Camperships

About this time of year, Sound View starts receiving numerous requests for financial aid. We call these awards “camperships” - mainly because the word “scholarship” implies “school” - which we work very hard to be most unlike.

Applying for a campership is easy. It is an online form.

For Sound View to fund a campership is a wee-bit more tricky. We strive really hard to keep summer camp affordable for all. So, when we create the camp budget, there is very little wiggle room as to fees. With this in mind, our goal is to ensure that each campership award has backing funds to ensure that we are being good stewards of the camp finances. We do this in four ways:

1. We raise money for camperships with our annual mud run.

2. We encourage direct giving towards the campership fund.

3. We help churches and youth organizations set up “sponsorship codes” to help fund their area families.

4. We insist that families have a “buy in” - at the minimum of 25% - to the experience. We also have opportunities for teens to partially earn their way to camp by helping out with the mud run and spring programs.

We really want to serve each and every family regardless of their ability to pay. Please, keep referring potential campers to us, but also, please consider helping fund those who could truly benefit from the experience.

Let’s fill up camp this summer!

The history behind the camp property

I like to delve deeper - don’t you?

Before our amazing property was Sound View Camp, it was Camp Wakoma - operated by the Camp Fire Girls (when their organization was for girls only). This I knew already and we still have lots of reminders of over 20 years of Camp Wakoma.

But what about before that?

I asked my friend, Christine Anderson, from the Key Peninsula Historical Society, if she could dig up some land-use history for the Sound View Property. What she came up with is really cool.

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NATURAL RESOURCES PROVIDED FOOD AND SHELTER

Residents along the shores of Drayton Passage have found arrow heads, clam shell middens and fired rocks, all which point to centuries of Indian activity on the lower peninsula. In her book the People of Cascadia, Heidi Bohan depicts the life ways of the Coastal Salish. She describes how they hunted in the woods, fished and gathered clams along the shores, and used the cedar trees to provide the materials for housing, canoes, clothing, baskets and medicine.

Early Days on the Key Peninsula by R.T. Arledge details how the area’s plants were used. A prevailing need for the requirements of everyday living gave the Indians a familiarity with the location of vegetables, fruits and wild meats. Among the plants, nettles, sea arrow grass, fern roots and abundant Camus lily bulbs supplied a vegetable diet. Young willow stalks were readily available for basket weaving, and several plants provided dyes for craft work. The bark of the bear-club was used for a type of tea drink. Raspberries, salmon berries and blackberries were prized fruits which were also dried and preserved for future use.

WATERWAYS, INLETS AND A NETWORK OF TRAILS PROVIDED A TRAVEL ROUTE FROM THE NISQUALLY DELTA TO HOOD CANAL AND POINTS NORTH

The line shows route first used by the used by the Nisqually, then later by Hudson Bay Company (1832) employees and early settlers (1870s)

Because the Peninsula was situated midway between the east portion of the Sound and the islands and shorelines to the west, it was heavily scored by the crisscrossing of numerous trails. The network of trails within the interior of the Peninsula served for hunting and gathering of food, but Drayton Passage, 1860 Pierce County, T. C. Metsker Map at certain points the trails were portage points … At these points canoes and food supplies were often left for anyone's use… (Arledge)

One such portage point between the Peninsula and the Nisqually Delta was the trail between Oro and Amsterdam Bays on Anderson Island. This route was used quite frequently after the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company at Nisqually. Canoes were left at both points for common use. The route was particularly popular because it by-passed most of the turbulent waters around the island. Tidal currents meeting the Nisqually River's seaward flow on the east side were deceptive and troublesome. Stormy conditions could develop suddenly at any time of the year. (Arledge)

In 1833, the British-run Hudson’s Bay Company established a trading post - Fort Nisqually - in present-day Dupont. Active trade of beaver pelts, European goods and agricultural goods occurred between the British traders and the native population. The US government established a military base - Fort Steilacoom - near present-day Lakewood. This was at a time when both nations laid claim to the Pacific Northwest.

Douglas Fir and Cedar Trees

HISTORIC PLACE NAME

In 1841, the voyage of exploration expedition led by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, reached Fort Nisqually. His crew charted the waters of Puget Sound, giving many of the places the names they bear today, including DRAYTON PASSAGE, named for Joseph Drayton the expedition’s illustrator/artist. Drayton gave the United States its first view of the Northwest”s greatest natural resource ….. trees.

SHORELINE LOGGING- GIANT CEDARS AND FIRS GREW TO THE WATERS EDGE

The Messenger

By the 1870s, entrepreneurs established floating logging camps that moved along the shorelines of the Peninsula cutting down the most accessible trees. After the logs were removed the land was either given back to the state or sold off, some say, for as low as 25 cents an acre. The logs were towed to the Steilacoom sawmill by Harry Winchester’s flat bottom boat “The Messenger”

Over the next 30 years, loggers and farmers came and went. The Panic of 1893 caused Tacoma banks to close, business to fail, sawmills and logging operation to closed down. Many folks walked away from their farms to on the peninsula to go live with family members in Seattle and Tacoma.

LOGGING TO FARMING

Our sand spit is marked - 36

By the end of the early 1900s a new wave of farmer immigrants came to the lower peninsula from not only the Midwest and East Coast but from Western Europe and Scandinavia. Farms sprang up where forest once stood. Turning a logged off land into a farm was the most difficult challenge facing homesteaders of the forested land of the Peninsula. Farmers grew crops in, around, and among the stumps left by the early loggers. Clearing land was hard work until the 1920s when farmers could use dynamite from Dupont to blow up the old growth stumps

World War I brought an industrial boom as the region's lumber was used in local shipyards and the expansion of Fort Lewis. Midwest farmers found jobs in the area and looked to the peninsula to purchase once again a farm of their own. The Peninsula’s farms were self-sufficient operations with a garden, an orchard, grain crops, chickens, a milk cow, hogs and beef cattle, and horses to do the work. They produced food for the family, feed for livestock, and agricultural products to sell for income to buy family and farm supplies

NEXT STEPS

Ms Anderson has graciously researched a few of the earliest settlers on the camp property. The Sound View staff will further discover more about these farmers and the events that brought about Camp Wakoma and eventually, our beloved Sound View. Stay tuned!

Ukulele Praise Band

Thinking about summer camp food

I love this time of year because we can plan out much of the summer before we start getting really busy in the spring. Hayley, the cook, got a jump-start on the summer menu and we posted it on the website. I like it (tummy growling) - what do you think?

Another Uplifting #SoundViewSunday

One of the absolute BEST parts of my job is visiting churches within (or even outside) our Olympia Presbytery for worship. I can only do this because of a talented staff “holding down the fort” at Sound View Sundays while groups are present.

Yesterday, December 2, it was a joy to worship at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Chehalis. Their amazing pastor (who is also the incoming Moderator for Presbytery) gave me ample time to speak about the news, hope and dreams for Camp Sound View. Thank you for inviting me!

I love old, classic church buildings, and we have quite a few of these in our Presbytery. While I was being welcomed by pretty much everybody in this friendly, outgoing church, I wandered a bit in the sanctuary and snapped pictures. The musician in me stood in awe by the pipe organ whilst the by love of open rafters and stained glass aimed my gaze other places.

• Thanks for the laid-back worship where a three-year old “assistant” not only was welcome to wander towards, and sit by by the preacher, but became part of the message.

• Thank you for the “passing of the peace” - it reminded me of morning gathering at camp.

• Thanks for the creative and inspiring lighting of the first Advent candle by a family - with each member sharing something important about this season of hope.

• Thank you for the welcome bag. I am enjoying some yummy banana bread as I type.

• Thank you for Phyliss- who sat next to me and told me stories of her late husband and his love for her and the church.

• Thank you for the choir. They were wonderful.

• Thank you for many of the congregation joining in (and smiling) when I sang the first verse of “Pass it On” to open my talk.

I am very blessed to be your camp director and grateful for the support and love that each of our churches have for this outdoor ministry.

Our GivingTuesday Video

It was a dark, stormy night at Sound View. But we had fun anyways on the Calvinwood porch trying to convince folks to give to our #tentstocabins #SV404040 campaign.

Cyber Monday Email

Greetings From Sound View Camp!

Today (November 27)  is the day we hope to get a head-start on summer camp registrations so we can proudly start the new year ahead of schedule.  When you register early, it helps us plan, it gets us excited, and shows us the trends of popular weeks so we can plan our marketing strategy accordingly.  We really want to fill up all four weeks of camp this summer and hope you take advantage of the incredible savings today!

Please share this email with friends whose kids could surely benefit from a week at Sound View.

Even without the 'Cyber Monday discount', Sound View remains a surprisingly affordable camp, packed with activities, fun, new adventures, great food, a caring staff and a meaningful, loving Christian message.  Even when absolutely full, we are still small enough for every camper to be welcomed and accommodated with no child lost among a crowd. We like it this way!  Sound View Camp is accredited by the American Camp Association.

This summer, we are offering four weeks of summer camp.  We have programs within each week for kids/tween/teens, ages 6 to 15:

• Mini Camp is a four-day, three-night program for kids, ages six to nine.  It is designed to be a complete, nature-based experience to introduce first-timers to overnight camping.

• Youth Camp is a seven-day, six-night resident camp program for kids, ages eight to fourteen.  It is our traditional overnight Christian camp experience with age-appropriate activities, adventure, campfires, and the magic of being away from home with new (and old) friends and amazing leaders.

• Expedition is a canoe/bike adventure for tweens/teens, ages twelve to fifteen.  The campers experience both the fun of programs at Sound View, but also venture off by canoe to nearby Anderson Island to explore its freshwater lakes, historic farm and other sites by bicycle.

• Leaders in Training (LIT) campers are those who will be going into tenth grade next fall.  LITs take their first steps in camp leadership with some serious training, incredible fun, faith-building discussions and use what they learned helping out with the Mini Camp Program.

• Older teens, going into eleventh and twelfth grade can volunteer for one to four weeks as oving leaders (Rovers).  Training will be provided.

We always try to add one or two new activities each summer (in addition to all we have done before).  For 2019, look out for:

• The Natural Playground.  We don't have a final name for it yet, but the goal will be to encourage youth (and adults) lots of 'unplugged' play, using each's unbound imagination, using tools given from nature.

• An expanded farm/garden.  This summer, there will be an emphasis on sustainable living and preparing tasty dishes from vegetables we have grown at camp.  We are recruiting international staff to assist with this program and share what their countries are doing with gardening and farming.

• A little pirate fun.  Not only will you learn useful knots and sea shanties, be prepared for bold 'boffer' sword pirate battles and amazing feats of seamanship.

Registration for any Sound View session is easily done online.  All that is required is a $75.00 deposit per registration.  If plans change, we usually can switch your child to a different session with no penalty.  If you have any trouble with the online registration process, please don't? hesitate to call (253) 884-9202. (Extension 0).

The 15% early-bird discount continues until March 1, but the additional 10% 'Cyber-Monday' savings end at midnight, November 27.

Thank you for considering Camp Sound View's life-changing summer experiences!  We will catch you this summer!

Thanksgiving

After a wonderful Thanksgiving meal with my family, my wife and I drove out to Sound View to share some food and fun with the crew living at camp.

It was pouring down rain when we walked into a beautifully decorated dining hall, holiday lights in the rafters, with a spread laid out, lovingly prepared by Hayley, our amazing cook. Seated around a very long table were the AmeriCorps team, Goody and family, and Hayley’s dad looking quite content. They hadn’t quite started into dessert yet - waiting for the AmeriCorps guys to finish - living up to their natural ability to impossibly put away food.

The conversation was buzzing - plenty of laughter - just like what was happening at family tables across the nation. “Family” is really a product of the moment.

Goody and the AmeriCorps NCCC Team

Earlier in the day, they had played some football (good to know that nobody got hurt - especially Goody) and later, enjoyed a relaxing day at camp - warm and snug - taking a break from the wonderful work that they are doing for Sound View during their six-week visit.

It is nice to have people at camp. It is especially nice to have them there to share this special time of year.

I am so thankful that Sound View Camp remains small, intimate, and welcoming with the ability to create the special times that we will always remember.

Happy Thanksgiving!

November 15 Appeal

Hi Everyone!

So much is happening at Sound View right now - it is so hard to keep up. The past two years for me as the camp director has been a whirlwind of facilitating growth, re-visioning what we do, and truly loving the look in the eyes of campers and guests as they play, worship, and rejoice where God's creation abounds.

Sound View is truly a special, sacred place which has changed lives.

Right now we have to create at least forty year-round beds by April 1st. We have school children coming in early spring for outdoor environmental education and their numbers exceed our 'warm' sleeping capacity.  Opening up camp on weekdays, year-round, is the best way for us to stay missional and expose kids to God's wonders.  It is the best way to reach out to kids who may want to come to summer camp to learn more about themselves, Christ's love, amidst a caring community. 

We are raising funds to convert at least four of the platform tents into real cabins with windows, doors, new bunks, and plenty of natural light..  Each new cabin will sleep ten.  We need your help to reach our goal of $40,000 to make this happen.  

You can read more about the campaign, view videos, discover incentives for giving, note our compelling arguments for doing this and make your pledge/gift by clicking HERE.

Our campaign ends on #GivingTuesday - November 27.  Please be generous with a gift or pledge towards our goal to make Sound View a place that changes kids' lives all four seasons.

Blessings and Peace,

Kurt Sample
Camp Director

More than Enough

I am attending the PCCCA Annual Conference. It is always rewarding to share stories, challenges, and best practices with other camp professionals - especially those working at other Presbyterian camps.

The theme for the conference is “More than Enough.” Our theme will explore times of scarcity and the opportunity for abundance – what drives us to have plenty, how to be both realistic and faithful when confronting our reality, and how God may be calling us or moving us to abundance.

The conference has just gotten underway but already my mind is working on what I can take back to Sound View. This morning’s keynote started with this Bible verse:

9 You care for the land and water it;
    you enrich it abundantly.
The streams of God are filled with water
    to provide the people with grain,
    for so you have ordained it.[a]
10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,
    and your carts overflow with abundance.
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;
    the hills are clothed with gladness.
13 The meadows are covered with flocks
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;
    they shout for joy and sing.

Psalm 65:9-13

It has been a whirlwind couple of years at camp. We have worked to build and improve, we have attracted new campers and families, we have created some exciting new new programs, but most importantly, we have embraced the “outdoor ministry” which drives our mission. Sound View is an amazing place abounding with nature’s wonders.

When God created the Earth, He said it was “good” and we work to be able stewards of our little piece of creation believing it very good also.

With all this - I know that we have “more than enough”:

• We have more than enough dedication of board and staff to continue Sound View and it's mission;

• We have more than enough people whose lives have been changed by our ministry,

• We have more than enough potential to be an effective and sacred place to change lives in the future,

• We have more than enough to face the future to adapt our site to be always relevant.

We are striving to raise $40,000 to convert 4 platform tents to warm, year-round, attractive cabins. I believe that we have more than enough donors out there to make this happen. Please be generous and make your pledge before #GivingTuesday.

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Meet the AmeriCorps NCCC Team

The Camp Toilet

I have been following Microsoft founder, Bill Gates as he travels to China for the Reinvented Toilet Expo. Don’t laugh - this is real and serious. Human waste, and primarily the non-treatment and mishandling of it leads to a half-million deaths each year. Read Mr. Gates’ remarks.

Summer camp stereotypes include food, staff, bunks, crazy wildlife and of course - toilets. My favorite comes from the movie, Ernest Goes to Camp.

Usually our guests don’t have to think of the toilets - and where they flush to very often. The staff at Sound View work very hard to keep the systems working and the septic fields pumped and routinely inspected.

Yet, we, along with the rest of the rural nation, employ this very old, expensive, limiting process of disposing of human waste which the Gates Foundation brilliantly hopes will be replaced by something better. I hope so too. Developing new areas of camp is stalled by the pricey process of engineering septic systems.

Imagine the rethinking and adopting of a new standard, sustainable toilet. Not only will millions of lives be saved throughout the planet, but there will one less camp stereotype to make fun of.

My Annual Shameless Plug for AmeriCorps

Today, our new AmeriCorps NCCC team is en route to Sound View. They will be arriving Wednesday and we are excited about this. It is wonderful to have a team of young adults in camp. It brings back that summer feeling. Hayley is planning a welcome dinner and we know that they will get right to work on Thursday - and look out! An enthusiastic team of twelve can accomplish so much in just one day, and they will be with us for six weeks!

Back in 1993, I was working at a Y camp in Massachusetts and was invited to a gathering/celebration with Sen. Ted Kennedy concerning the AmeriCorps legislation just signed into law by President Clinton. My camp at the time was the host for the City Year program - particular to Boston - of which, AmeriCorps was partially modeled. The concept behind City Year was that young people had their “high school years”, “college years”, “career years” and could be given an opportunity for a “city year” to give back to their community. This year of service was usually sandwiched between high school and college, or college and career.

Nancyrose and the spring AmeriCorps NCCC team.

Prior to this, President George H. W. Bush introduced his catch-phrase, Thousand Points of Light, to describe the non-profits, faith communities, municipalities doing great work in their communities yet could use a pool of eager volunteers. He believed that the government should get out of the business of inventing social programs (Peace Corps) and jump instead into supporting the programs that are already being implemented well by others.

So - AmeriCorps came into being. AmeriCorps members are paid poverty wages to volunteer with the promise of a larger (around $5,000) educational award at the end of their service year. AmeriCorps programs come in many flavors to augment the good work being done all around the nation to assist people. The AmeriCorps NCCC “flavor” is reminiscent of the CCC programs that help rebuild and employ America during the Great Depression.

In my camping career I have worked with AmeriCorps individuals and teams in Massachusetts, Mississippi, Upstate New York, and now at Sound View. Each challenge/project has been unique but each time, the work has been cheerfully done by dedicated young adults eager to serve their country. Concurrently, all across the United States, AmeriCorps members are tutoring in schools, sheltering the homeless, feeding the hungry, aiding in disaster relief, and assisting the most vulnerable among us. Just the past weekend, an AmeriCorps group sponsored by the Jesuits, came to Sound View Camp for training. These volunteers will assist in several hospitals in Washington and Oregon.

Every year, some misinformed person in Congress proposes that AmeriCorps should end. Money will be saved (he/she says). If they want to volunteer they should do so on their own (he/she says). If they want to serve their country, they should join the military (he/she says). He/she fails to realize that AmeriCorps was a Republican idea implemented by a Democrat president. Hopefully reasonable minds prevail each year and the program continues to thrive.

Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for posts on what this fall’s team will be up to at Sound View. And - if you want to send cookies, pies, and other goodies - I’m sure that they will appreciate it.

Tent Cabin Now and Future

Joy is Like the Rain

Last night I slept in a little Agape cabin at Sound View. I was cozy and warm looking up at the peaked ceiling and knots in the wood. Outside, for most of the night a storm was raging. The wind was peaking at 30 knots and the rain was falling heavily at times. Overall - nice sleeping weather when you are safe, cozy, and warm.

I woke early - I usually do - rejoicing in the fact that the sun would rise early now that the clocks were set back to end daylight savings time. There is always a folk song (or two) that I am singing and usually one sticks around in my head for hours at a time until I pull out a uke or guitar to get it out into the open where it belongs. Today’s song is Joy is Like the Rain by Miriam Therese Winter.

The first verse …..

I saw rain drops on my window, Joy is like the rain.
Laughter runs across my pane, Slips away and comes again.
Joy is like the rain.

It was 5:30 and I peeked out the window to see what the sky looked out. It looked wet outside and the trees were still moving but the rain had stopped. I slipped on by big, yellow rain-boots and stomped outside with Lucky the Dog. Lucky and I stomped over to where there was a coffee pot and about twenty minutes later, mug in hand, we hiked towards the waterfront to watch the sun rise.

The second verse of the song goes like this …

I saw clouds upon a mountain, Joy is like a cloud.
Sometimes silver, sometimes gray, Always sun not far away.
Joy is like a cloud.

We got down to the waterfront just as the eastern sky was starting to light up. There were some majestic clouds to the east so I knew that I wouldn’t see a picture-perfect scene but it was still quite pretty. I had to take a picture of the totem pole cross was it was lit up by the sunrise. At the same time, the crescent moon was still in view. How cool was that?

The third verse …

I saw Christ in wind and thunder, Joy is tried by storm.
Christ asleep within my boat, Whipped by wind, yet still afloat,
Joy is tried by storm.

We went down to the beach to make sure that the boats were OK. My little commuter boat (pulled up onto the dock) was still there but the dock, ramp, and the boat on top were still visibly bouncing around due to the storm’s waves still present. I won’t be boating home today. While stomping back across the soggy waterfront field, I noticed a little flower peeking out from amidst fallen leaves.

The final verse ….

I saw rain drops on a river, Joy is like the rain,
Bit by bit the river grows, 'til all at once it overflows.
Joy is like the rain.

Lucky and I hiked up the trail and were met by some of our guests from the Jesuit Volunteer Corps venturing down to where we just were. They too, had smiles on their faces - and maybe songs in their hearts.

Incentives

When you give to our capital campaign, you will be helping us grow in the ability to serve people - especially young people coming to explore our woods, farm, and seashore. What a wonderful feeling!

We would also like to recognize you and send you a special gift for your thoughtful donation to this capital campaign.

• For all gifts over $100: Your name on our “giving wall” in the dining hall.

• $100 to $249: A Sound View Stainless Steel Water Bottle

• $250 to $499: A Sound View Lighted Cap.

• $500 to $999: A Sound View Jacket

• $1,000 to $4,999: A water bottle, cap, and jacket, and your name on a custom bench which will sit on the porch of a cabin honoring your gift (or the memory of a loved one).

• $5,000 and over: A water bottle, cap, and jacket, and your input naming a cabin, and a major donor plaque inside the cabin honoring your gift (or the memory of a loved one).

Sustainable Development Goals

At Sound View we have the the opportunity and the responsibility to educate our guests - especially young people - as to the state of the planet and the need to get involved.

The Presbyterian Church (USA) is active within the United Nations as a tireless advocate for social justice and sustainable living. Recently published and available is an excellent resource for congregations (and camp staff) to reflect, promote discussion, and educate.

From the Presbyterian News Service:

 Presbyterian churches now have a new tool to energize and educate congregations around global issues such as poverty alleviation and climate change. The Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations (PMUN) has produced a new Educational Resource Guide that highlights what the PC(USA) and its global church partners are doing to address the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

The 17 goals were set by world leaders in 2015 to cover social and economic development issues such as global warming, energy, social justice, poverty and hunger. The UN says the goals are “broad and interdependent,” but contain a list of targets to achieve.

It is so easy to spark discussion with youth about important matters while they are at camp surrounded by nature. The 17 goals in this resource are in harmony with what we are doing at camp and will help us as we reach out to more campers, outdoor environmental education students, and other young people - the generation that will hopefully save the planet.

Our capital campaign is about building capacity - so we can inspire future leaders.

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Pledge Now - Pay Later

Sure - we all want to give and it is definitely “the season” as #GivingTuesday approaches. And, of course we want to give generously, especially when it is a good cause. I really think that our modest capital campaign is one of those great causes.

Bringing young people out to camp changes lives. At camp, youth are unplugged and open to what we have to offer - whether spiritual, educational, physical, emotional, or combinations of all.

And we need warm spaces to sleep which feel “campy”.

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.

Please consider a financial gift to our fall campaign.

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Envelope Stuffing

Every campaign has the customary photo of volunteers stuffing envelopes for a big mailing. We don't have a candidate in the race but we are raising money towards a $40,000 goal to build capacity for Sound View. Please be generous to our#SV404040 campaign. And, don't forget to vote!

Included in this mailing is our latest newsletter and a pledge card.

Mapping Capacity

Our capital campaign is about increasing capacity so Sound View can thrive, serving more individuals, particularly youth, throughout the year.

It is a simple formula: Lodging capacity should be greater than or equal to dining capacity.

Present Dining Hall Capacity - 140

Present Year-Round Lodging

Calvinwood Lodge - 32
Longhouse - 36
Shire Cabins* - 32
TOTAL - 100 (* The Shire Cabins (Agapes and Chalets) are not suitable for outdoor education students or youth groups because they each sleep only four. So presently our OEE capacity is 68 - 60 students, 8 chaperons.)

Proposed Year-Round Lodging

Calvinwood Lodge - 32
Longhouse - 36
Shire Cabins* - 32
Converted Tent Cabins - 40 to 80
TOTAL - 140 to 180

This will create 108 to 148 beds suitable for outdoor education (Calvinwood, Longhouse, Cabins). Teachers staying in the Shire will bring the numbers up even more.

This will also create 104 to 144 beds suitable for family programs (Calvinwood, Shire, Cabins).

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