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CAMP WILMOT

IN SUPPORT OF MINISTERING THROUGH A CAMPING EXPERIENCE

The administration of Camp Wilmot is anxious to point out three mission programs that involve the camp. Their purpose is to present brief statements about these programs and to promote among individuals and churches interest in uniting in the ministry of any or all of them.

1. IN SUPPORT OF CHALLENGERS CAMP

This is a camping week for developmentally disabled persons. It has been a terrific part of Camp Wilmot’s summer season for many years. It is actually only one part of a multiple part program called Wings of Change created by Sandra Golonka, its’ Executive Director and a member of the Windham Presbyterian Church. Wings of Change is very much part of the Windham Church ministry. Camp Wilmot unites with Wings of Change and the Windham Church to support the Challenges Camp. Mission support to this ministry can include volunteer work during the camping week of Challengers Camp or funding support for Wings of Change through the Windham Church. Your funding support will help Wings of Change to grow and reach out to welcome more people with disabilities. John Paderson, Dan Olsen, Don Soulé, Garrett Logan and Kathy Lima have all been volunteer staff for the Challengers Camp.

2. IN SUPPORT OF CAMPING FOR INNER CITY CHILDREN

A number of churches have united to provide funds for camperships for children who do not have the means to come to Camp Wilmot during the summer. This relatively new ministry has been directed mainly toward children from the inner cities of Lowell and Boston. With additional mission financial support, we can reach out with camperships to more and more children throughout New England who otherwise cannot join us in the summer. The average cost for a summer camper to be at Camp Wilmot for a week is $250. Individuals, as well as churches have joined this mission giving by providing one or more camperships. The Presbyterian Church in Sudbury has provided substantial funds for camperships and will be looking to continue through mission giving.


3. IN SUPPORT OF RECONCILIATION AND LOVE AMONG THE YOUTH OF SOUTH AFRICA

We have just begun to explore a program that would bring youth of different ethnic backgrounds from South Africa to Camp Wilmot. With the camp as a neutral sight, they will get to know each other better and to explore and share their common goals and dreams for themselves and their home land. The enthusiasm for this program has already brought leadership all the way from South Africa to our first meeting this fall in Cambridge, Ma. The program has drawn the attention of the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia and Martin Luther King III. As a mission program, here is a chance for individuals to come on board during the very first stages to help with the development of the project. Once the program is underway, churches may find, through their mission giving, funds to help defer the cost of travel for the young people.