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Urgent message regarding changes to Tilikum’s 2022 Summer Camp program.

Due to delays in the timeline to complete repairs on the lake as well as an exceptionally challenging Summer Staff hiring season, we have made the extremely difficult decision to cancel Tilikum’s Day Camp program this year. Instead, we will be running an expanded QUEST Day Camp program for students entering grades 5 – 8.

If you have a camper going into 5th or 6th grade who is registered for Day Camp and would like to move up to QUEST, you may do so at no extra cost. Email Crystal Headrick/Camp Registrar to make this change to your registration or, if you are registered through a church group, contact your group coordinator.

If you have a camper going into 1st – 4th grade who is currently registered for Day Camp, or a 5th – 6th grader currently registered for Day Camp who does not want to move up to Quest Camp, you may receive a full refund. Email Crystal Headrick/Camp Registrar and she will begin processing your refund over the next few weeks. We will work to get your registration fees back to you as quickly as possible and greatly appreciate your patience as we work through these requests one at a time.

For more information about QUEST Camp, [CLICK HERE].

Tilikum is asking for community support for the 2022 summer program and to be able to make repairs on the Lake.

Tilikum’s 13 acre lake is the centerpiece for Summer Camp and Retreat Center activities each year and includes swimming and canoeing as well as supplying water for drinking and irrigation. Tilikum staff have been working since September 2021 on the problem, and have decided to cancel the Day Camp program for 800 registered local children. This is indeed the most challenging time in Camp Tilikum’s 51-year history.

So far, about $100,000 has been spent on the project, and to date, about $70,000 has been raised. To finish the project, costs are projected to be an additional $330,000 including $180,000 for direct costs to repair, and $150,000 for indirect costs for purchasing water and loss of income from the cancellation of Day Camp.

If you would like to support the ministry at Tilikum you can contribute via GoFundMe to this project. [CLICK HERE]

See the Newberg Graphic’s June 21, 2022 coverage. [CLICK HERE]

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