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STORY LINKSRETIREMENT PARTY FOR PENNY AND RICHARDDONATE ONLINE THROUGH CANADAHELPS.ORG SPRING BREAK CAMP REPORTOLD BRANTER IS NEW AGAINSPRING 2011 NEWSLETTER60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONGOLF TOURNAMENTBUILDING PROGRESS AND PLANSHIGHLIGHT DVDSCAMP PRINGLE ONLINE PHOTOSTHRIFTY'S SMILE CARDSREGIONAL CAMP |
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WHAT'S NEW
RETIREMENT PARTY FOR PENNY AND RICHARD Camp Pringle will host a well deserved retirement party for Penny and Richard Pope. This wonderful couple will be retiring at the end of October 2011 after 9 years with us as our Property Managers. The party will be held at Camp Pringle on Thursday November 10th, 2011 with dinner starting at about 5:30pm in our beautiful new dining hall. Tickets are $10 to cover the cost of food for a wonderful dinner. Chef Bob and everyone working at the event will be donating their time in tribute to the Popes. Tickets will be available through the Victoria Office and cheques can be made out to Camp Pringle. Between 5 and 8 people (due to time) will be given an opportunity to speak about the Pope's; please send a written request to director@camppringle.com if you would like to be one of the speakers. We need to know who is coming so that Chef Bob can order the right amount of food. We also need to know if you have any food allergies or are vegetarian. Call us at 250-472-6877 or come by the office at First+Metropolitan United Church in Victoria.
Camp Pringle is delighted to announce the hiring of our new Resident Property Manager, Garth Cassidy and our Registration and Rental Coordinator, Sam Cassidy. After a search that included the review of over 30 applicants and many interviews, we selected this couple to carry on the tradition of excellence people have become accustomed to with our on-site managers.
Garth will be in charge of all aspects of the property and Sam will look after spring & summer camp registrations and school and private rental bookings (ANYTHING to do with registration at camp). The Cassidy's will start on October 17th and will share duties with our current Property Managers Richard and Penny Pope, who will enjoy retirement after 9 great years with Camp. One major change for people to note is that Sam will work out of our Shawnigan Lake office year-round and as such the phone number to call will be 250-743-2189. To get to know Sam and Garth a little better, please see their bios on the Staff and Volunteers Page under the Permanent and Summer Staff profiles. We would like to thank all the wonderful people who applied for the position of Resident Property Manager; we had many excellent and qualified people to choose from.
DONATE ONLINE THROUGH CANADAHELPS.ORG Camp Pringle is pleased to announce that you can now support the camp by donating online through CanadaHelps.org. There is a "Donate Online" button at the top right of each webpage, when you click the button a new page will open on the CanadaHelps.org secure website, and you will automatically be sent to the Camp Pringle donation page. You can select from 3 funds to direct your donation to:
You can donate as a one-time donation, or set up a repeating donation. You can use a credit card or a PayPal account. We are excited about this new feature and hope that it makes supporting Camp Pringle easier for you. Please pass the word!
Click here to download the PDF.
49 campers enjoyed Chillax'n at our Spring Break Camp over the March Break. In addition to the great activities like low ropes, climbing wall, archery, wide games, canoeing and campfires, we also enjoyed making some string art designs with Christina. We made great use of our new meeting hall and dining room and thanks to the help of all our volunteers this camp was a huge success. Thank you to: Our Youth Leaders: Fiona Aitken, Kaitlyn Bain, Liam Bevington, Maggie Doughty, Ty Henderson, Teagan Kelk, Leah Massine, Danny Mccall, Matthew Sadler and Claudia Simpson. These leaders provided great energy and enthusiasm throughout the week and were great role models for the campers. Our Camp Parents: Marvella Preston-Bain and Lynn Henderson who moved all our craft supplies from Laura Butler Lodge into the new craft room, cleaned the dishes, and helped Jess with the registration and checkout. This is a very short list compared to of all of what they really did for us over the week. Our Nurse: Debbie Wilson who juggled family responsibilities and was able to help us the whole week. Debbie is ready for anything and, as always, looked after all the camper's health needs, kept a smile on her face and helped out in many other areas around the camp. Our Craft Leader: Christina Roundhill who came up with a great craft and made herself available to the campers throughout the week so they could complete them before going home. She also helped with some mug-ups and in many other ways cleaning and organizing throughout the week. Our Chaplain: Betty-Anne Dempsey, who is a Minister at St. Aidan's United Church, who came up Sunday afternoon and helped our staff understand our role in the faith program at camp and led our faith sessions including a great vespers on Monday night. Once again, thank you to everyone who helped make this a great week including Chef Bob with some great meals and Penny and Richard Pope who quietly look after everything in the background.
Our old Branter building is being developed into a brand new fabulous building at Echo Lake Bible Camp. Thanks to Paul Bailey for all his efforts to keep the Branter House alive.
Click here to download the PDF.
60th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONApproximately 300 people came up on a rainy afternoon, October 9 and had a great time celebrating our anniversary with us and touring the new buildings. We had 160 people in our new dining hall for our celebration dinner and the kitchen and hall handled the numbers very well. Please visit our photo album by following this link and see Elinor Branter cut the ribbon on the new Branter House, people participate in our low ropes during the rain, people signing our commemorative banner and looking through our Memory Walk, the cake cutting, the presentation of the cross from Moorecroft Camp and so much more. It was really a fantastic day, thank you to all the wonderful volunteers, board members and staff who helped make it such a success and to all the people who came.
MEMORY BOOKSWe have a few memory books commemorating 60 years of Camp Pringle available at a cost of $5/booklet. With over 60 pages of great stories and pictures from people who experienced camp, it is a real value for anyone who had or has anything to do with the George Pringle Memorial Camp. Here are a few excerpts: ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRTS We also have a limited number of 60th Anniversary T-shirts which were available to the campers this summer. They are yellow with the special 60th Anniversary Logo in white on the front. I believe there are some of all sizes remaining at this time and you can purchase yours for $10. Please place your order through the Victoria Office at 250-472-6877 or email registrar@camppringle.com
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Please continue to use your Camp Pringle linked Smile Cards as they are helping to purchase our new tables and chairs for the dining hall. We have now paid half the cost of these furnishings but need all the help we can get to pay for the other half. They are really beautiful and should last a very long time.
Keep up with the progress on the Facilities pages.
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