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Rebuilding Retreats at Laity Lodge’s Cedar Brake

As part of the overall renovation of Laity Lodge, Cedar Brake, a facility little known to most guests, is also undergoing a major renovation and re-imagining—architecturally, conceptually, and strategically.

September 2016
Laity Lodge
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Blue Hole: Keeping Camp Cool Since 1954

Blue Hole is part of the “remarkable ecosystem” of the Frio River and very much part of the environmental conservation strategy to protect the river from pollution or degradation.

September 2016
Programs

What Family Camp Is For

Early last summer, Cary Hendricks was telling some old friends about his work as director of Laity Lodge Family Camp. One of them, trying to be helpful, started suggesting some programming ideas—what sorts of content should be the focus of Roundup talks and devotional times.

September 2016
LLFC

Join the Outdoor School Volunteer Roster!

Most anyone can sign up to be an Outdoor School Volunteer. All that’s required to apply is the willingness to try.

September 2016
Outdoor School
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The Great Outdoors Giveaway

Last spring, Lenoir Hilbert tripped and broke her elbow in the first half mile of the Capital 10K, a popular annual race in Austin. For many people, an injury like that would be a good excuse to halt all non-essential activity.

September 2016
Outdoor School
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Where Does LLYC Dig Up Its Great Staff?

How does LLYC find seasonal staff willing to go to such extremes? By working really hard every fall, winter, and spring to find staff with the dedication and creativity it takes to create the best two weeks.

September 2016
LLYC
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Cassi Salazar: A Profile in Canyon Leadership

Two years ago, Cassi Salazar took on two major challenges at once. First, she gave birth to her second child, a girl named Athena. Second, on her first day back from maternity leave, she stepped into a new role as head of groundskeeping for the H. E. Butt Foundation.

September 2016
Foundation Camp
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We Strive to Serve You in Every Season of Life

A few weeks ago, I received a Facebook friend request from a face I hadn’t seen in 18 or 19 years. I remembered the person immediately, an LLYC counselor from the 1990s, now an adult with four kids of her own.

September 2016
From the President
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Song of Myself, 6
[A child said, What is the grass?]

A child said, What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands; How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.

September 2016
Poetry
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Recap: Summer 2016

Laity Lodge construction and 1,573 LLYC campers. Family Campers enjoing outdoor elements and Foundation Campers establishing new rhythms. Overall, the Canyon had an amazing summer in 2016.

September 2016
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