Bocce Tournament 2017

One of our favorite fall events is the Bocce Ball Tournament we host for the local Special Olympics bocce teams.  The weather was hot and games were exciting.  Thankfully we were all able to cool off with lunch and enjoy the ribbon ceremony under the pavilion. 

A big "Thank you" to Senator Fred Akshar for visiting and cheering on the athletes!

Impact Story: The Shack

Thanks to some great friends our firewood has a new lakeside home.  In conjunction with re-grading, landscaping and the fire ring, the new firewood shack is a big part of all the lakeside enhancements.  No longer hiding in the weeds... our lakeside firewood has a storage spot that is accessible, holds more firewood and looks inconspicuously handsome.

Thanks to the all the VBS students and leaders at GBC for raising the funds to build the new firewood shack.  Thanks to our new friend Rich for serving at camp and building the new firewood shack.

It's a blessing to partner together - Building A Bigger Impact at Arrowhead.

I suppose we were going for a "ribbon cutting" look.  Yeah, we look cheesy... but the firewood shack looks great!

Impact Story: The Wheelchariot

A huge "Thank You" to the crew from Liberty Baptist who funded the fabrication of The Wheelchariot.  They made our Pedal Carts accessible to every camper this summer. 

No more watching from your wheelchair!

Kickstarting Accessibility!

A huge thank you to our friends at Kickstart Cafe.  Their recent Kickstart Your Community Dinner in partnership with Russell Farms was a great success.  Of course, the food was delicious and company was delightful.  The Community Dinner raised over $1,700 for Shepherds Camp! 

We have utilized the funds to purchase a Hoyer Lift and a Personal Ceiling Transport System.  Both will be a huge enhancement to our safety and accessibility at Shepherds Camp... making a week of camp possible for our campers who require more intensive care.

Fruit Hoops

Fruit Hoops is our newest camp activity.  We are hoping it's popularity will rival that of Camper-Counselor Kickball.

For those of you movie buffs.... Yes, we did think about calling it Camp Quidditch, but we didn't want to be trendy by riding the coattails of a franchise.  That and the balls we use for this game could be mistaken for a variety of giant fruits (super-polyploids if you will).

Our campers enjoyed their first round of Fruit Hoops yesterday.  We can't wait to introduce it to our campers throughout the summer.

A Typical Week With Not So Typical Guests

We just wrapped up our first typical week of Shepherds Camp.  We call it a typical week because unlike our One-to-One sessions, during our typical sessions counselors have more than one camper.

This past week we had some very exciting special guests.  It was great to have Dean & Friends back again.  This was Pastor Dave's first time chalk drawing for Shepherds Camp.  But it wasn't his first time at Arrowhead.  He reminisced with the campers about being here as kid, where God used chalk drawing to change his life.

The Wheelchairiot

That's right... it's a chariot for wheelchairs!  Now all of our campers can enjoy Pedal Carts at Arrowhead.  A huge thank you to our friends from Liberty Baptist in Virginia Beach!  As part of their week long missions trip to Arrowhead this spring they funded the making of the Wheelchairiot.  And a big thanks to our friends from the local metal shop who took the Wheelchariot from a drawing on paper to a safe, accessible and fun activity that has kicked off our first week of summer camps with a bang.