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LLYC celebrates 50 years of super-charged, God-inspired fun. Sara Groves, Andy Gullahorn, Daniel Makins, Jill Phillips, and others led worship and teaching and song writing at Family Camp. And Dwight Lacy retired from the H. E. Butt Foundation after an incredible 37-years helping the Foundation move toward better financial stewardship!

After a decade of development under Foundation Camp leadership, the Outdoor School has emerged as a distinct program. Its name and logo are new, but this program’s mission harkens to the earliest days of the Foundation.

For H. E. Butt Foundation Camp, “business as usual” means hosting and caring for 22,000 people every year. John Kerr, Director of Foundation Camp, loves the challenge.

For Tom Bowyer, summer camp meant 10-15 mile hikes in the rain and summit hikes up Mt. Marcy, the highest peak in New York State. As the new director at Echo Valley, Bowyer will be encouraging young teenagers to have adventures of their own.

Unlike some builders, the people who are remaking Laity Lodge did not start from scratch. Their job has been to to find the heart and soul of the existing building and accommodate it—educating themselves on original intent, listening to the landscape, fully grasping both the legacy and mission of Laity Lodge.

Although the first session of Laity Lodge Youth Camp hosted only 15 campers, LLYC now offers several thousand campers the chance to experience the Best Two Weeks every summer.

Last fall, a woman called ahead of a weekend retreat with Laity Lodge Family Camp to say that although her family was still coming, they would be minus one. She would arrive with her kids and brother, but no longer her husband.

The H. E. Butt Foundation newsletter, formerly known as Connections, is now Echoes. This publication will land in your mailbox twice each year, highlighting Foundation news and informing you about opportunities for further involvement.