It's Gym Time! | Progress Report

After years of dreaming, it must finally be gym time. Friends are giving. The site is being cleared. And excitement is growing!

Fundraising Update: Over $1,800,000 of the $2.5M

is committed (72%!)The countdown to zero is on! As of mid-November, less than $700,000 remains to be raised for the multi-purpose gym thanks to the 350+ donors (individuals and organizations) who have partnered through donations and pledges. Gifts in kind are also being recruited. A huge “Thank You!” to everyone who continues to pray, volunteer, invest, and cheer Camp on.

Summer Campers Raise Over $24,000!

In an inspiring display of passion for Camp and the gym, 40 kids generated $24,255.34 in the Kids Love Camp-A-Thon. They ran lemonade stands, completed chores, held garage sales, merchandised shirts, sold flies for fishing, collected pledges for sports activities, sold parade candy, gave from their piggy banks, donated tips, and more. In all, these amazing youth raised 1% of the gym costs, making themselves not only big-time future gym users but also part-owners! Thanks, guys!

Aubrey (7) sold her toys and gave the proceeds ($250) to Camp!

Allen kids running a lemonade stand to raise money for the gym!

Site Work Begins!

Equipped with chainsaws and a dump trailer of enthusiasm, two groups of volunteers joined Camp staff in late fall to clear the gym site. These lumberjacks, including eight from Faith Community–West Concord, helped with tree and brush removal, revealing the gym’s eventual footprint. Beautiful! Building the gym sure feels real now! Thanks to all who helped last year to purchase the new Bobcat compact track loader and grappler attachment. Wow! What a blessing!

BEFORE: Gym site during the Groundbreaking Ceremony on August 27.

AFTER: Gym site following the Fall tree clearing

What’s Next?

This fall’s site work sets the stage for spring construction. After grading and pouring footings, installation of the precast concrete and super-insulated panels begins once road limits lift in late April. Construction will continue throughout the summer and fall with the goal, as God provides, of being ready for use as the year turns to 2024.

Gym Sized Blessings!

Thanks to a twenty percent increase in ministry activity in 2022, Camp has a special opportunity to direct year-end gifts to the campaign. What a big boost! So are the “Gym Parties.” These home gatherings of friends provide leadership with an opportunity to share vision and invite guests to support the campaign through a gift, pledge, or connection. To learn how you can help, please visit camplebanon.org/gym or scan the QR Code.

For the full details and donation info visit camplebanon.org/gym.