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7/21/2010: Shady Chute Ride
Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yylq2exfxCs
7/20/2010: Mosley Tabernacle to Get Decked Out
7/19/2010: A Bright Spot in Summer 2010: The Solar Vehicle
7/3/2010: Happy 80th Birthday GPT!
7/3/2010: Ferncliff Statistics
7/3/2010: The Shady Chute
6/22/2010: New Critters at Camp
Preview: Our amazing Americorps team of volunteers, among many other jobs, have been raising 15 duckings for the lake...
5/3/2010: Summer Staffing Completed
Preview: Congratulations to Abby Cain for completing the hiring of what looks to be a fantastic group of summer staff! We have 16 females and 10 males for counselors all of whom have had one or more years of college...
3/30/2010: Volunteer House Makeover Nears Completion
Preview: Ferncliff's Volunteer House has gone through a very significant transformation on the inside. With primarily volunteer labor, decades old carpeting was pulled up, asbestos tiles were professionally removed, every square inch of dark paneling and trim were painted with lighter colors, the gas stove was removed as was the propane tank, a new stove was installed and a new water heater, new kitchen cabinets and counter tops are being installed, 10 inches of cellulose were added to the attic, a great deal of dirt was excavated from behind the house to solve drainage issues and a retaining wall built, vinyl floor coverings added to front rooms and ceramic tile to kitchen, baths and master bedroom, new window treatments and lighting fixtures...
3/18/2010: Haiti Kits Still Arriving...Volunteer Groups Welcome!
Preview: Many boxes of disaster kits for Haiti continue to arrive at Ferncliff's Disaster Assistance Center daily...
3/16/2010: Americorps Team Arrives at Ferncliff for 8 Weeks of Volunteering!
Preview: "Water 7" is the name of the NCCC team of 12 Americorps volunteers who have landed at Ferncliff for 8 weeks of service...
3/2/2010: February Disaster Work Breaks Record
Preview: During the month of February, Ferncliff received 49,338 pounds of boxes of disaster kits for Haiti sent from churches around the country...
2/23/2010: Ferncliff in the News
Preview: The work in our Disaster Assistance Center processing kits for Haiti was the subject of an article in the Democrat Gazette today (2/14)...
1/30/2010: Ferncliff Annual Dinner, Friday 2/5 6:00pm
Preview: Ferncliff started a tradition about 7 years ago of having an annual dinner the first Friday in February for any and all Friends of Ferncliff...
1/24/2010: Churches Rally Volunteers to Help Ferncliff with Kits for Haiti
Preview: UPS, Fed Ex, and the post office are bringing many boxes of Church World Service Gift-of-the-Heart Hygiene kits to Ferncliff every day...
1/14/2010: Haiti...."Mom, Ferncliff Can Help!"
Preview: This morning I got an email from Kate, mother of one of our campers. Her son Thomas was watching the Today show about Haiti and told her "Ferncliff can help!" When she asked how he said “They have packets with blankets, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and crayons...
1/7/2010: Summer Camp 2010 Open For Registration!
Preview: Online registration is open for summer 2010. Several new camps have been added. The summer has been condenced from 8 weeks to 7 to have more campers each week and give counselors more of a summer break before returning to school...
12/13/2009: Animoto Promo for Summer Camp
Preview: Check out our new 4 minute slide show promoting summer camp. Just go to our summer camp tab. Program Director Abby Cain put it together with a web based program called Animoto...
12/5/2009: Ferncliff Looking at Green Building Certification
Preview: LEED is the most internationally recognized green building certification program. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is administered by the U...
10/14/2009: Electric Lanterns to Light the Way
Preview: Steve Wilson came up with a great idea to light the dark trail from the main camp to the Adventure Camp...
10/4/2009: Emergency Flood Buckets Leave Ferncliff for Georgia
Preview: Church World Service requested that Ferncliff send 200 Emergency Clean-Up Buckets as quickly as possible to Rome, Georgia...
10/4/2009: Green Vehicle Arrives at Ferncliff!
Preview: Ferncliff's 14-passenger, electric vehicle arrived this week. It has solar panels that, on sunny days, will extend the time it can go without a charge...
9/15/2009: Because of Camp...
Preview: Because of camp, people have developed traits, skills and values that stick with them for a lifetime...
8/8/2009: Summer Camp Registrations Buck the Trend
Preview: While a lot of camps struggled this year with the economy, swine flu and the like, Ferncliff found a way to show a 17% increase in registrations over 2008...
8/8/2009: Sweeter Dreams Coming To Ferncliff!
Preview: You may not have thought about it, but people spend a lot of their time at Ferncliff sleeping! Really...
7/8/2009: Camp Raising Support to Give Solar Hayrides
Preview: Ferncliff is looking for partners to help buy a solar powered 14 passenger electric vehicle to move campers, visitors and guests around the camp...
7/5/2009: Ferncliff Makes the Evening News Two Days Straight
Preview: Ferncliff got good publicity thanks to Channel 4. They wanted to do an article on keeping kids healthy at summer camp where they are in close quarters and they chose to come out to Ferncliff -- our proximity to Little Rock helps! They interviewed Program Director Abby Cain and Nurse Janie...
7/1/2009: Tears of Joy for Choir Coming to Camp!
Preview: "Oh my gosh, you are making me cry!" That's what Karen Hayes, wife of pastor Cedric Hayes said when she heard that there were ample funds for her Gloryland Pastor's Choir children to come to Ferncliff...
6/17/2009: Ferncliff Campers Get Attention in Hot Springs!
Preview: Ferncliff's Magical Mystery Tour camp stopped at the Springy Dingy Costume Shop in Hot Springs on 6/16...
6/17/2009: Ferncliff Hits the 6:00 News!
Preview: Last week Ferncliff was contacted about a story on Camp Accreditation and what criteria parents should use for selecting a camp for their children...
6/10/2009: Ferncliff Offers July 4th Military Family Appreciation Weekend
Preview: An an act of appreciation for our families serving in the military, Ferncliff is offering a special weekend July 3-5...
5/28/2009: Day Camps Extended Due to Snow?!
Preview: Initially Ferncliff was just offering one week of Day Camp to start off the summer June 1-5. However, snow days pushed many schools to not end until June 3rd...
5/26/2009: Volunteers Gone Wild at Camp
Preview: Volunteer Hours Already Match All of Last YearIn the past weeks, volunteers have been involved inWilliams Lodge (new kitchen, roof, a/c units, sewer, landscaping and paint)Laying donated sod around Mosley Tabernacle (Americorps Sun 4 team)Building a beautiful new stone cookout grill and smokerMaking and inspecting hundreds of disaster kits (Bella Vista volunteers!)Sawing hardwood logs for future construction projectsHauling away brush, extending a sidewalk, and many other projects (Americorps)Cleaning all around Ferncliff lake (Presbyterian Youth Groups!)Painting the interior of Red Bud CottageOne of the best indicators of a healthy and growing camp is the strength of its volunteer program...
5/25/2009: Ferncliff Attracts the Most Global Summer Staff Ever!
Preview: With the theme "Live the World...Change the World!" it seemed only fitting that Ferncliff would recruit a generous number of outstanding international summer staff...
5/21/2009: Summer Camps Filling Up! Registrations Up 10%
Preview: Ferncliff Sees Resurgence in Family CampsThis year the verse "the last shall be first" (Mt 20:16) is applying to summer camp weeks! The last week of the summer (July 26-31) has been the first to fill up! The youth of two large churches decided they wanted to come the same week...
5/21/2009: Ferncliff's Trip to Ireland/Northern Ireland
Preview: Ferncliff Director David Gill just returned this week from co-leading a trip during May. A total of 17 adults enjoyed a trip from Dublin to Belfast to Derry to Galway...