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Camp Glynn served us well from 1954 through 1985. A great number of boys had a good camping experience and made significant decisions in their lives during those 22 years.
At the December 1985 Executive Committee meeting, the purchase of a new piece of property in Monroe County, eight miles south of Forsyth, just off state highway 42, was approved. The property consists of 110 plus acres of land with a 29 acre lake included, surrounded by hardwood timber. The property is centrally located in Georgia and easily accessible from Interstate 75 in Forsyth or from state road 74 from the south.
At the time of dedication, the resident manager’s house is complete, the dining hall/administration complex is complete, and a cluster of six Adirondacks with a bath house is complete and in use. The swimming pool was complete and was used by the Royal Ambassadors campers during the summer program. A storage/maintenance building is also is use.
VOLUNTEERS have played a very big role in the development of Camp Kaleo. Volunteers totally built the 6 adirondacks on the backside of the lake. They have been significantly involved in the building of the resident manager’s house, the dining hall/administration complex, the cabins under construction, and the cleanup work where trees have had to be pushed down. Through the use of volunteers, we have saved many thousands of dollars and the Baptist Men’s Fellowship around the sate is richer as a result of working together. It is estimated that from six to eight hundred people have been involved as volunteers in the construction of camp Kaleo to this point. Construction will continue for the next couple of years with the use of volunteers.
The Brotherhood Department has set a goal to put 1,000 boy in camp in the summer of 1988, and 2,000 boys by the summer of 1990. In the off-season, when the camp will not be used for state Royal Ambassador camp, Camp Kaleo is available for church and association groups and others who would like to rent the camp. From
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Camp
Glynn in Brunswick, Georgia, now Camp Glynn Woodmen Youth Camp,
was purchased by the Woman’s Missionary Union for the use
as a Royal Ambassador camp. The first camping group on the island
was a group of older Royal Ambassadors who went in 1954 as a work
team cleaning up the island.
On September
11, 1984, the Executive Committee approved a plan to sell Camp Glynn,
and to search for a new piece of property for the development of
a new camp. The Executive Committee approved the sale of Camp Glynn
for the amount of $500,000.00 in September, 1985.
The first camping
use of the property was held during July and August of 1987, with
four weeks of camp averaging approximately 50 boys each week.
There are 8
cabins under construction to be completed for use the summer of
1988. Plans call for an additional cluster of 4 cabins beyond the
eight already started. Future plans also include the construction
of an assembly/activities building, and a cottage to be used by
the program director during the summer Royal Ambassador camping
season. Also, included in the future plan are an outdoor worship
center, a craft hut, a camp store, and a bridge across the lake.
Camp Kaleo has
been chosen as the name for the new Royal Ambassador Camp. Kaleo
is a transliteration of the Greek word for “call” or
“to call forth” in Mark 1:20. It is anticipated that
many boys will make long lasting decisions at Camp Kaleo in the
years ahead. These experiences and decisions will relate to their
lasting decisions at Camp Kaleo in the years ahead. These experiences
and decisions will relate to their Christian lives in the future,
and for many, will include a commitment to vocation missions and
ministry.