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  The Laity Lodge renovation project has obviously involved a lot of..

Serving God in the regular world isn’t easy, and that is where we send not just our seasonal staff, but all of our 27,000 guests each year.

Laity Lodge is excited to announce the addition of Brandon Dickerson as a new director. Longtime employee Dayna DeLaVergne retired in late 2016 after a 38-year career with H-E-B and The H. E. Butt Foundation. The Texas Water Development Board recently installed a weather station at the H. E. Butt Foundation Camps. Share your Canyon photos with us and you might just be featured in the next issue of Echoes!

A parent faced with homelessness or struggling day to day to make ends meet might not want to board a chartered bus and travel two hours to a place they’ve never seen. What exactly happens at a “Family Camp weekend”? Where will we sleep? What will we eat? Will our family fit in?

We are super excited to be breaking ground this spring on a brand-new family hike & bike trail by the fine folks at Dirt Dojo at (wait for it…) Headwaters!

Described by one parent as “a day program on steroids” for special needs students who have aged out of public school, Austin Adventurers has participated in Foundation camping since 2012. The experience-rich, confidence-building outings are anticipated as much by camp volunteers and staff as by the campers themselves.

These inflatables are among the most popular outdoor features of Singing Hills and Echo Valley camps. “They provide the thrill we’ve always imagined,” says Pruitt. “Campers are up and down and off the sides all day long.”