Friendship Camps Overview

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Friendship Games 2008
New Jersey Synod Friendship Camps 2008

This summer the New Jersey Synod, ELCA, will host 16 Friendship Camps throughout Bosnia. These camps are for children ages 10-13 (and anyone else who shows up!), and are intended to help bring Healing, Hope & Peace, into their lives and their communities. Each camp has anywhere from 60-300+ students, and 10-20 teachers present. We hope to serve over 2,400 children this summer.

The theme for this year’s camps is “Friendship Games 2008”, with the idea of building on the excitement and attention on the 2008 Olympic Games. Our "Friendship Games" will focus on teamwork, the strength found in a diverse group of people working together, and on the fun of tackling a shared challenge

So we’ll spend the day with the children exploring this theme while playing together, singing together, sharing stories, creating art, and eating and laughing together. We’ll give the children, the teachers in attendance that day, and the schools some gifts (see our Home Team needs) – including the gift of our time and love.

Each Friendship Camp costs around $2,100 to run, and we need Sponsors for each of them. If you are interested in sponsoring part or all (or several!) of a Friendship Camp, take a look at the North Camps and the South Camps, and select which one you’d like to Sponsor. Then contact our Home Team Captains, Pastor Kent and Peg Klophaus.

Thank you so much for considering your support for this vital, life-giving ministry!

Posted by Jason on February 12, 2008