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September 2003
Fall Festival
Saturday, October 5th, 3:30 - 8:30 pm at Little Prairie Bible Camp Come join the festivities at LPBC. The event will begin with the annual meeting for all LPBC members at 3:30pm, followed by Dinner and a Carnival from 5:00 - 7:30pm. We will again have a silent auction, many carnival booths, a Country Store, and of course the Jail. Don’t miss this great opportunity to bring the family out for a wonderful evening of fun and entertainment while supporting the cause of LPBC. This is one of the major fund-raising events of the year to help keep the camp going, so bring the family and your checkbook! Annual Meeting - (3:30 – 4:30) Each year 6 new members and alternates are selected to serve on the Board of Directors for LPBC. The board consists of 12 members. Each board member serves for 2 years. To serve on the Board of Directors, a person must be an active member of Little Prairie Bible Camp, who has demonstrated his or her interest in the camp by being involved in the activities at camp. If you are a member of LPBC, please don’t miss this important meeting. If you are not a member, but have an interest in LPBC, please come and become a member at the meeting. Ballot of Board candidates
If you are an active member, but are unable to attend the annual meeting, you may vote for Board members in absentia. Please contact Bill Gillett for details at (573) 341-3952 or e-mail: billg@umr.edu Dinner and Carnival - (5:00 - 7:30) The annual carnival at LPBC always proves to be an exciting and fun time for everyone. Connie Blackburn and Bill Gillett are coordinating the Fall Festival. If you have questions or would like to volunteer to help, please contact Bill at (573) 341-3952 or e-mail him at billg@umr.edu LPBC operates with volunteers only, so your help is always welcome. The ladies will be serving a great turkey dinner. The dinner includes all the trimmings along with dessert and drinks. If you live in or around Rolla, tickets for the dinner are on sale now from board members; otherwise, you may purchase tickets at the dinner. The price is only: $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for kids 10 and under. Wilma Arthur and Barbara King are in charge of the dinner. If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Wilma at (573) 364-7748. Silent Auction - (5:00 - 7:30) This is the 7th year for the Silent Auction. Bill Phipps will be directing the Silent Auction this year. For each of the past 3 years, the Silent-Auction has netted approximately $3000 for LPBC. Thanks to all who have helped this happen. Many items have already been donated for this year’s Silent Auction, but many more are needed. WE NEED YOUR HELP!! If you have an item to donate or would like to help get items for the auction, Please contact Bill Phipps at 573 364-2048 or bill.phipps@mail.sprint.com) Fund-Raising LPBC 2003 fund raising events were successful again because of you and the many volunteers. Your willingness to work and purchase the items made it possible for the camp to run financially sound. Thanks to you some children actually attended camp through the established scholarship fund. A total of $13,627.60 was raised via fund raisers this year. Here is a list of the fund raisers, dollars raised, and individuals chairing the events.
Fund-Raiser
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Big Fall Garage Sale Encampment Report – Larry Tubbs, Chairman The following is a comparison of the number of campers at each session over the past 3 years:
One of the highlights of camp this summer was "Day Camp" , with 45 kids from 5 years old 2nd grade. The theme was “The Armor of God” (Eph. 6:10-17). We spent 4 exciting days studying the scripture, each child making their own armor to illustrate God’s armor, playing games, swimming and eating. We look forward to this session continuing to grow year after year. We had 25 volunteers to assist with all of the activities. Larry Tubbs, Brent Fry and Bill Phipps organized this wonderful week. Financial Report – Cathy Cassidy, Treasurer We have had another blessed year! Thank you for your prayers and financial support! With donations, fundraisers, and camper fees we accomplished and were blessed with many projects being completed and great camp sessions for our children this summer. The caretaker house was repaired for $10,464. Food for all the campers and staff was $10,079. Camper and staff T-shirts were $3,732. Two concrete pads around the multi-purpose building for trash and outside the kitchen was $1,931. The multi-purpose building’s roof was repaired and the inside was painted for $1,750. A new lawn mower was $1,500. We also have many upcoming projects. Funds are needed for a commercial water treatment system, storage/equipment building, repairing/repainting the pool, drainage system and brick repair around the multi – just to name a few! So your donations are always appreciated and used as wisely as possible! If you are unable to come to the Fall Festival and would like to pay your annual dues by mail, just send $20 (regular members) or $10 (lifetime members). Also, we have camp coupons available in $1, $5, and $10 if you are interested in helping a camper earn their way to camp. You purchase the coupons from us, then the camper works for you and earns the coupons through out the year. We already had a few campers partially and fully earn their own way to camp this past summer!! Send dues, donations or camp coupon money to: LPBC, P.O. Box 251, Rolla, MO 65402. Thank you and God bless you! Cathy Cassidy, Treasurer Site Maintenance Committee Report – Linda Roberts, ChairpersonMany site maintenance projects were completed at LPBC this year. New lights were installed in the multipurpose building bathrooms. A new tile floor was installed in the director’s cabin as well as new steps for the front porch. The sports cage was remodeled with new shelving added. Levy Lodge got new steps and the porch on the Restoring Old Paths cabin was repaired. A new concrete pad was poured and a privacy fence installed around the dumpster. We also poured a concrete pad on the east end of the multi-purpose building, giving it a much cleaner and brighter appearance. A group of young people from Michigan and Rolla repaired the fire pit ring, sprayed sealer on the gazebo, finished some painting on the director’s cabin, replaced one of the yews by the shower house, and cleared some of the trails. The roof of the multi-purpose building was repaired. Besides overseeing these projects and the extensive preparation and cleaning of the camp during our annual Family Work Camp, the Site Maintenance Committee was heavily involved in the installation of Rob and Laura Martin as the new caretakers at LPBC. We also undertook a major remodeling of the caretaker’s house. In addition, we made a change in the chemicals used to sanitize the swimming pool water, which resulted in a lovely lime green kool-aid color in the water. The water was returned to its natural shade of blue with the installation of a larger pump, which circulated the water and mixed the chemicals much more effectively. Future plans are in place to install a water softening system at camp and to repair and repaint the pool. We also are planning to build a storage/equipment shed in the near future. Please Note: The camp can be rented for retreats, etc by Church of Christ groups by contacting Larry Tubbs at: (573) 674-3128 or e-mail: sandltubbs@socket.net The LPBC website is: www.littleprairie.org.
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