Camp La Verne sends greetings to the Pacific Southwest District. I just returned from a weekend of Art Camp led by Eric Davis and Dorothy Davis. A small but enthusiastic group spent the weekend at Camp drawing, painting, learning art concepts and sharing. The weather was beautiful and Camp looks great. It was such a pleasure to be there!
Camp La Verne is blessed by the hard work, love and caring of many people. There is Steve Johnson who makes sure all our insurance policies are up to date. Jeff Brehmeyer, Rugere DePartee and Bob Schatz keep camp in good condition. Jo Ann Dominic was up for Art Camp and cleaned the kitchen from top to bottom. Bob Bennett has spent the last two years getting our books in order and working with state agencies to preserve our non-profit status. Lucile Leard, in addition to being an outstanding board member, is providing bridge financial support to make sure we can get the water tank fixed. Many of you have made donations to the water tank fund. Thank you so much! Jeff Pence, Ron Hart, Linda Hart and Janet Hart continue their steadfast support of our summer camping program by leading our children in outstanding camping experiences. Without them our Brethren camps would not happen. Elric Boardman, Kathy Doramus, Erica Schatz, Kevin Schatz and Chuck Price have served faithfully on the board this past year helping to strengthen Camp. And last but certainly not least, our Camp staff, Linda Costello and Peter Harrington are doing a wonderful job of managing rentals, establishing contacts with the other camps in the area and catering services while providing pivotal services to all our camps! They are working on the various certifications required by our current regulatory environment and doing great! Linda and Pete are a blessing to Camp to be sure.
We continue to think about ways to revive our camp programs. From the availability of volunteers to the appreciation of the simple pleasure of very rustic desert mountain camping, things have changed a lot since I was a camper 40 years or so ago. For me, I just have to get in touch with how much my children love camp to know that the work we do to bring Camp to another generation of children is important and worthwhile. I had three of my four children with me for Art Camp and their love of Camp is so apparent that I just can't let go. Won't you join me in working for Camp La Verne? My goal for the next year is to bring together more people who are excited about Camp. We can have FUN working on this together! Please feel free to call me or e-mail me if you have a willingness to throw your lot in with us and rebuild Camp La Verne so that we may continue to enjoy Camp and offer its blessing to our neighbors and our children!
Peace,
Sara E. Davis
Board Chair