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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The Forest Roads Project is an ongoing effort to create and maintain an unpaved road system for better ATV and tractor access to the 395 acres of the Camp. This project is part of the Stewardship Initiative, especial helpful in Land Stewardship and Forestry Stewardship because it opens the 369 acres of Camp forest to…
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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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