Thursday, September 2, 2010

Cairn’s Work Weekend is Coming

Mark your calendars! May 14-16 is our annual Work Weekend at Cairn’s Baysville site. This is a great way to come out and help camp while having a ton of fun! Come and meet new friends, work on new projects and even take some time to sit and sing by the campfire. No experience is [...]

Calling all Alumni

We all know that camp creates lasting memories and lifelong friendships. Children come to camp, they engage and learn and grow and eventually step into new roles as counsellors and adventure programmers and LIT directors. Inevitably, the time comes where many of us have to gather up the skills, knowledge and support we’ve received from [...]

10 Year Paddles

One of the things that we think is very important at Cairn is re-establishing ties with our alumni, whether you’re from Glen Mhor, Iona, Dorothy Lake or Presbyterian Music Camp. One of our favourite projects over the last number of years has been 10 Year Paddles. Every person who has been involved at CAIRN for [...]

Cairn’s 80th Anniversary

2010 marks 80 years of camping in our Synod! We are SO excited to celebrate this milestone, and to have our camp families, friends, campers and alumni share with us! A short list of events coming in 2010…more to come soon, so stay tuned! 80th Anniversary Alumni Weekend – September 10th-12th  2010 80th Anniversary Gala [...]

Cairn Report to Synod

On Monday, October 19th, Cairn makes its annual report to Synod.  We have been invited to lead worship for this gathering of Commissioners from Churches across the Synod, and we are so pleased to be able to share the success stories of Camp!  Staff – if you can join us for worship that day, we [...]

Twizzler at CY09

I was looking through the pictures that the Presbyterian Record has posted of the once-every-three-years Canada Youth conference at Brock U. this week and I was happy to find these great pictures of The Twizz acting in one of the dramas. (photo credit: Alex Luyckx) Still looking for: Abrigo, Qwai, Taps & Sprill + other [...]

CAIRN Volunteers

It is through the gracious efforts of our volunteers that we are able to keep costs so low for our campers.  Each season, we are blessed with the efforts of an extraordinary number of people! Brad “Peche” Cross is our Volunteer Coordinator, and he is gracious enough to organize work crews for us at our [...]

CAIRN Alumni and 10-Year Paddles

Camp is not a place, it’s an experience. It is the people who have made Cairn such a memorable part of so many lives. Here is your chance to reconnect with your camp friends, to share your stories, and to help us record the Cairn history for all future generations. We Would Love to Catch [...]

Alumni Connections

Alumni Connections Cairn offers many ways for our alumni (campers & staff) to stay connected to Camp and to keep in touch with old friends. Facebook If you have a Facebook account (which is free), come and join one of the Cairn Groups. The Official CAIRN Page [click here] Cairn [click here] CAIRN (Glen Mhor [...]