News from Sound View.
I made my pledge. It is more than I have in the bank right now but I know that I can pay it within a year. That is the neat thing about pledges! We can rejoice knowing that we are closer to our #SV404040 goal and you can easily manage your donation.
Read MoreEvery campaign has the customary photo of volunteers stuffing envelopes for a big mailing.
Read MoreIt is a simple formula: Lodging capacity should be greater than or equal to dining capacity.
Read MoreA video message from Nancyrose Houston, the Sound View Outdoor Environmental Education Director.
Read MoreWe like to think of this as a GOOD PROBLEM. We need to “make warm and welcoming” spaces at camp to provide at least forty beds for schools coming in the spring.
Read MoreComing up with this plan was easy. We presently have schools - bringing up to 140 - eager to visit Sound View in the cooler months and we would like to serve them.
Read MoreWe are running a small(ish) capital campaign to transform the platform tents into better cabins that will be dry, warm and welcoming for each season. We are doing this because we believe that our summer campers, outdoor environmental education students, and weekend youth groups can benefit from more “campy” lodging than from staying in a dorm style lodge. We come to camp to experience God’s wonders and nothing beats sleeping in a cabin surrounded by nature.
Read MorePole is 69 ft long, each symbol is 5 ft long. 11 ft of the pole is underground.
Read MoreHere are some of the things that would make Sound View just a little bit more interesting. These are things that we hope to buy - either really soon, or in the not-so-distant future that could easily be jump-started by a kind donor, or two, or three......
Read MoreGreat news! Sound View's summer program is growing and we are ready to add a 4th week in August for next year.
Read MoreWith an amazing waterfront on a gently sloping sandy beach, along with a 15-foot tidal range, the Sound View staff learn to take advantage of the tides. The tide tables help drive the program and keep the staff on its toes.
Read MoreThe main point is that we all look forward to saying, "YES - we would love having your child at camp and we can help you if you cannot afford to pay the full fee." The Sound View Board has directed me, and the staff, to ensure that "no child is turned away for inability to pay," and every spring, we respond to requests for financial assistance with the hope that we have enough funds to serve all.
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You don't have to wait for summer to enjoy fun, learning, and fellowship at Camp Sound View! Here is our Spring lineup:
MARCH 17 - MUD RUN Come get filthy running our soggy trails and overcoming challenges and obstacles. Guaranteed laughs and you will be helping to send kids to summer camp.
APRIL 1 - EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE Worship (weather permitting) on the waterfront and a pancake breakfast in the dining hall.
APRIL 18-20 - OEE CAMP For kids (10-14) who may have that week off from school. Totally affordable! Come check out our outdoor environmental education curriculum.
MAY 11-12 - MOM & ME CAMP This is Mothers' Day Weekend so this one-night campout for moms and kids to spend some awesome time together ends Saturday afternoon.
MAY 18-20 - SPRING RETREAT Our annual spring retreat for middle- and high schoolers. Come learn, worship, meet new friends, have fun, and plant pumpkins so we have them for the fall retreat.
MAY 25-28 - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FAMILY CAMP. Come for all, or part of the weekend and help us get all of the summer "stuff" out and tested.
Some thoughts to share at the Olympia "State of the Presbytery" meeting.
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We need your help!! The new outdoor environmental education program at Sound View is starting in April and we are in need of your donations. We are looking for binoculars, microscopes, tripods, magnifying glasses, nets, waders, field guides of the local flora and fauna, other books related to nature or environmental education activities, and anything else that you think might be of use. We are also looking for clipboards that students can use to draw and write during outdoor activities. This is the time to clean out your bookshelves, closets, and garages and donate those books and boots that you haven’t used in years.
Please contact Nancyrose Houston by personal message if you have any
materials you think might be useful. She will direct you to a person
with whom you can drop off your donations in Seattle, Tacoma, or
Olympia. You can also drop them off personally at Sound View Camp!
Thank you so much for your generosity…the supplies will be put to good
use!
Nancyrose comes to Sound View after two years coordinating the environmental education program at Parque Omora, a conservation project in Puerto Williams, Chile, the southernmost town in the world! She is excited to share the things she learned there while working alongside researchers in many different fields: birds, freshwater macroinvertebrates, mosses and lichens, invasive species, climate change, and more. Nancyrose is a Seattle native and is thrilled to be returning to the Pacific Northwest after seven years away, studying in Boston and then migrating to Chile.
She looks forward to the rain, the smell of pine needles, and the delicious Sound View food. Since she has been speaking Spanish almost exclusively for the past two years, be patient with her if she accidentally responds to you en español!
Sound View LOVES its Leaders in Training (LITs).
LITs have finished 9th grade (going into 10th) and spend two weeks at camp learning how to be camp leaders and putting what they learned into practical use.
The first week is a lot of fun, still being campers (somewhat), while learning counseling and program leading skills.
The second week, the LITs help out with the mini-campers (ages 6-9). The six-year age difference allows the LITs to be effective leaders for some totally excited campers.
The two-week experience costs $400. Even though this program is already quite a bargain (for a two-week camp), here are ways that it can be even less.
We are looking forward to an awesome summer and training future camp leaders!
More than ever, it is important that kids learn early of taking care of EARTH. We hope that we can partner with you in the spring, or fall to make this happen.
Read MoreNo, this is not a Lord of the Rings referral.. that would be the 3, the 7, the 9 and the 1. This is about summer staffing and getting excited about college students returning home for the holidays and them thinking about an amazing summer job.
Read MoreOur discounts this year are based on two things. Registering early, and/or taking the time to host, or come to an open house or camp information event.
Read Morebecause...we should! What is most enjoyable is how we come up with ideas to fill in the empty days with new programs. We like having people at camp so we are not afraid to think and plan.
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