Árdís - 01.01.1949, Page 80

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ÁRDÍ S
Report of the Board of Directors
of Sunrise Lutheran Camp
Read at the Convention at Hecla
The secretary of the Camps board of directors will be
presenting a detailed report covering the activities of the Board
for the past year.
It will be noted that some progress has been made during
the year in the matter of completing work on the interior of the
Memorial Hall. Some improvement has also been made to the
grounds but any extensive improvements are only to be anticipated
over a matter of years for the reasons that they are costly and the
contracting for such undertakings difficult to arrange.
Tthe principal objectives in view are those of levelling off
suitable portions of the grounds and the laying out of baseball
diamond and a tennis court at as early a time as possible. Otherwise
expenditures must of necessity for a while yet be confined to the
acquiring and purchasing of the most needed essentials.
Contributions to the various funds have however been
sufficiently encouraging to show evidence of mutual interest
in the welfare of the camp and faith in the object and principal
for which it was established.
Your Board is mindful of the free and willing services rendered
by so many in the interests of the Camp and by the women
particularly, who have unstintingly donated time and energy so
that our summer camp might operate as efficiently and economically
as possible. Such services merit the grateful acknowledgements
of the Board as well as the appreciation of all concerned. It is
on such services that a developing project such as ours is so
dependent on. Voluntary working parties, sometimes mixed groups,
from the community adjacent to the camp and also from both
Selkirk and Winnipeg have at different times lent a hand at
work on the grounds, clearing or constructing as the case might
be and so contributed valuable assistance that the Board much
appreciates.
Reference should be made at this time as to the contacts
made with church camps in the States through privileges extended
and made possible through scholarships given by a department
of the United Lutheran Church. We must thankfully acknowledge