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Spotlight on Interns – Financial Retreat

cris — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:19:39 +0000

One of the annual events of the interns4tomorrow program is a Money Management Retreat that is held every fall. The goal of the retreat is to educate the interns about credit, savings and how to wisely manage the money their earned during their summer internships. It’s also an opportunity to get away and spend time with one another.

Over the first weekend of October, our current intern class met at the office to hear from two representatives from Fifth Third Bank. After an informative presentation where interns learned how to write checks and avoid fraud, the group packed up for Greensboro, GA to stay at a beautiful lake house on Lake Oconee. Interns enjoyed playing pool, fishing at a local home and watching the sunset.

What We’ve Been Up To…

cris — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:56:37 +0000

Gosh, it’s been a while since we have posted about the happenings here at the Camp Hope office…and now summer is almost here! This Spring has been a fun and busy one filled with a lot of activities.

A new interns class started in the interns4tomorrow program. The 12 interns began meeting monthly in January and starting next week, will begin their internships for the summer. Interns will work for 3 weeks at different business sponsors in the Atlanta area including Cbeyond, Concord Drugs, The Harwen Companies, IDI, Jackson Healthcare, MIQ Logistics, and QBE FIRST. Please keep our interns in your prayers as they travel to and from their internships!

Thirty Camper-turned-counselors attended the annual Counselor Retreat the first weekend in April. The retreat was held at Camp Evergreen in North Georgia and focused on “Walking the Talk.” Our three days together allowed students to fellowship together and deepen their faith. We also spent an entire day riding horses and ziplining at the nearby Sunburst Stables. The weekend was a memorable one! Check out pictures from our Facebook page.

2011 Counselor Retreat

In May, we held our annual Camp Hope Golf Tournament fundraiser at the Atlanta Country Club. The tournament was the highest attending golf tournament event yet with over 100 players. The tournament brought in close to $67,000 which will go towards Camp Hope 2011!! Thank you to everyone made the tournament a huge success!

President Diane Parrish with Bobby Cox

And last, but definitely not least, we are gearing up for Camp Hope 2011! Only 54 DAYS LEFT! Camp Hope will be held July 17-22 (with counselors arriving on the 16th) again the Rock Eagle 4-H Campground in Eatonton, GA. We are busy entering camper and counselor applications at a speedy rate. Camp Hope is blessed to have so many students and adults who are passionate about attending every year to have an impact on our campers. Actually, some teen counselor positions are so popular that they are already full!!! What a blessing! If you find yourself on a wait-list, we ask for you to prayerfully consider serving in another position. We try to accommodate everyone as spots are available. Thank you for your understanding!

There are a number of ways to get involved with us throughout the year. If you would like to subscribe to our quarterly newsletter where you can get more information about such events, please e-mail Cris Hunt at cris.hunt@kidz2leaders.org.

Blessings!

Cris Hunt, Director of Programs

Counselor Retreat 2010!

cris — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:31:29 +0000

The Counselor Retreat was amazing! This retreat is for those campers who are now counselors…and it’s a weekend I look forward to every year! The kids are so much fun and more than anything, I enjoy just watching them hang out. This year, 19 camper-turned-counselors and 6 of us “adults” (can you really call us adults if we enjoy this as much as the kids?) traveled to Camp Evergreen in Clarkesville, GA for a weekend retreat April 9-11. The theme for the retreat was “Running the Race” from Hebrews 12:1-3 and we had sessions talking about overcoming obstacles and hearing God. When we weren’t having sessions and singing Camp Hope songs, we hiked to a waterfall (where some of the boys were brave enough to jump in the FREEZING water), canoed, made smores over a campfire, and did the Blob. Included are some pictures below:

The Blob!

Canoeing!

Hike to the Waterfall

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.” – Hebrews 12:1-3