The welcome mats are out and six distinguished homes in and around downtown Clarkston are ready for visitors during the 26th Annual Home Tour to benefit Clarkston SCAMP.
The event takes place June 7-8.
‘Several historic homes on this year’s tour were recently purchased by younger people,? said Donna Clancy, SCAMP’s executive director of fundraising. ‘While those homes might be old, they are certainly new’and they are all absolutely spectacular.?
Each of the homes will be open June 7 beginning at 5:30 p.m. for those attending Patron’s Night. The tour that evening concludes with a reception at Oakhurst Golf and Country Club at 8:00 p.m.
Registration for the tour Sunday, June 8, starts at 11:30 a.m., with the homes open from noon until 5 p.m.
Registration for both events takes place at Depot Park in downtakes place at Depot Park in downtown Clarkston.
To complement this year’s tour, organizers asked local artists to each create a unique bench that will make it easier for those entering the homes to place provided booties over their shoes’many are currently on display in downtown Clarkston.
Two of the benches will be raffled at Depot Park after Sunday’s tour, while the remaining benches will be auctioned at Patron’s Night.
In addition, SCAMP also collaborated with local architects, builders, and Oakland Technical Center students to build the second SCAMP Playhouse. Last year, the playhouse was built using a dollhouse-type design’complete with lots of pink paint. This year, the playhouse is modeled in a log cabin style. Tickets are $20 each. The winner will be announced in early June.
Ticket prices for the Home Tour Patron Night evening are $200 Platinum patron, $150 Gold patron, and $100 Silver patron. Sunday tickets cost $25 for an advance registration and $30 at the door.
SCAMP is a non-profit summer day camp for impaired children and young adults.
Proceeds from the Home Tour and the raffle defray the cost of hosting more than 300 special needs children and young adults who each year attend the six-week summer day camp. Local students serve as counselors to assist the SCAMPers as they participate in a wide range of activities, which are otherwise unavailable to them.
For more information on the SCAMP 26th home tour, call 248-620-1882 or visit www.clarkstonSCAMP.com.

SCAMP Home Tour
June 7-8

Darrell and Charlotte Cooper
63 W. Washington

Suzanne and Ed Doherty
49 W. Washington

Joe and Teresa Fabrizio
6121 Overlook

Kevin Harrison
43 W. Washington

Chuck and Nikki White
11 Buffalo

Rick and Mary Beth Huttenlocher
6757 Park Lake Dr.

Amy and Greg Wilson
(refreshments)
18 N. Holcomb