Branich "Racing for Kids" at Camp Onseyawa
Williamson, NY - Williamson based Branich Motorsports wound up its 2002 "Racing for Kids" program last week with a trip to Camp Onseyawa, located on Seneca Lake near Ovid, NY. Team race cars were on display and team members were on hand to visit with a large group of young campers during a special activity program. The Branich presentation was made possible with the help of the Williamson Rotary Club, and through the support of Lyons National Bank and Heluva Good Foods, Inc., the team's "Racing for Kids" sponsors for 2002.

Camp Onseyawa is supported largely by local Rotary Clubs, and is open to any child, aged 9-16, with a physical, mental or emotional handicap which would exclude participation at other camps. Since its inception in 1956, and because it was designed to provide exceptional care to children with special needs, the camp has helped hundreds of campers to grow in self-confidence and to experience success in physical activities and human relationships.

The Branich "Racing for Kids" program, now it is 5th year, is designed to use the sport of automobile racing, one of the top spectator sports in the United States today, as an aid for teaching. Team members and teachers jointly develop a custom curriculum using some aspect of racing to teach a variety of grade- and age-appropriate topics.

Branich team members have hosted several Cub Scout packs at the team's Williamson, NY, facility, and participated in the Sodus, NY, Pinewood Derby early in the spring. In addition to Camp Onseyawa, visits were made to North Rose Elementary School, Florentine Hendrick Elementary School (Wolcott, NY), North-Rose Wolcott Summer School Program, and to Brighton (NY)-French Road Elementary School. Over 500 children have experienced "Racing for Kids" during the 2002 season.

Branich Motorsports fields the Pace Electronics/Heluva Good Foods mini-sprinters driven by Mike Emhof (on the Central New York Mini Sprint tour), and the Wayne Regional Orthopaedics/Mr. Auto/Parts Plus NASCAR Featherlite Series asphalt modified piloted by Jan Leaty.

For more information about the Racing for Kids program, visit the Branich websites at www.speedwayad.com/Branich and www.speedwayad.com/BranichMod.

To learn more about Camp Onseyawa, visit www.onseyawa.org.

Branich Motorsports
P.O. Box 897
Williamson, NY 14589
Call: 315-589-4444
E-Mail: FKae4@aol.com