Archive for: 2010

The 2010 Christmas Newsletter is now available to download in PDF format! If you were a camper, staff member, donor or volunteer in 2010, watch your mailbox for your printed copy as well. We hope you enjoy the Christmas holiday season! Merry Christmas! You can also visit our Newsletters section [...]

As we plan ahead for the future, and as our camper numbers grow, we are considering various ways that we can expand our existing summer camp programs.  One option that we are looking into is to run a week of camp especially geared toward our Challenger and Explorer age groups [...]

Note: This was originally an email sent from Bunny and Black Bear to the Board of Directors. We thought it was such a great story that we wanted to share it with everyone! We are glad they are now safely home after such an incredible adventure. Check out the pictures! [...]

On the November 14-15th weekend several volunteers were busy clearing some land to make room for our new Quonset (storage building) and Pavilion!  As well the the cabins were all prepared for the snowy months ahead.  Most of the cabins are equipped with wooden shutters on hinges now. Only 15 [...]

Even with temperatures dropping and an early snowfall on the ground, we’ve been hard at work up at the campsite. Unfortunately a limb from one of our willow trees fell down, so one of the things we had to do was cut it up into firewood!

Wendal Edgerton Stephen Carkner, born January 5, 1939, left this earth quietly and peacefully on Saturday, October 16 just after 4 pm. Known as “Wilkie” by campers and staff members, he was a friend to everyone who knew him through his many years volunteering at Camp Cherith. His gentle spirit [...]

When campers built this year’s woodworking project — a mini foosball table — no two were alike, and it was great to see everyone put in their own little finishing touches. But one camper took it a step further when he got home! Eric, a Pathfinder from week 4, built [...]

We had another fun and productive weekend! The focus of our fall work weekends has been to put shutters on the windows of our cabins. Right now the cabin windows are made of 2×2 wood frames with screens tacked on around the edges, which makes for a nice, breezy and [...]

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A “thank you” dinner for all of our donors and supporters of Camp Cherith over the past year! We will show you the work that we’ve been able to do with your support and the impact that our ministry has had on our community. We will also share with you [...]