It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. Several have been asking about camp numbers. So lets begin by looking at some numbers. Our 2016 camp saw 347 campers, including 118 adults.
- The class breakdown was:
- Teen Boys with Joey Duckworth had 30.
- Teen Girls with Diatre Gilliam had 55.
- 10-12 yr. old boys with Don Burke had 38.
- 10-12 yr. old girls with Ladonna Baker had 31.
- 8-9 yr. olds with Sharon Lourance and Lisa Payne had 16.
- 6-7 yr. olds with Kari Hartlein and Allison Bisher had 17.
- I didn’t get a count of the 1-5 yr. olds with Robin Elsey.
The best I can tell we had between 10-15 professions, and a couple decisions to serve the Lord in specific areas of ministry.
The Harper family once again did an excellent job leading our worship services preparing hearts to hear the word. Bro. Steven was a real blessing. Everyone seemed to be engaged during the services. Camp week overall was a great week. It’s our hope that the campers returned home safely, tired physically and refreshed spiritually. From what I’ve seen and heard, “Mission accomplished.”
Here are some other numbers that may interest you about camp week. We ate $7,889.15 worth of food and burned about $ 1,000 worth of electricity. Camp has 330 bunks, we filed 288 of them. Of the 42 empty bunks only 12 were in the girl dorms. We have 21 camper sites and used 17. Here are yet more numbers to ponder: Camp has 9 buildings, 14 A/C units, 3 water wells, 6 septic systems, 7 electric water heaters, 3 LP water heaters, 33 toilets, and 32 showers. We have plans to add 1 building and two new septic systems this year. Along with more camper site improvements and some general grounds improvements.
We have collected $ 25,518.08 for the new dorm and spent $2,000 of that on the bunks to fill it. Also, in 2016 we collected
$4,049.65 in DEW funds. While camp has just ended for most of you. I see it as camp 2017 is just starting. I have already repaired some things that broke during camp this year. The mowing continues until fall. And we are already working on some camper site upgrades. I’m looking forward to Camp 2017 and hope you will join me in praying for our speaker Bro. Shawn Hammontree and our camp committee as we make plans for next year’s camp!
by Chris Polk, Camp Superintendent (and super worker!)[editor’s note]
