Donations

All,

We have a great opportunity to also help Camp Will-A-Way financially. If any of you are interested in donating, please use our church tithing slip and write "Service Retreat" on the line entitled "other".

Blessings upon you all!

The service committee

Gloves

Everyone,

Your cost of admission to the service retreat is ONE PAIR OF GLOVES. Bring some to work in. Thanks!
Angella

Rocking Chairs

If you go to Camp Twin Lakes in their Rutledge location, there are rocking chairs everywhere. Camp Will-A-Way has hardly any.

They are asking if anyone has a rocking chair to donate, please bring it to camp. If it is a little beat up, that's okay. We will give it a makeover.

If you need help getting it to camp, just let us know.

Packing List

What to bring!

• 3-5 pair shorts/long pants (you will want a mixture of both)
• 3-5 shirts
• 3-5 pairs of socks
• 3-5 pair of underpants
• A pair of shoes (closed toed shoes are to be worn at ALL times)
• Pajamas
• Bath towels and washcloths
• Flip flops for shower
• Toiletry articles in plastic containers (shampoo, toothbrush, soap, etc.)
• Medications
• Sleeping bag or sheets and a blanket to fit a twin bed (Fitted sheet and a loose sheet)
• Sunscreen
• Insect repellent
• Flashlight
• Raincoat or poncho with a hood

Optional Items to Bring!

• journal
• scriptures
• IPOD, Discman, MP3 players, stereos, boomboxes (if team music leader)
• camera/film
• Note about valued items: this is a church camp, but be honest. Don't bring anything you'd miss too much if it got lost. cabins won't be locked during the day

What NOT to Bring!

• computer
• money or valuables
• knives, firearms, or other weapons
• Shaving cream (except for personal use)
• Playstations, Gameboys, or any other handheld electronic games
• Food or snacks (food is not allowed in cabins as it attracts bugs/rodents!!!)

Sacrament Sunday Update

Don't worry about coming Sunday dress for sacrament meeting. The new theme for the dress is

Come as you are

Sweet. I don't have to bring any heels.

Spread the Word

We want to spread the word about our Service Retreat as MUCH as possible. I am so excited to introduce our fliers! Isn't it beeaauutiful***


This will be printed on 4x6 cards so you can give pass them along to anyone that may want to know more about what you'll be doing that weekend. Look for them at church this Sunday.

Volunteer Sign Up Update

We of the service committee would like to thank you.

As of right now we have 100 volunteers for our Service Retreat at Camp Will-A-Way. Again, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Still, we need more people especially for Friday. Please sign up if you have not yet done so either at church or on our google doc online. Also, continue to ask friends, co-workers, and others to join us in our event that we promise to be a memorable time for everyone.

We appreciate you and all you do. The excitement is overwhelming, and we are just getting started.

Thank you.

What are we going to eat?

I would like to introduce you to this man.

I'm sorry the picture is a little small. His name is Josh. He's AWESOME. In that mind of his are BIG plans to turn this camp into something the kids will enjoy year after year. Ahhh I digress.

He tells me he is providing staff to COOK ALL OF THE MEALS FOR US.

THAT'S RIGHT. We aren't going to have to cook! Come ready to work and ready to eat.

Benches

All around camp they have these benches for people to take a break. They need a LOT more. We are going to have a team cranking these out like mad. They to take a break, we can all sit on them afterwards.

Pavilion Area Extreme Makeover

This is one of the larger team projects we will be doing at camp. They have a cool beach area we will be giving a makeover.

There is a Croquet field

This ugly box that needs a pretty fence to cover it

Some sod, some more fences, beautification

Volleyball court makeover

It will take a large group of dedicated workers to make it happen in 2 days. WE CAN DO IT!

Cars Course

The camp has a brand new parking lot, and accumulated this big ol' pile of dirt in the process. The people at Camp Will-A-Way saw this as a great opportunity to build a Remote Control Car Course. How cool is that?!

We will building a ramp and platform so the kids in wheelchairs can look at the course. I'm sure we will have to test it out in the process. hee hee

Fishing Docks

This is a beautiful fishing dock located at camp. Now imagine standing out here in the humid, hot Georgia Summer. Not cool, Right? We will be making some permanent shade structure for the kids to sit under while they go fishing.

This is what happened to the temporary one the camp put up. These kids NEED us.

Can someone give me a sign!?

We are going to be adding a lot of fun stuff to Camp Will-A-Way, so these signs are going to need an updating. There also aren't enough around camp.

We are going to make an update to all of these signs and adding more around camp.

Anyone good with a saw?

Bouldering Wall

This is the current Rock Climbing Wall they have. It's pretty new and looks like a lot of fun. However, as you probably already know there can be a lot of waiting around for your turn to climb.

The YSA Solution: turn the inside to a bouldering wall!

We are going to be installing a bouldering wall in here and placing some protective mulch on the bottom in case someone falls. I'm guessing the team in charge of building it out will have to test it out with a couple of climbs *wink wink*

adding this picture because I LOVE IT!

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Pool Area

At Camp Will-A-Way they have a brand new pool with wheel-chair accessible ramps and a fun water slide. However, looking at the pool area now...it's kind of boring looking. This small sign represents the most color around the entire area.

We want this place to look like a camp for KIDS! That means color! We are going to be painting murals around the pool as well as little footprints on the ground leading to various areas to help remind the kids to WALK. Any ideas of what we should paint?

I would paint a clock showing 30 minutes, because I never manage to keep the "30 minutes after eating" rule. haha