kidz2leaders®, inc. and Camp Hope® Opportunities

• Mark Your Calenders! Camp Hope® will be July 12-18, 2008 at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, GA (new location for 2008!!!). Applications and Training Dates are posted online at the Camp Hope ® website. We hope to see you at camp!
• Announcing the 4th Annual Camp Hope® Golf Tournament on Monday, April 28, 2008 at the Woodmont Golf and Country Club in North Atlanta. Registration and more information available soon at www.kidz2leaders.org.
• Looking for more ways to impact our campers? We are in need of teens, college students and adults interested in participating in our mentor program. We ask that all potential mentors go through training. If you are interested, or would like more information about mentoring a camper, please contact Cris at the Camp Hope® office at 770-977-7751 or by e-mail at cris.hunt@kidz2leaders.org.

Mt. Bethel hosts hope4christmas® party for Camp Hope®

On Saturday, December 15th, Mt. Bethel hosted over 300 for the annual hope4christmas® party. For the first time this year, campers’ parents were invited to attend so they had the opportunity to meet the staff and counselors of Camp Hope®. It was a wonderful time of fellowship for the campers and counselors – it brought such joy to see them reunite with hugs and high-fives. The party included a delicious pancake breakfast that was later topped off with sugar cookies for the campers to decorate! Each table was festively decorated by the 5th grade classes of Mt. Bethel Christian Academy.

Everyone had a great time writing Christmas cards that would be sent to soldiers in Iraq and singing Christmas carols. Rev. Diane Parrish led the group in the “Twelve Days of Christmas.” She invited campers and adults to come on stage to sing. The party concluded with campers receiving a Christmas present, a devotional book written by the 5th graders of MBCA, and a CD with pictures from Camp Hope® 2007. Each of the camper’s families received a Kroger gift certificate to help provide for their Christmas dinner. With all of this warm weather recently, Camp Hope® definitely got the Christmas season started!