Neighborhood Camp

06/26/2023

Racine ELCA Neighborhood Camp kicked off today with over 200 neighborhood children enjoying a day filled with adventure, education, physical and spiritual nourishment, and a whole lot of fun and laughter.
A huge thank you to those who support Neighborhood Camp through grants.

06/20/2022

First day of Neighborhood Camp at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Staff worked tirelessly to create a place in space for our kids. Excited to see all the kids in awe as they walked in the this site. Go Camp.
Thank you Rebekah Hetchler Matt James Jessica Mishleau and so many more for all you do. Our kids are blessed to have you.

12/02/2020

Outreach for Hope is one of the funders of Neighborhood Camp

08/03/2020

Lean On Me! When you are feeling you're alone in your struggles, know that you are loved, prayed for, and supported.
Thank-you John Anderson for this wonderful message. It is a message we all need to here. Please reach out if you know someone today. You never know who just might be needing to hear a message of Hope.

08/03/2020

Throughout the 20 years that Neighborhood Camp has been in existence, it’s mission was to provide kids living in urban neighborhoods, a place to be fed, nourished, and educated, while being safe for five-weeks during the summer.
Although camp looked different this year because of Covid-19, our mission was still the same.
We just had to figure out a way to bring camp to the kids, instead of the kids coming to us.
After months of brain storming and research, we determined that it would be beneficial, as well as safe, to do camp virtually.
Being fully aware that many of our campers would not have the means to connect with us virtually, Neighborhood Camp purchased 80 Chromebooks, which provided all our kids access.
Throughout the three weeks of camp, our kids engaged in educational workshops, science experiments, arts & crafts, God Time, one-on-one conversations with their personal staff member, and so much more.
In addition, each camper received a food basket that contains enough food to feed a family of four, for the week.
So for our 21 year, things looked a little different, but in reality it was much the same.
We served our neighborhood kids with Love.
A HUGE THANK-YOU to Outreach for Hope, The Siebert Lutheran Foundation, The Racine Community Foundation, and all our private donors, who made this all possible. We could not have done it without You‼️

07/23/2020

Neighborhood Camp Staff's virtual interaction with their campers provides one-on-one conversations, as well as group activities. We’re all feeling blessed to be able to share the camp experience in a new and exciting way.

07/20/2020

Food service team‼️Very grateful for the hard work being put in to feeding our campers and others in need.
This weeks food packages include: Cheese hotdogs, box of onion rings, chicken strips, chicken nuggets, cheese slices, breakfast sandwiches, pastries, gallon of milk, OJ, water, case of yogurt, a freash box of produce, and an abundance of dry product.
Thank-you Kingdom Manna, Siebert Lutheran Foundation, Outreach for Hope, Racine Community Foundation, and all our private donors, for all you have done to help support Neighborhood Camp and our kids.

07/20/2020

During the first week of Neighborhood Camp at Emaus ELCA we explored the power of water and the growth that springs forth in to life.
As you can see, we have some budding artists among us.

07/15/2020

This is an example of the kind of messages we have been receiving from the parents of our campers. We are so blessed to be able to still host Camp, all-be-it virtually.

07/13/2020

What a task it was to prepare meals for a week for our campers. First we loaded 500 cases of food off trucks into our cars, then unloaded them to our staging area. Once unloaded we prepared the boxes of meals to be delivered.
For those of you wondering (Mary & Nancy) I only used my mind as you can see. Lol

07/13/2019