by Mary | Jun 16, 2024 | June 2024, The FOOD!!!
Food concerns are real! Food is cultural and foundational to who we are as humans. There are allergies, preferences and intolerances. It’s scarey if you don’t know what you will eat, if you can eat it or even like it! Sonlight food is excellent. Made from...
by Mary | Feb 21, 2024 | Alumni, Backpacking, February 2024
We see you! Find connection and adventure as you climb peaks and explore wilderness. Navigating the early years of adulthood has it’s challenges. Join us for a backpack trip to be in community where space is intentionally provided for conversation. You are not...
by Mary | Sep 21, 2020 | 2020 Posts, Alumni, Backpacking, September 2020
1992 – 2020 28 years later, and the same view! As high school kids, Clark and Meredith Weatherby went on a Sonlight backpack trip with the youth group from Covenant Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX. Fast forward to 2020, and they returned to Sonlight with...
by Mary | Mar 2, 2020 | Alumni, March 2020
An alumni trip through Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah! Winston and Mary spent time on the road in February. No agenda, just visits with Sonlight friends where they live and work, sharing a meal or cup of coffee. Those camp friendships are so important to us and...
by Mary | Feb 5, 2020 | #sonlight40, Alumni, January 2020
2019 Impact Report 3 minutes you’ll be glad you spent with us! Our year was solid and we love looking back at the memories, friendships and all the things we got to do with the Sonlight...
by Mary | Aug 7, 2019 | Alumni, August 2019, Stories by Winston
Why is your left thumb smashed?In 1984, we were building the lodge. We were nailing down the corrugated metal roofing when a new summer staff member arrived. Doug was from Minnesota. After greeting Doug and getting him moved in to his tent for housing, we all went...