The Aspen Camp for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is scrambling to raise donations to repair and deep-clean two cabins and restock its pantry after renters in town for the Winter X Games ransacked facilities last weekend.
The renters cracked a door frame, left trails of vomit in two cabins and broke into the commercial kitchen of the camp’s facilities tucked in a secluded spot along Snowmass Creek Road, according to Katie Murch, the nonprofit organization’s marketing and strategic director.
To add insult to injury, someone scrawled “We are not Deaf” on a sign posted on a refrigerator in the kitchen, Murch said.
“What was the point of saying that?” she asked, adding the act shows the highest level of disrespect.
The camp is a nonprofit on a shoestring budget, so it hopes to raise at least $4,000 for the repairs, cleaning and food purchases. Time is of the essence because winter camp for deaf and hard of hearing children begins in two weeks. Any funds raised beyond the $4,000 will go into the camp’s scholarship fund, Murch said.
Meanwhile, the camp has made a direct appeal to representatives of the 49 people who stayed in the four cabins to set things right and pay for the damage, cleaning and food replacement, Murch said. So far there hasn’t been any reply.
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