SLMC News

Checkout what’s new at Camp! - January 27th, 2012

The vestibule with new pine window trim and wall

Konrad Sauer and I drove to camp yesterday to checkout some of the new projects. The solar panel is installed, the dining hall addition (camper washrooms and health centre) is finished and the new camper cabin project starts on Monday!

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New Camper Cabin Design! - December 29th, 2011

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Thanks to our volunteer architects (also parents of campers) Alex Jenkins and Graham Whiting (www.whitingdesign.ca), we now have a draft of design plans for our new campers cabins. What do you think? Send us your comments.

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Dining Hall Addition is one month away from completion! - November 21st, 2011

Transition Room

The primer is on and the paint is coming tomorrow. 4 more weeks until occupancy!

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School Kits from Missions Program donated to MCCO - November 21st, 2011

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On Friday November 18th, a group of 35 Silver Lakers delivered, donated and packed the approximately 500 school kits assembled during the summer Missions program. Mini campers right up to CILTs had a tour of the MCCO Material Resources Warehouse, packed school kits into shipping boxes and enjoyed a pizza lunch! Thanks to our friends [...]

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New Initiatives are being installed today! - November 10th, 2011

Away we go

As part of our 50th anniversary capital campaign, we are revitalizing the initiatives area (Family Camp area for old timers!) by adding 6 new team building elements. We have also opened up the circle area around the timber-frame shelter to create open space for co-operative games and other fun activities. The elements are being built [...]

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Drywall is up in dining hall addition - November 10th, 2011

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The windows are in, the siding is on and the drywall is up and has a few coats of mud. The addition looks great! Still aiming for a mid December occupancy date.

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50th Celebrations draw to a close - October 12th, 2011

Young Camper

It has been a wonderful year of celebrating Silver Lake’s first 50 years but we also took time to dream about the future. Having three celebrations, all very different, all at different times of the year, made it possible for many more  “Friends of Silver Lake” to attend at least one of them. The 50th [...]

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Another Update on Dining Hall Addition - October 6th, 2011

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Thanks to John Dyck and his keen helpers, the electrical is just about complete! Here are a few photos and the electrical work and the new roof and shingles.

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Raising the Roof! - September 29th, 2011

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The rooms are partitioned, the roof is just about ready for shingles and the contractor says we are on schedule! Here are some pictures from this week.

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Walls are up! - September 22nd, 2011

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Things are really moving along well. The basement floor is now poured and they have completed framing the outside walls and are now working on the inside walls. Roof trusses come Monday so the roof will go on next week and John Dyck (our Ace electrician) is driving up to re connect the electrical – [...]

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