Ann and Pepe have always shown us what it means to carry Nakanawa’s spirit of service and leadership out into the wider world, and now that light is being seen and celebrated beyond the shores of Lake Aloaloa.
The Tennessee Board of Regents has honored Ann and Pepe Perron with the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropy for their decades of vision, generosity, and hands-on support of Roane State’s Diane and Jay Brown Campus in Crossville. Since 1995, they’ve helped remove barriers for local students by backing the first permanent campus facility, championing expanded health science and nursing programs, and offering matching gifts to grow a new health science wing. Through The Ann and Pepe Perron Annual Scholarship more than $240,000 has been given for students, they continue to build pathways for the next generation—just as they have always encouraged campers to be brave, kind, and ready to lead for decades.
Please join your Nakanawa family in celebrating Ann and Pepe’s remarkable example of living out camp values in their community, and in cheering them on as they help shape so many young lives for the better. Read more about this special honor and their incredible impact here.