Being Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our Evergreeners out there! We had a quiet weekend here on site - the first weekend since mid-January where we had no guest groups or camp events running on the weekend. It was a little eerie to step out of my home on Saturday and Sunday morning and hear no meal bells, no Willsonball, no activity on site.

There are a lot things that we're very, very thankful for as we look into the coming months. As winter begins, we officially close out our very busy 2016 season and start preparing to launch dates, registration, and our 2017 season. We saw some pretty amazing things happen this summer.

Here are some pretty cool numbers from this last summer: We charged into summer with 45 staff. 33 additional volunteers joined us for at least one week of the summer, helping in the kitchen, on maintenance, or on Program. We can't do what we do without all of these staff and volunteers. 1,055 campers came through our summer camp programs in July and August. 201 of those are Family Campers! And 333 campers made first time decisions or a rededication to Jesus this summer. HOW AMAZING IS THAT?! Those are all really big items on the "We're Thankful for..." list.

We also started working on the two new housing sites for permanent homes. You can read all about it on our Reaching Higher Blog. We're pretty excited and thankful for that.

Then there's the fact that we served over 1100 guests in September alone! These guests came from schools, Youth Groups, and independent family camps like the Heartbeats Foundation. And though September ends up being very busy for us - we're thankful for all of the opportunities we have to show groups love and to serve them with joy.

On Saturday - we're going to be announcing our 2017 Summer Dates. We'll be posting them on our website, our blog, Facebook, and Twitter. So keep your eyes peeled. REGISTRATION for our Youth Summer Camps opens on January 3, 2017, Family Camp Registration opens on February 2, 2017. We're very excited about the new schedule as we are adding some new age groups and new camps to accommodate the long waitlists that we experienced in 2016.


So would you join us in looking back at the last few months and make a list of things you're thankful for? God has been so, so good to us. We encourage you to take a moment, if you haven't already, to take account of all that God has given you in the last few months.

Check back here on Saturday for our Summer 2016 Dates!

.: Jogee :.

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