In January, Dan and Jon Shaw, owners of Shaw Brothers Construction committed $250,000 to Camp Sunshine toward its endowment and capital campaign. The gift will be used toward the construction of a 6,000-square-foot addition onto the camp’s family activity center.

“Shaw Brothers Construction is pleased to lend its support to Camp Sunshine,” said Dan Shaw, co-founder and co-owner of Shaw Brothers, and a board member of Camp Sunshine. “We hope that our contribution ensures that many more families will benefit from the invaluable programs and beautiful facilities offered at Camp Sunshine.”

Camp Sunshine, located in Maine’s Sebago Lake region, provides a camp vacation at no charge to children with life-threatening illnesses and their families. The camp offers one of the only programs in the nation whose mission is to address the impact of a life-threatening illness on every member of the immediate family. While attending the various week-long camps, families are able to rebuild relationships together and meet other families facing similar challenges.

Camp Sunshine has attracted families from 44 states and 15 countries over the years, and provided a camp experience for more than 20,500 family members.

Camp Sunshine’s Board of Directors in 2006 embarked upon a $14.5 million endowment and capital campaign to help continue to expand the program year-round. To kick-off the campaign, Camp Sunshine founders and the owners of Point Sebago Resort, Anna and Larry Gould, offered a challenge where they will match gifts of $250,000 and more, up to a total of $2 million. The commitment from Shaw Brothers Construction is in response to this challenge.

Combined with other commitments received to date, the donation from Shaw Brothers Construction brings the total raised by Camp Sunshine to $6 million. Other contributors include the New Balance Foundation, the TD Banknorth Charitable Foundation, the Hancock Lumber family, and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation.

Shaw Brothers Construction, Inc. is a bonded site/utility construction company founded in 1977 by Jon and Dan Shaw. Located in Gorham, Shaw Brothers has grown into one of Southern Maine’s largest commercial site work contractors with more than 150 employees and hundreds of pieces of equipment.