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Wood Boiler Update
The boiler has been running for a few months now and it can heat (we have burned 6 cords which is all we set aside for this winter)! These two video updates from Tuna demonstrate the latest. Summary: the boiler can heat the cabin in addition to the pavilion (if we burn lots of wood).…
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Bob Walks For the Pavilion Project: Central Market and Pavi History
For the past few months of my Bethany Birches Camp (BBC) WALK, my footprints have trod 20-25 miles of sidewalks in the City of Lancaster, PA, population 59,000. I chose to walk in an environment different from the countryside, suburbia, and township parks I was familiar with. The walk concentrated on 110 acres of Downtown…
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Bob Walks: Tree Houses, A Pine tree and Dementia
My wife Anna Mae and I recently completed a driving trip from Pennsylvania to South Dakota. We visited our empty-nest daughter Jenelle Miller (a former BBC camper and years later, counselor) and her husband Craig. This trip allowed me opportunity to exercise “out-of-the-box” activity recently encouraged by my health care specialists for management of my…
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Finishing The Pavilion One Step At A Time
This past summer a camp supporter, Yogi, noted that the kitchen was not near complete. He asked me what one of the next steps was to finish it. A week later, a friend of his and camp supporter, Mark, asked him what else was needed at camp on the pavilion project. Yogi told him quite…
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High School Seniors Start the New Year Serving
Just when you thought pavilion progress was over…2017 started off with pavilion door painting! A group of 8 Seniors (+ 2 adults) from Dock Mennonite Academy spent Jan 3 – 8 doing a lot of painting. The interior doors of the pavilion are clean and colorful thanks to their service. Painting doors wasn’t their only…
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Fall Newsletter: What’s up with the Pavilion Project?
We are fortunate to be operating completely out of the new pavilion! We gained occupancy to the entire building June 2016. We had partial occupancy June 2015. We are focused on finishing this project! That includes finishing moving in, some additional fundraising and completion of a few items. Moving in is the easy part! Total…
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Spring Work Day
Summer programming starts in a month! We want to have occupancy to the pavilion by the end of the month. Can you help?! Join us on Saturday May 28th from 9am – 3pm for Spring Work Day! Jobs will include (but not limited to) .Painting the upstairs of the pavilion .Turning the pavilion from a construction zone…
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Volunteers Invite Friends to Camp
I’ve been struck the last few days how much fun it is to bring friends to camp! This past week 2 volunteers who have been coming to camp for the past 18+ years brought two friends to camp. Each of them contributed to help the 2nd floor of the pavilion progress. Merle Horst and Dave…
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Ongoing Pavi Volunteer Opportunities
BBC continues to be an exciting place to be in the winter. With and without snow! Thanks to the doors being installed in the new pavilion snow camps are exciting and fun even with limited snow. Can you help us continue to move towards a finished pavilion? This time it’s in a slightly different form…
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Volunteer to Help Finish the Pavilion at BBC – Feb 6th
2016 is off to a good start at BBC! Framing for the big doors is happening, an inaugural fire was lit in the pavilion fireplace and drywall on the 2nd floor is almost complete. Can you help us keep going?! Join us on Feb 6th to keep making progress on the 2nd floor of the pavilion AND to…
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