Yesterday our Pee Wees all crowded into canoes and headed off to the island for a special out lunch and games. Have you ever seen a canoe with so many people in it before? It was so much fun!

This year marks Glen Mhor’s 80th Anniversary! We think that 80 years of this amazing camp ministry is something to celebrate, and we want to celebrate with all of you!

On November 13, 2010 we will host our 80th Anniversary Gala Dinner at Knox Presbyterian Church, Agincourt (near the 401, in Scarborough). This evening will boast many exciting elements, including a delicious meal, silent auction and a not-to-be-missed concert, featuring campers, staff and alumni.

This event will help us raise funds for Cairn’s Glen Mhor programme. Tickets work in a tiered system and pricing depends only on your personal choice: $80, $60 or $40 a ticket. All ticket purchases will include a tax receipt from Cairn.

To book your tickets today, call the camp office at 705-767-3300. We can’t wait to celebrate with all of you! Thanks for the Evening, Friends!

Cairn Summer Camp Contest

We’ve got an awesome new contest that you’ll definitely want to be a part of!

If you refer new campers to Cairn this summer, or next, and those campers register between now and December 1, 2010, your family will be put in a draw to win a FREE week of camp in 2011! AMAZING!

Here’s how the contest works:

• Tell all your friends, family, co-workers, schoolmates, pets, etc., about Cairn
• Let those people know that, when they register for a camp session for either this summer or next, they should write your family’s name in the Referring Family section of the online registration form AND quote the letters, “CCC.”
• After this, we will enter your family’s name in our draw for a FREE week of camp in 2011!
• The winning family will be announced December 6, 2010.

Remember, the more referrals you give, the more chances you have to win the Colossal Cairn Contest! Good luck!

It’s our 80th Anniversary! Glen Mhor started as a camp for girls back in 1930, and it’s still going today as a co-ed camp for anyone aged 5 through 16, and families! We’re very excited about this accomplishment in camping and within our Synod. To celebrate, we’re asking churches, families and any other camp enthusiasts to donate $80 for 80 years of Christian camping. One dollar for every year we’ve been running will go a long way to making our camp programme even better.

Join the other camp alumni from your generation who have donated back to camp.  This will allow us to continue to offer the highest quality leadership and community experiences to today’s over-connected children.

To Donate send an Interac Email Money Transfer to admin@ilovecamp.org

Other donation possibilites:

• Donate to Cairn online through CanadaHelps.org
• Call our camp office at 705-767-3300
• Mail a cheque made out to Cairn. 3200 Hwy 117, Baysville, ON P0B 1A0.

Thanks for all your many years of support; we truly appreciate it and look forward to many more years of fun, play, laughter and growing in Christ.

Calling all Alumni! Come join us for a amazing camp weekend of magic and memories. It’s Glen Mhor’s 80th Anniversary and we want you to come to Glen Mhor, bring your families and help us celebrate!

Our Alumni Weekend will give you an opportunity to see how the site has evolved, play on our toys (like the zip line, the climbing wall, the throwing blanket and the aquajump), eat fantastic meals, stand on your benches to sing in the dining hall, lead your favourite songs at campfire and reminisce about the good old days at camp.

The entire weekend costs only $80 per person and goes from Friday, September 10 at 7:00 PM until Sunday, September 12 at 2:00 PM. You can register online at http://ilovecamp.org/registration/register-for-camp. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call the camp office at 705-767-3300, or send us an email at info@ilovecamp.org.

We can’t wait to see you all back at camp! Pack your bug spray, your excitement and your memories, and get ready for an amazing time!

Were you a camper at Glen Mhor or Iona from July 4 through July 10? We’ve got your campwide photo available! If you would like to have a copy of your campwide photo sent to you (for free!) then send Gerber and email with the word “Camp Photo” in the subject line and an indication of the camp session your camper attended (ie: Girls Camp, Boys Camp, GM.1, Iona 1) in the body of your email. That’s all we need! Gerber’s email address is: gerber@ilovecamp.org

Thanks again for an amazing week! Our staff had nothing but great, funny and memorable stories to tell at the end of the week, and we hope your campers did, too!

If you’re interested in sending your kid(s) to camp again this summer, we still have some spaces available; we’d love to see you again!

We believe in FUN and PLAY.
Do you believe in sharing your positive energy for the greater good?

I believe I can bring fun and energy to camp by…

-staying positive
-being imaginative
-playing
-laughing all the time
-letting go and being me
-showing others how much fun it can be
-running the best adventure sessions ever
-SHOWING MY ENTHUSIASM
-singing as loud as possible
-giving 110%
-including, never excluding people in games, songs, and “camp magic”
-being myself and letting people into my heart

We Believe in our CAMPERS. Do you believe in them?

I believe that our campers are capable of…

-Anything they hope to achieve
-make us better, inspiring us to work harder and to be more creative
-discovering who they are
-coming out of their comfort zones
-changing the world
-whatever they choose
-doing and believing in anything
-achieving their goals
-being the best they can be
-seeing the best in everyone
-influencing and instigating change

Bocca, Match, The Twizz and Karen (Palais’ Mom) have been working hard all weekend to design a new graphic like mural incorporating the beauty of the landscape we have here at Cairn. Check out the photos of their progress so far!

It’s Official! We have the hardest working group of work weekend volunteers ever this year. All of our prayers last night for nice weather have paid off and it is warm and sunny for the crew who are putting in the docks. It is a daunting task, one that takes incredibly courage and determination to power past the chilly waters. This entire weekend I have been incredibly amazed with the progress that has happened! Way to go everyone! Thank you for all of your hard work and support.