Wildwood Hills Ranch Camp

fun at camp!

We talk about partnering with churches and our community to help meet the needs of people in our community. The Wildwood Hills Ranch Camp effort is a great example of this kind of partnership. Orchard Hill Church, together with Cedar Valley Community Church, Waterloo Community Schools, and Barmuda restaurant corporation have been working together to send kids from the Cedar Valley to Wildwood for camp in the summer. Maribeth Boelts is a leader in this effort and writes the post below:

Eighty children from Waterloo will soon be heading off to Wildwood Hills Ranch in St. Charles, IA (http://www.wildwoodhillsranch.com/). This is a faith-based, Character Counts camp for at-risk children, ages 8-12. This will be the third year children from the Cedar Valley have attended. Wildwood Hills Ranch is a beautiful camp, with a lake, horses, swimming pool, hiking trails, an arts and crafts center, and so much more. Children stay engaged from the minute they wake up, to when their heads hit the pillows at 9:00 PM. Besides being a total blast, children are offered the love and hope of Jesus by the young, energetic counselors. They are constantly encouraged and challenged in this safe and fun environment and as a result, they blossom and grow at Wildwood... You may want to make the drive to St. Charles (30 minutes south of Des Moines--Madison
County) to see for yourself-- the camp welcomes all visitors!
Children will be attending camp this summer, June 22th-26th. If you are interested in sponsoring a child for a week at camp, or would like to volunteer at the camp as some of our Orchard Hill folks have done, please contact Maribeth Boelts. (maribeth@cfu.net, 277-0981)