Commission

It has been an honor to serve as the president of Tsuga Community Commission since 2012. TCC is an organization that I am proud to have been a part of since its inception. I joined because I believe in what the founder Ethan Erickson had in mind when he created TCC.

Born and raised in Oregon, I am grateful for our beautiful state and want to see more of the people living here be supported and come together through custom summer camp programming. I am lucky to collaborate with the other members of the Commission to enhance the community capacity of youth, especially those from military families. Statewide residential camp programming, neighborhood scale place making day camps, and other emerging camp programs are projects we enjoy working on together with some of the most talented and innovative camp staff professionals involved with TCC each year.

We look forward to helping the organization grow and serve as many youth in Oregon as it ought to. We believe that TCC can help young people grow on a personal level and as a community that will eventually become the future leaders of our organization and our great state of Oregon. The programs we offer strive to build relationships between our program participants as well as our community partners - in natural spaces that offer all involved a chance to feel a new sense of a belonging to the natural world, our urban communities, and those we come to know as neighbors.

Thank you for your interest in our organization and for all of your support when attending TCC community benefit events. Please feel free to contact our Senior Staff listed on the Contact us page, or send me an email with any ideas you have. We look forward to hearing from you.

With appreciation,
Auggie Ford
auggie@tsuga.org

Current Commission

Auggie Ford President	Nick Lennartz Secretary	Erin McPherson Treasurer	Brian Andrews
Cyril Lesniak	Melissa Robinson	Brian Stitt	Thuc Vinh