Saturday at camp. No campers on site – rental group came in this afternoon. Moved around some picnic tables and our big BBQ for the group.
Had a camper from last week get in touch about coming again this week – always a good reaction to a week at camp – wanting to come again the very next week.
People ask me what is “full” at camp – how many campers is full. This is a number that we do not have a solid answer to. The reason is that we have over 220 beds on site here at Pearce Williams – so if we wanted and there was demand we could take 96 campers in West Camp, another 40 in East Camp, 28 in the Covered Wagons – so that gets us to 164. Then at Wilderness – we can take 30 campers – right now we limit it to 20, but 30 is not out of the question. So that puts us up to 194.
194 is a lot of campers, if there was demand we could accommodate that number and our staff. So full would be 194.
Our goal at Pearce Williams is to provide amazing summer camp experiences to the campers. We want to make sure every camper who comes has to opportunity to learn, grow and discover in a safe and fun environment. We want each child to leave with the simple truth that God loves them.
The question is how do you maintain the small camp feel and personal service with more campers?
Interesting thoughts on a Saturday…
Campers back in tomorrow.
Joe Richards
Executive Director
Pearce Williams Christian Centre
o: 519.764.2317 c:519.636.4285
www.pearcewilliams.org
“every child deserves a week at camp…”
Executive Director
Pearce Williams Christian Centre
o: 519.764.2317 c:519.636.4285
www.pearcewilliams.org
“every child deserves a week at camp…”