Cedars Camps

Salaries for program service go to summer college counselors, seasonal workers, and 13 year-round employees that provide care for our herd of 71 horses, activity upkeep, and maintaining 1000 acres of property which includes facilities, grounds, and equipment. We have a ratio of 1 counselor to every 3 campers. The summer program involves nine weeks of camping, an additional three weeks of pre-camp training for staff, plus fall events that are staffed with counselors. During pre-camp, staff become trained by and in some activity areas certified through: archery certified instruction; certified instructors for high ropes and low ropes and low ropes team building and ziplining; certified horsemanship association (cha) for training staff as riding instructors at various levels; nature instructors; ski boat instructions for staff who are teaching water-skiing and boat driving; certified instruction on our cable ski system. Staff are also trained on cabin management; all facets of working with campers; and they study our staff manual and handbook. As members of The american camp association (aca) we follow The guidelines they provide for staff training. 4b program expenses $647158 Cedars Camps has 9 weeks of summer camp activities (une-august) on 1000 acres of land near lebanon mo for christian scientists. In addition, there are several long weekend programs for adults or other organizations off season in The fall. Cedars has 1 and 2 week camping sessions with a total of 529 individual campers and 1186 camper weeks. 128 attended one week of family camp; 147 attended a memorial weekend family camp; an additional 82 attended a bible study on exodus in The fall; and 208 people from 5 other organizations came for 2 to 3 days in The fall. Cedars has small class and activity groups with a camper to counselor ratio of 3 to 1. Activities at Cedars include bible lesson study; horseback riding; red cross swimming classes; crafts; canoeing; nature study sports; ropes courses; zipline; climbing wall; musical theater; kayaking; paddleboarding; log rolling; cable skiing; and waterskiing. Cedars has specialty programs in soccer; basketball; musical theater; horseback riding; waterskiing; aerial arts; as well as having many of these activities available to all campers as a choice of activities. We have a herd of 71 horses that we maintain year-round. This includes growing hay and buying grain to feed The horses; farrier and vet bills; maintaining tack; and training The staff through camp-based clinics through The cha. Trips go to big surf, silver dollar city, pomme de terre where we have our ski school boats and canoe float trips on nearby rivers. Cedars has a bible lands park for further bible exploration, which is opened in The off season. 4c maintenance expenses $521775 maintenance includes upkeep for our program support buildings which includes 22 cabins with bathrooms, 4 individual residences; homes; 4 staff housing facilities, 2 lodges with kitchens and dining rooms, a new dining facility, a care facility, sports center, and heavy and small equipment. There are 1000 acres of property to maintain including fencing to keep our herd of horses in; aquatic center with a jr. olympic lap pool and diving well; waterslide; soccer fields; trails for horseback riding; 2 covered arenas (1 large); basketball court; and an outdoor covered chapel. Cedars has 3 maintenance buildings which includes a fire truck garage for camp safety. The facilities support The activities and Cedars purpose/mission. We also have a program for high school campers to wrok on The grounds crew and in food service, which trains them to see The bigger picture of what it takes to run camp and prepares them for counseling in future years.