Giving News

Do you know who comes the farthest distance to attend summer youth camp at Warm Beach? For the past five summers, Warm Beach Camp has partnered with the Myungsung Presbyterian Church in Seoul, South Korea, and they have been sending kids all the way to the U.S. to go to summer youth camp at Warm Beach, a distance of more than 5,000 miles! The government in South Korea mandates that everyone learn to speak English. Christian churches there have been teaching English ...

May 10, 2014 -- Please save this date! We want to say, “Thank you!”The people who stand with us as volunteers and donors are vital to making the ministry of Warm Beach Camp work, and we think it is important to tell you that once in a while! The Partners in Ministry Dinner is our chance to thank you!Please join us as our guests on Saturday, May 10, at 6 pm in the Program Center Auditorium. Enjoy a delicious soup ...

This is Matt Lambert’s second year as the Director of Youth and Outdoor Ministry at Warm Beach Camp. While Matt may be new to this position, he is not new to the Camp. Matt has been volunteering and working at Warm Beach since 1997. With all this history under his belt, we wanted to find out more about his hopes and dreams for Warm Beach Camp’s Summer Youth Camps. The culture of our world is ever changing and alive. Warm ...

Every organization has to budget for “keeping the lights on.” At Warm Beach Camp that cost just got a whole lot cheaper thanks to a grant from our electrical service provider, Snohomish Co. PUD, and some really hard working volunteers. Several months ago, WBC received a grant from the PUD that paid for 85% of a $15,000 lighting upgrade project that will drastically improve the efficiency of the lighting in Cedar Lodge. After the ballasts and bulbs have been replaced, ...

The annual Kids 2 Camp Benefit Auction was held on Saturday, August 24. The bidding was fast and furious, and when the dust settled, more than $81,000 was raised for the Kids 2 Camp Fund!By the end of this year, over $133,000 will have been given out in scholarships, helping bring more than 1,400 campers to WBC. We are committed to not turning any child away because of cost. But this requires funds for scholarships. Each year, many people help ...

Partners in Ministry Dinner, Saturday, May 11. The Partners in Ministry Appreciation Dinner is just days away. Have you made your reservations to attend yet? It’s not too late! I hope you will join us as we share what God has been doing through the ministry of WBC, and take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to you, our donors and volunteers, for your partnership with us.Please join us as our guests on Saturday, May 11, at 6 pm ...

A few weeks ago, a group of high school students from Seattle Christian Schools came to Warm Beach Camp as part of their school’s InterSCession program. This program provides the opportunity for students to have a week-long creative learning experience, and gives both teachers and students opportunities to pursue specialized subjects and skills. Students select from a wide variety of optional learning experiences that can be either academic or service and short-term ministry related. One of those options was to ...

Have you made a list of spring cleaning projects to tackle around your place this year? I can assure you that, at Warm Beach Camp, we have a long list of projects that need to be done before summer arrives! Every year it seems like that list gets longer, and the only way we ever get everything checked off is an annual event called Working Weekend.Memorial Day Working Weekend is an event that brings volunteers together to help the Camp ...

Check out this story from last summer and learn about the life-changing impact summer camp can have in a child's life. In the quiet stillness of Warm Beach Camp, secret plans were being laid in Cabin One. Counselor "Chip" briefed his guys on the scheme.      "Okay boys, remember to be perfectly quiet. And don't spill anything!" With bowls full of water, they turned out the lights, and snuck into the night. As the boys crept up to Cabin Two's ...

. . . on the results of summer camps confirmed many of our assumptions. In this study conducted by the American Camp Association, researchers found that summer camps increase self-esteem and confidence. Consider the following statement: “Self-esteem does not come from empty praise, but from feeling competent; from having success experiences; from making genuine contributions. Camps are uniquely suited to provide these opportunities to young people.” What about 6 months later?In this same study the American Camp Association followed up with the ...

We often say that we could not do what we do if it weren’t for our volunteers, and here is the proof: in 2012, 1,435 volunteers donated 32,403 hours of volunteer labor. That is 22% of all documented work that took place on grounds last year, and a 1,000 hour increase over the previous year’s donated hours.The largest project where our volunteers played a major role was the completion of the new Cedar Lodge restrooms. Volunteers also completely painted the ...

Last year marked the tenth year of providing a way for any child to attend who wishes to come to camp at Warm Beach, regardless of financial ability to pay. Over those 10 years, thousands of children, youth, and even some adults, have attended camp. In a caring and compassionate environment, each child is presented with the love and good news of Jesus Christ, and for many, it is truly a life-changing experience.Last year, more than $138,000 was given out ...

Last year we sent over 400 needy kids to Warm Beach Camp through our scholarship program Kids 2 Camp. Giving kids the time of their lives can change their futures. Kids 2 Camp gives these kids the opportunity to make life-changing decisions and lasting friendships. But I got to thinking. How could we send more kids . . .. . . to camp in spite of a tough economy? And then Jeff Ericson at Camano Island Coffee Roasters reached out ...

You may think that living on the road, hopping from town to town, and picking up odd jobs sounds like the life of a vagabond, a long-haul truck driver or the kid who wants to run away and join the circus! But you’d be surprised to learn this is a fairly accurate description of the lives of lots of retired senior adults!A number of the volunteers who come to Warm Beach Camp are retirees who travel in their RVs as ...

Warm Beach Camp has been blessed this summer by many hard working volunteer groups who have not only left their mark all over Warm Beach Camp, but also touched the lives of the Camp staff. This summer, Building In Youth—an organization affiliated with Hard Hats for Christ—was one of those groups. Their goal is to apply 1 Corinthians 3:9-11 to build spiritual values and character into the lives of young people by teaching them construction skills, and the value of ...

The Camp’s annual Kids 2 Camp Benefit Auction, held on Saturday, August 25, raised $63,000 for the Kids 2 Camp Scholarship fund! This will make it possible for a lot of kids to go to camp who would not be able to without all of the generous donors and participants at this event!By the end of this year, nearly $138,500 will have been given out in scholarships, helping bring more than 1500 campers to WBC. We are committed to turning ...

The Partners in Ministry Appreciation Dinner is just days away. Have you made your reservations to attend yet? It’s not too late! I hope you will join us as we share what God has been doing through the ministry of WBC, and take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to you, our donors and volunteers, for your partnership with us.Please join us as our guests on Sunday, May 20 at 5 pm in the Program Center Auditorium for a ...

Memorial Day Working Weekend is a long-standing volunteer event here at Warm Beach Camp. Many of the Camp’s veteran volunteers come back for this event year after year. They have their favorite jobs and love the fellowship, but many of our newer volunteers may not even know what Memorial Day Working Weekend is.Working Weekend allows the Camp to prepare for its summer program season by asking volunteers to come and help spruce up the place. This is a great opportunity ...

With summer right around the corner, registrations are coming in for the summer youth camps. It also means that we are receiving requests for help through the Kids 2 Camp program. Without financial assistance, some of the children and youth who will be coming this summer would be unable to experience their week at camp.A number of these kids come from churches and social service agencies who are working with at-risk youth. For many of these kids, a week at ...

Warm Beach Camp’s volunteers come from far and wide. This past year, we had volunteers from Kansas, California, Virginia, and Texas. Thanks to Deedee Jeffreys, we can now add Alaska to the list.Deedee came to Warm Beach all the way from Coffman Cove, Alaska, where she owns an RV park. The cold Alaska winters bring the RV park activity to a halt, so Deedee heads south to a warmer climate. When you live in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest is a ...