As we continue to improve our grounds and facilities, we have an extensive list of ongoing needs and projects, as well as projects we hope to accomplish in 2025.
Retreat Center:
Grounds:
Buildings:
Recreation:
Specific Needs:
- Upgrade exterior and interior paint
- Remodel living room and kitchen areas
- Remodel bunk rooms and bathrooms
- Upgrade patio area
Grounds:
- Outdoor Chapel Benches (repaired & varnished)
- New Planters & Gardening near entrance
- Replace light fixtures in 2 pavilions - 1 completed April 2024
- New benches at 3 pavilions
- Clearing Limbs (ongoing)
Buildings:
- Painting bunks in cabins
- Covering graffiti on cabin walls with paint
- Replace Windows in Dining Hall
- 141 New Bedbug Resistant Mattresses to replace old ones (approximately $100/each)
- Improve steps to cabin porches from erosion
Recreation:
- Sunshade for Gaga Ball Pit
- New Carpetball tables built (plans can be provided) (need 4)
- Youth/Child Size Life Jackets
- Benches/Bleachers built at Volleyball Court & Gaga Ball
- New Rubber Mulch for Playground Area ~ $4,000 for seven Super Sacks of Rubber Mulch
Specific Needs:
- In 2025, we plan to remodel the Retreat Center and continue to improve our grounds. Purchase something from our Amazon Wish List
- Someone with access to a Bucket Truck so light pole lights can be repaired for nighttime lighting.
- HVAC Systems (2) for bathhouses