Tuesday, March 17, 2009
A Million Dollar Savings!
I'm amazed: During the past five years, volunteers have saved Twin Rocks Friends Camp more than $1 million!
We are so blessed, with 541 individuals contributing more than 106,000 hours of volunteer labor between 2004 and 2008. Put another way, we average donated labor each year equivalent to 10 full-time employees!
Year in and year out - whether it's painting a cabin, washing a window, cleaning a restroom, plumbing a building, clearing a trail, or counseling a cabin of kids - we see volunteers of all ages in camp with big smiles on their faces. Some volunteers are here for a day, others for a week, or even a summer; and some live and volunteer here year-round! Whenever we get behind with maintenance or housekeeping it seems that a group of volunteers shows up to help bring things into shape. And at least half of our summer camp programming derives from volunteer labor.
It's pretty incredible. A BIG thanks to all of you who volunteer here at Twin Rocks. It makes this camp a delightful place for me to work.