Catholic Miscellany'' (November 11, 1999) Charleston, SC. Retrieved June 22, 2010.〕 Camp Rising Sun (CRS) is one of the longest continuously running summer programs in the United States. It was founded just after the stock market crash in 1929〔Eugene W. Moss, "Camp with international horizons," ''Christian Science Monitor'' (May 16, 1972) Page 17〕〔Eleanor Flagler, ("Camp Rising Sun Seeks Fishers for Ideas" ) ''The News and Courier'' Charleston, SC (Feb. 7, 1977) Page 1. Retrieved June 22, 2010.〕 by philanthropist George E. Jonas with the mission to "develop in promising young people from diverse backgrounds a lifelong commitment to sensitive and responsible leadership for the betterment of their communities and world."〔 The son of a successful businessman, Jonas grew up in privilege and wealth, but was troubled about the advantages he had in comparison to others.〔Carey Winfrey, ("Columbia Hails a Boyhood Friend" ), ''The New York Times'' (November 22, 1977). Retrieved June 24, 2010. 〕 He grew dismayed at the world. Pondering what he could do to bring a measure of stability and peace to the world, he reasoned that hope rested in the youth of the world and he began to consider what might encourage, stimulate and motivate them. He got the idea to start a camp, one that "is interested not merely in the boy, but in the man the boy will become."〔 He set up a foundation, naming it after his father; the foundation runs the camp. For decades, Jonas personally interviewed many prospective campers〔 and he was fondly called by all by his nickname, "Freddie."〔〔 After World War II, the program was expanded to include youth from every region of the world. In 1947, the first two African American boys were invited to attend〔Ulric Haynes, ''Sundial'' (December 2007). Retrieved June 29, 2010.〕 and 1989, a girls' program was established. Jonas remained closely associated with the program until the time of his death in 1978.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Camp Rising Sun (New York)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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