Just around the corner

Family Camp in 2 weeks!
This will be a great camping season, plan to attend if you can!
We have had 3 rental camps here already and the Nazarene camp will be here next week.
All three camps were large, so we have had a lot of excitement here already.
The real excitement for us will start in July, when Assembly Park is running their camps!
Would you consider sponsoring a child this year? Camp can be a life changing event and many children miss this opportunity because there is no one to encourage or send them to camp.

New this year. Leadership camp --Fri, Sat and Sunday following Sr. High Camp.
This camp will accept 30 campers with a youth leaders recommendation.
Serious discipleship for the next generation of Christian leaders.

at Assembly Park ... No child gets left out!

Spring projects and improvements

Spring 2010 brings many changes to camp!

• the B cabin and snack stand has new siding.
• new carpet in chapel.
• floors sealed and windows trimmed in kit/dinning hall.
  
• Mountain bike trail completed.
• new Frisbee Golf coarse
• 3 new kayaks
• new sound system in chapel.

and many many other improvements! Thank you to all that helped and donated.

Up and running

The camp is ready for work crews or individual helpers! All the water is on and we are starting to bring in materials.
Today we started working on a new bicycle trail. This is an off road trail that can be used for biking or as a nature trail. Jerry cleared brush and built a bridge over a wet spot. Tomorrow we will add another loop an the trail will be ready for use!

I heard that someone is going to donate a Kayak to camp, Praise the Lord!

Spring is here!

Warm weather is helping us get an early start. I removed the snow blower from the camp tractor yesterday and greased and mounted the mower deck. Grinding up all those leaves saves a lot of work! Most of the camp is raked and starting to look good.
Transplanted about 30 trees on Monday, We try to add to the landscaping every year.
This year I brought in some White Birch ( 5' to 8' trees) also some Tamarack, and White spruce.
Ripped up most of the carpet in the stage area of the chapel. Thanks to a donation from the Missionettes Department we will have new carpet next week.

Tomorrow I will start to turn on the water for another season.

NEEDS

• If you have perennial flowers that you would like to donate to the camp, this is the season!

Opportunity to bless your camp

Are you ready to dream with us?
Assembly Park would like to purchase this slide for our
beach area.

We can make this a reality if you are willing to help.
This is your camp!

Putting together a project list

The snow is melting fast and spring is in the air.
We are going to start ripping up the old carpet on the stage tomorrow.
The 2010 project season has begun.

• We have some drywall to repair.
• Plenty of painting
• Soon we will be working on camp clean up ( raking, tree planting, cleaning, ect)
  
• some wooden bunks to put together and varnish
  
• Plumbing (energize water lines, replace 10 toilets--the new ones are ordered)
• Painting in Kitchen
• new trim on kitchen and dinning windows
• split and stack firewood
• trench in power lines to Basket ball court area
• trench in water line for drinking fountain
• concrete patching in D cabin
• Epoxy floors in shower rooms
• Set up electric and water feeds to new RV sites
• interior remodel in the A cabin
• Install new soffet and fascia on B cabin
• New vinyl siding on B cabin

We are in need of a licensed electrition to help with some panel work.

If you or your Men's group or Youth group would like to help this spring.

Call Gary Bell: 715 533 1176
email gbapcamp@hotmail.com

A praise report for 2010

Would you believe that in a month we will be getting the camp ready for camping season 2010!

This is a praise report!

• Donated from the District Missionetts Department: $2000.00 to go toward new carpet for chapel stage and alter area.----- currently getting bids.
• $1200.00 donated to replace toilets in upper shower building. Praise God! The old toilets never flushed well and were a constant headache.
• $6400.00 donated by District Youth Department for up grading our sound equipment.
• Wally Moss fixed our driveway and added a new layer of gravel.

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A wrap up of 2009

I would like to to give an up date on some of last years projects. The work on the cooks cabin was finished and it looks great!





Interior finished except for flooring and exterior is painted and trimmed.

The exterior of the kitchen/dinning is also cleaned up and newly painted and trimmed. Cedar gables were added.



Landscaping is an ongoing process here at camp! Our priority is to provide an environment that is beautiful, well maintained and representative of the natural north woods experience.
This last year we added some native trees that were dug and transplanted from local donations. We also planted 4 flowering crag apples and a few decorative shrubs.
Our growing family of helpers trimmed trees, donated equipment, donated flowers and provided the many hours of labor.