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Montreal artist raises funds for AIDS camp.

By Peter Johnson The Suburban June 2,1999

Eric Waugh, a well known artist from Montreal, traveled to Minneapolis recently where he was presented with the first annual "Heart of Hope" award and raised more than $45,000 for a summer camp devoted to children affected and infected with HIV and AIDS.

Waugh was presented with the "Heart of Hope" award at a black tie gala fundraising event, called " The Prom" held at the Metropolitan Club in Minneapolis on May 14.

The Heart of Hope award acknowledges outstanding commitment and support of Camp Heartland, a summer camp in Willow River, Minn., for children dealing with AIDS. Other recipients of the award included Paul Molitor, a long-time Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins baseball player, who donated $250,000 to the camp. Waugh also donated more than 100 of his works that were sold at a silent auction to raise funds for the camp. Waugh's original pieces raised more than $ 45,000 Canadian for the camp.

Waugh created the works especially for the event, producing the more than one hundred paintings in under one month. The works included canvas and paper and ranged in sizes from a few square inches to five-by-eight foot canvases.

Eric first attracted attention for his fundraising work when he began creating the " World's Largest Painting", an 80,000 square-foot painting which is a replica of the poster, Hero, he designed for Camp Heartland. Work on the record breaking painting continues in Waugh's studio. He hopes to unveil it at the Minneapolis Metrodome Dec.1. Money raised from the giant painting will go to Camp Heartland and Camp Oasis, its Canadian counterpart.



News Main Articles Television and Radio appearances	Montreal artist raises funds for AIDS camp. By Peter Johnson The Suburban June 2,1999 Eric Waugh, a well known artist from Montreal, traveled to Minneapolis recently where he was presented with the first annual "Heart of Hope" award and raised more than $45,000 for a summer camp devoted to children affected and infected with HIV and AIDS. Waugh was presented with the "Heart of Hope" award at a black tie gala fundraising event, called " The Prom" held at the Metropolitan Club in Minneapolis on May 14. The Heart of Hope award acknowledges outstanding commitment and support of Camp Heartland, a summer camp in Willow River, Minn., for children dealing with AIDS. Other recipients of the award included Paul Molitor, a long-time Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins baseball player, who donated $250,000 to the camp. Waugh also donated more than 100 of his works that were sold at a silent auction to raise funds for the camp. Waugh's original pieces raised more than $ 45,000 Canadian for the camp. Waugh created the works especially for the event, producing the more than one hundred paintings in under one month. The works included canvas and paper and ranged in sizes from a few square inches to five-by-eight foot canvases. Eric first attracted attention for his fundraising work when he began creating the " World's Largest Painting", an 80,000 square-foot painting which is a replica of the poster, Hero, he designed for Camp Heartland. Work on the record breaking painting continues in Waugh's studio. He hopes to unveil it at the Minneapolis Metrodome Dec.1. Money raised from the giant painting will go to Camp Heartland and Camp Oasis, its Canadian counterpart.