by Mary | May 30, 2019 | Alumni, May 2019
#sonlight40What a weekend! Over 100 people joined us to celebrate 40 years of Sonlight Camp. We had people from many generations and it was great. A huge thank you to the Sonlight Summer 2019 staff, Emrys and Sara and Bryce for great food, fun and organization. Thanks...
by Winston | May 29, 2019 | 2019 Posts, Alumni, May 2019, Stories by Winston
There is a bull in the hammock!As we walked to the lodge one morning, we noticed a lot of activity out in the meadow by a hammock we’d recently hung. Strung up between 2 ponderosa trees was our hammock attached to a large bull with big horns. One of the local cattle...
by Mary | May 23, 2019 | May 2019
2019 Summer staff have arrived and here we go! We’re in the middle of 2 weeks of staff training, with Sonlight’s 40th anniversary reunion weekend sandwiched in the middle!Our start has been a bit wet and snowy. Nothing says fun like energizers in the...
by Mary | May 15, 2019 | May 2019
Thanks Friends!And once again, our dear friends from Covenant Presbyterian Church in Wichita, KS spent a week with us at Sonlight, preparing the camp for summer. So much cleaning, construction, detail work, office assistance and more. We can’t say thank you...
by Winston | May 15, 2019 | May 2019, Stories by Winston
Two cabins built in three daysEvery Memorial Day weekend, Sonlight Camp would have an old fashion “barnraising”. We would erect a log cabin. In the early 1990’s we had so many people that wanted to come and build a cabin we decided to build two cabins in the...
by Winston | May 8, 2019 | Alumni, May 2019, Stories by Winston
WWII Army Mash TentsIn 1984, Sonlight had begun a 6,000 square foot lodge. This gave us a dining room, kitchen and upstairs sleeping area. But we had no other sleeping except small backpacking tents. So, the Presbyterian Church group, that was coming to Sonlight for...
