April 2021

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April 2021

Stone Center Native Prairie Burn

The Strawberry Volunteer Fire Department is working with us to help burn seventy-five of the ninety-five acres of prairie at the Stone Center early this month. This land is part of the acreage Executive Director, Clark Baldwin, enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) last year. As part of this program, sixty of the seventy-five acres will be replanted this spring with native prairie grass. Fifteen of the acres will be planted with native wildflowers. After this spring we will implement a burning plan that burns one-third of the entire ninety-five acres of CRP prairie every five years to help keep it as native prairie.

You are welcome to visit the Stone Center Prairie to see the native prairie for a day hike. You can also plan a retreat at the Stone Center and have the prairie as your backyard for your week or weekend. Click HERE for more information on Stone Center retreats.

Thrivent Action Teams

Do you know any Thrivent Members with Action Team Cards who don't know where to use them? This year we're working to create a list of service projects at Camp Ewalu that can be funded by Thrivent Members with Action Team grants. Contact Shiloy Baldwin at the camp office for more information and to learn about our current projects. Shiloy will even help you fill out the grants if needed.

Earlier this spring Richard and Sandy Hyman used their Thrivent Action Project to purchase materials to build new bunkbeds for the Walnut Cabins. They built four bunkbeds in total. The bunk beds will are completed and ready for rentals already this spring.

You can make a difference this spring!

Ewalu has always been a safe place to experience God’s amazing creation. This summer, Camp Ewalu celebrates 60 years of safe and spirit-filled moments as a Christian community. Last summer, we gathered to worship and play without any COVID-19 infections.

Many families have been attending church entirely online for over a year. We are starving for human interaction and need a safe place to interact with other Christians. Children need a safe place to worship God in Christian community now more than ever.

Parents already recognize the positive impacts of Ewalu in our hyper-virtual world.

“She had a lot of fun. She needed interaction with other kids with this being a crazy summer,” wrote the parent of one of last year’s campers.

We are gearing up for yet another safe, Christ-filled summer in God’s creation at Camp Ewalu, building off of what we learned last summer, and every summer for the past 60 years.

With your help, We are again able to offer a $255 campership subsidy to each camper this summer. One week of camp truly costs $735 per child, which we offer for $479. You help us honor our commitment to ensuring that no child will ever be denied a camp experience due to financial constraints, especially this year when we are anticipating there to be a greater need for camperships with the financial hardships of COVID-19.

I hope you’ll join me in donating to Camp Ewalu. Make a gift online today to help us ensure that every child can experience the much-needed benefits of a Christian community in God’s creation this summer.

Thank you for your prayers and support. You make 60 years of Christian community possible with your faithful help.

Thrivent Action Donors & Projects in January, February, & March 2021

Sandy Hyman
Material for new bunkbeds
Clark Baldwin
Mattress covers for new beds and lunches
Maury Landt
Purchasing bees and planting wildflowers
Shiloy Baldwin
Postage for Spring Campership Appeal
Bev Ager
Buying banners for day camps
Paul Frantsen
Supplies for repair of Trailblazer cabin roofs
Nathan Zietlow
Purchasing materials for new disc. golf course
Richard Hyman
Purchasing materials for Adirondack chairs
June Mehlhaus
Purchasing materials for quilts for auction
Ev Blobaum
Spark Bibles and day camp supplies

Thank you to our donors in January and February 2021

Liz Albertson

American Lutheran Church, La Porte City

Pr Keith and Pr Virginia Anderson Larson

Bethany Lutheran Church, Elkader

Anita Blaker

Stephanie and Jay Boeding

Rochelle Busch

Ellen Cannon

Patrick Cannon

Christ the King Lutheran Church, Iowa City

Keith and Dawn Christensen

Robyn and Dan Clark-Bridges

Jennifer and Leo Clougherty

Crowning Revelations, Houston TX

Marvin and Annette Dahling

Decorah Lutheran Church, Decorah

Merlyn Duffy

Elim Lutheran Church, Marshalltown

First Lutheran Church, Conroy

First Lutheran Church, Maquoketa

Lucille and David Fober

Kelley Foehrkolb

Good Shepherd Lutheran WELCA, Decorah

Daniel and Allie Grainger

Denise and Dennis Grove

Matt and Jana Hamlett

Tyler and Miranda Hoey

Madelyn and Mark Holtzclaw

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Dubuque

Lu Ann and John Hunt

Richard and Sandy Hyman

Immanuel Lutheran Church, Independence

Kyle Jaeger and Laura Mackey

Daryl and Mary Kay Johnson

Pr Randall and Donna Kasch

Ruth Kittleson

Zachary and Kristin Larson

Pr. Amy and Pr. Matthew Larson

Carolyn Laxson

Donna Lein

Nading's Service

NEIA Synod WELCA, Decorah

Sarah and John Ottesen

Barb Peterson

Roy and Debra Prestsater

Larry and Michelle Prohaska

Lyle and Carol Rasmussen

Richard and Shirley Retz

Doug and Marcia Rueber

Aaron and Allison Schutte

St. John Lutheran Church, Farmersburg

St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Monticello

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Hampton

St. Paul Lutheran Church, Monona

St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Volga

St. Peter and St. Paul Lutheran Church, Monticello

St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, Cedar Rapids

Daniel and Kimberly Stieler

Robert and June Swenson

Richard Tiegs

John and Karen Tjostem

Trinity Lutheran Church, Hawkeye

Dave and Brenda Versteeg

Rev. Mary Wiggins

Diana and Grant Wubbena

Nathan and Meredith Zietlow

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Waterloo

Zion Lutheran Church, Oelwein

Zion Lutheran Church, West Union

Zion Lutheran WELCA, West Union

Second Early Discount Deadline for Summer Camp

Mon, April 19th

Enroll for Summer Camp before April 19, 2021 for a $20 Early Discount on week-long programs, or $10 off on shorter (or non-overnight) programs.

Click HERE to sign up

Spring Volunteer Work Day

Sat May 1st

Join volunteers, families, and church groups to help Ewalu get ready for summer! Take time to explore camp and meet staff and volunteers. Return home renewed and refreshed from your time in this special place in God’s Kingdom.

If you can’t be here for the work day, we always have plenty of things for volunteers at any time.

Click HERE to learn more

We're Hiring our 2021 Summer Staff

Are you or someone you know looking for a fun and meaningful way to spend your summer? Consider a youth ministry position on our 2021 Ewalu Summer Staff.

We're still looking to fill the following positions:

Male & Female Counselor
Health Officer
Ranch Camp Coordinator
Wranglers
Pioneer Coordinator
Night Camp Coordinator
Uplifted Coordinator
Houseboating Coordinator
Day Camp Coordinator
Pool Coordinator
MAD Camp Coordinator

View job descriptions and apply online at

http://ewalu.org/summer-employment/
For more information contact Program Director, Dana Isaacson.

Email: dana@ewalu.org
Phone: 563-933-4700

First Day of Summer Camp 2021

Sun June 13th

We’ve been waiting all year for the first day of the summer season!

It isn’t too late to register for your summer adventure. Join us for a week or a few days!

Summer Camp Theme

And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.”
Revelation 21:5

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and saw that it was good. But it wasn’t finished. This was just the starting point. God shares the creative impulse with everything and everyone and invites us to take part in making something new.

We witness this in the cycles of nature as life springs from life, grows, ages, and returns to the ground from which we come, making way for new life. Creative arts and sciences rise up from within us seeking expression. Our circle of friends and communities ebb and flow as we connect with new people or find ourselves separated.

Even now, God is at work in Christ making all things new! When we struggle to see signs of hope, when we feel like we have lost too much, when we are tired, when we are sick, when we are grieving, God's promise is to be at work restoring and renewing us and all of creation. This is the good news of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection! This is the promise of baptism!

Join us at Ewalu this summer to experience Creation Renewed! Let God renew a right spirit within you as you grow friendships, dwell in nature, learn about yourself, sing, play, and explore Bible passages of God’s amazing work of restoration now and always.

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WISH LIST

Camps like Ewalu are always in need of a few extra kitchen supplies, maintenance tools, or even vehicles for transporting canoes and campers in the summer.

We are hoping to increase our collection of Spark Story Bibles, or other preschool Bibles for Day Camp and Family and Grandparent Camp use. Check in with Dana if you are interested in donating a Bible to Camp Ewalu.

Visit our wish list to see what else we need of at camp. Even if you can't donate yourself, any leads on potential donors are greatly appreciated!

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Our contact information/mailing address is:
Ewalu Camp & Retreat Center
37776 Alpha Avenue
Strawberry Point, IA 52076
Phone: 563-933-4700

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