FGF Acknowledgments
History Book Committee Members: Jim Baer, Ken Bontrager, Veronica Dingwall, Lowell Jantzi, and Donna Stoltzfus. Contributing writers and editors: Lorna Blake-Weaver, Deborah Bon-trager, Ken Bontrager, Malachi Bontrager, Elvin “Bo” Bowman, Tim Buckwalter, Jesus Cruz, Marian Sauder Egli, Jackie Fernandez, Richard Frey, Terri Glick, Dillon Hershey, Zac Hummel, Lowell Jantzi, Jerry and Leonor Kennell, Laura Kruse,…
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Forever Godis Faithful The Story of Camp Deerpark In celebration of fifty years of Camp Deerparkand the lives touched by its land and its mission 1969–2019
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Published by Camp Deerpark Inc. PO Box 394 Westbrookville, NY 12785 [email protected] Copyright © 2019 Camp Deerpark, Westbrookville, New York Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and…
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Firewood is used by Camp Deerpark for campfires and heating via the Wood Doctor Outdoor Wood Boiler (OWB). It is sources from Standing Deadwood and TSI Trees (Timber Stand Improvement) found and flagged by Maintenance or Forestry Stewardship Team personnel. Typically, the wood for heating is cut, hauled in, split and stacked by youth &…
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Dale was working for the New York City Department of Social Services as a case worker when the Mennonite city churches began to consider buying land to start a camp. When a property they wanted to purchase was found—now Camp Deerpark—they quickly needed to raise money. The desire for a camp for the youth and…
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Blue White Industries Flex-Flo A-130-6 Peristaltic Chlorine Pumps handle Cl dosing for both pools at the Swimming Pool. The pumps work by squeezing a flexible tube with a 3-roller tumbler. This creates an area of low volume that suctions chemical through the line. Components Related Threads Related threads use the Flex-Flo A-130-6 tag.
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Camp Deerpark Newsletter Fall 2004 “An Act of God, the Acts of God’s People” The following are excerpts from the Times Herald Record from Tuesday, August 31 through September 5, 2004: “Local flash flood worst in 49 years” “Homes evacuated, roads closed, people rescued in heavy flooding” “Driving rain turned tame streams into torrents” “By…
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Forest Hills Mennonite Church Work Groups
While I was one of the original four from Pennsylvania who went to look at the property prior to the purchase of Camp Deerpark in 1968, and continued to support it financially over the years, it wasn’t until around 2000 that I became aware of how much repair work was needed on the buildings. I…
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Forest History Camp Deerpark was founded in 1969 when the New York City Mennonite churches purchased the Winkler’s Country Club, which was previously owned by the George Brandt family. In the mid 1970s some logging was done at Camp Deerpark in the Orange Trail area on the south side of Brandt Road. Unfortunately, at that…
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