We are getting ready for another great summer at the BYM Camps but we will need your help to make it all possible! You are invited to join us at the camp properties for a series of work weekend this spring. Come and enjoy some time at the camps that have come to mean so much to so many, participate in some meaningful and satisfying work, enjoy the company of other Friends or take the opportunity to learn your way around the camps before the summer of fun and growing begins. Painting, cleaning repairing and improving the camps offer us all a chance to get to know each other and to enjoy these beautiful places! You, your family, friends, and anyone else are invited to participate in one or more of the work weekends listed below. Work weekends provide a great chance to see our camp properties in a new season or for the first time. Come and give the gift of your time and enjoy the gifts our camps have to give.

You DO NOT need to have any building or carpentry skills in order to pitch in! We need all kinds of people to make contributions. You do need to have some energy and a willingness to get dirty, try new things, be flexible and enjoy the company of others who want to pitch in too. We need sweepers, painters, cooks, ditchers, concrete mixers, trail clearers as well as carpenters and handy people. All of us have contributions to make, so come on out and enjoy some physical activity and the company of Friends!

Work weekends are held on both Saturday and Sunday; you may come just for the day or you may spend the night on Saturday night. You may arrive Friday night if you'd like to make a weekend of it, but there will be no dinner served on Friday. Feel free to bring food to share. We will provide simple breakfasts and lunches on Saturday and Sunday as well as the evening meal on Saturday night. Bring bedding (we do not always have enough suitable mattresses), flashlights, and anything else you may want. Cabins are generally available or you may bring a tent. Please visit the Website before you come to make sure everything is on schedule. There may be times when we are sharing camp with other renters and cabin space will be limited.

Friends of all ages are welcome. Young people (0 to 18 years of age) should always bring their parents or a Friendly Adult Presence (FAP). Parents or FAPs will be responsible for supervising the young people under their care.

Please visit: http://www.bymcamps.org/work_weekends.htm for more information and send an e-mail to davidhunter@bym-rsf.org if you plan to attend.