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Parents out thousands as Beehive NW closes abruptly

Portland, Ore. (KOIN) – Families are fluttering to find thousands of dollars and child care Bee Kiwi NW Summer Camp and Post -School Program Suddenly closed. And the people who ruled the program first joined this situation.

Parents are angry and disappointed like children. When Christine Pond heard Koin 6, her daughter said that her daughter was “very, very sad”. So is the neighboring kids, dedi he said. “Too much tears.”

The website of the Beehive NW summer camp said that the program was open in Taborspace in Southeast Portland between June and August, and promised trips to various parks and lakes around Oregon and Washington.

Taborspace in Southeast Portland, July 15, 2025 (Koin)

But on Sunday night, parents took an e -mail: Camp was closed for good. No refund. Children have no care.

Rachel Bolognone, the mother of two children enrolled in the camp, said, “We are not just child care, we are out of money, and then we have to double to pay for more childcare.”

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The beehive also offered post -school maintenance. Parents told Koin 6 News that they made hundreds of prepaids for this. This program was also canceled. Both parents said they would have to spend time work, and now they need to lose their income above the loss of learning.

*Christine Pond is one of the parents affected by the closure of NW summer camps, July 15, 2025 (Koin).*

“My daughter will not have the opportunity to care for children next year. He will have to stay with me. So that means I won’t work too much,” he said.

Koin 6 News, the owner of Christian Groundelson, owner of the beehive, asked if he knew that they were free, why should you continue for such a long time? Why don’t you repay parents and don’t pay for their employees before going money? He said he gave hope first, but finally he didn’t know the answer to this question.

“We didn’t come out like a bandit. This is not a situation I rolled in the dough, because we hurry with parents or something like that. “100%, this is wrong. But when I am on a fight or flight, I have no other information.”

The agent registered in the beehive is Lesley Marshall. Three years ago, Koin 6 News reported that he did the same as his company Northwest adventure program.

“It must have ended with Lesley’s work, Gr said Groundelson. “Our employee and trying to do things are very far away.”

According to the Oregon Foreign Minister, the only responsibility of the registered agency is to acknowledge the physical delivery of legal documents on behalf of the enterprise.

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In a statement on Tuesday, Marshall said to Koin 6 News: “We have been working hard to do this job. We have continued the old jobs and we have done all the programs for years to do good in our debts. We have never questioned our problems and commitments to our families. We never started; we have given everything.

Groundelson said that he had re -branded the old business and that many of our parents had returned, but how many could not say.

IN 2022, Koin 6 News, spoke to Julie Mallory, a parent The northwest adventure program of a child in the post -school program. He said he had never heard of Marshall to return and had never received a refund, but he could object to the accusation of the credit card.

Parents are not just money out. An employee told Koin 6 News that they owe about $ 1,400 they have never received in the last salary checks.

Families said that they worked with Portland police to report and tried to receive a law case through the courts.