We need you at Pine Ridge! Are you interested in becoming involved in the planning and operation of Pine Ridge Campground?

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1 May 2010 LUTHERAN PIONEER CAMP CONFEENCE PINE RIDGE POST Pine Ridge Campground Waldo, WI We need you at Pine Ridge! Are you interested in becoming involved in the planning and operation of Pine Ridge Campground? We need Delegates to attend our annual meeting (yes, just once per year in May) to offer your help in planning the affairs of your campground. We also need Board Members to supervise the activities and execute the decisions of the Conference. The Board meets twice per year (April and October). In between meetings, or the US Postal Service is used to make decisions or vote on business activities. The Board Members also help to host the Annual Family Campout the first full weekend each August. This is your campground. We need your input to have it continue to offer a place to relax, learn and enjoy the great outdoors of God s creation for all WELS/ELS members. Can we count on you? Delegate s Meeting We invite all interested persons to attend the annual Delegate s Meeting. This year s meeting will be held May 19 th at the Synod Office Building at 7PM. Park in the back and enter at the rear door. Each conference member congregation may send two voting delegates, one for their Train and one for their Caravan. In an effort to encourage more utilization of Pine Ridge Campground, this meeting we will be voting on amending the Constitution to allow WELS/ELS congregations that do not currently have an active Pioneer group to be able to join the conference and send a voting delegate to the annual meeting. We will also be voting on filling four Board Member s positions for the coming two years and other business as may be presented.

2 Major Pine Ridge Events Scheduled for 2010 Upcoming Activities Call for reservations. Even if there are other activities on the dates you want, we have five separate camping areas available. May 3 Pioneer awards: St. Paul s Howards Grove/ Calvary Sheboygan/ Good Shepherd - Plymouth Wood splitting and stacking by volunteers Wild Goose District Campout Memorial Work Weekend BMW Group Campout Milwaukee District Boys Campout Family Camp St. Matthew s Port Washington Milwaukee Girl Pioneers Open Air Shelter May 8 May May June June June June 26 July 9 16 National Pioneer Campout July Camp Grace Aug. 6 8 Annual Family Campout Sept Builder s for Christ Reunion Sept Mid-west Regional Boys Archery Camp Nov. 5 7 Fairview Chalet COME HELP US CELEBRATE Pine Ridge Campground August 6th-8th 2010 Coming soon: a new way to help Pine Ridge Campground As you may know, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is launching a new charitable grant program and benefit of membership called Thrivent Choice SM. Choice Dollars SM will be designated to some Thrivent Financial members when that portion of the program launches this summer. (Thrivent Financial member eligibility will be based on fraternal benefit society product ownership and Thrivent Financial volunteer leadership, and helping direct Choice Dollars will be subject to the Terms and Conditions of the Thrivent Choice SM program.) As always, Pine Ridge Campground is grateful for your consideration when you make charitable giving plans. If you are a Thrivent Financial member who learns you will be eligible to direct Choice Dollars SM (watch your mail for details from Thrivent Financial this summer), we ask you to consider Pine Ridge Campground as you help direct Thrivent Financial s charitable funds. Regular donations can still be made to Pine Ridge Campground contact either the office or a board member to make your donation. Flue heat exchanger donated and installed. This gives more heat from the same amount of wood burning in the Chalet wood burner. Thanks to Mike and Mary Orville for the donation and Eric Vanselow for the installation. Campground Reservations and information - Call Caretakers Eric or Cindy at

3 Volunteers needed for wood spitting! We will be splitting and stacking wood for the season on Saturday, May 8 th. Eric Vanselow has quite a pile of wood ready to split by the wood shed. We will have two power splitting machines and we are looking for some more help for the day. If you are available, come give us a hand. We plan on starting about 8 am but anytime you can make it would be appreciated. New Flag Pole A second flag pole was authorized by the Board (at our last October meeting) to be installed near the Chalet. It has been purchased by Eric Vanselow and has been added to the project list for installation. Various indoor activities Ice Skating on the pond Trinity Caledonia Girl Pioneers Trinity Caledonia Girl Pioneers Making bird feeders Ice fishing on the pond Trinity Campbellsport Meeting Rev. Richard Schliewe Target practice on the shooting range Sledding on the hill Aztalan Boy Pioneers Klondike Campout

4 Learning Woodworking Skills These are pictures of Tom Palubecki s activity session on woodworking using a lathe. Tom conducted this session each of the past two years at our National Camp LP. He brought in several lathes and with some great adult guidance the boys made wooden pens and key fobs. Dale Lorfeld said they are looking forward to using Pine Ridge Campground for their 2010 National Camp LP. Looking for an RV to rent The National Boy Pioneers will be having their campout at Pine Ridge July 9 to 16. Since there will be a large group of all males, they would like to use both shower rooms in the Chalet. However, there will be two female cooks attending. Dale Lorfeld is asking if anyone has an RV with a bathroom that these two women could use during this time. They would prefer a nonsmoking unit. If you can help out with this, please contact Dale at: lpexecdir@tds.net (0ffice), dale.lorfeld@sbcglobal.net (home) or (cell)

5 Conference Members Apostles of Christ- Wauwatosa Atonement-Milwaukee Bethlehem-Menomonee Falls Calvary-Sheboygan Christ the Lord-Brookfield Christ-Pewaukee Fairview-Milwaukee Gethsemane-Milwaukee Gloria de Bethesda- Milwaukee Point of Grace-Milwaukee Good Shepherd-West Allis Good Shepherd-Plymouth Jordan-West Allis Loving Shepherd-Milwaukee Mt. Calvary-Waukesha Mt. Lebanon-Milwaukee Nain-West Allis Pilgrim-Menomonee Falls Redemption-Milwaukee Resurrection-Milwaukee Salem-Milwaukee St. Andrew-Milwaukee St. Johns 68th St-Milwaukee St. Johns Howell Ave- Milwaukee St. Johns-Lannon St. Johns-Wauwatosa St. Marks-Brown Deer St. Matthew-Milwaukee INTRODUCING OUR WEB SITE! OUR NEW ADDRESS: Remember to check our new website for up-to-date news and information and the new registration form for camping at Pine Ridge or call Caretakers Eric or Cindy Memorial Day Work Weekend, May Come spend the weekend (or just a day) this Memorial Day weekend at Pine Ridge and receive free camping in return for volunteering. Projects needing attention are: Clean buildings Paint/repair about 5 picnic tables Install camp site signs Install flag pole by chalet Remove unused poles and wire Re-paint orange on disc golf baskets Install bat houses Empty fire pits Paint cross on south side of open air shelter Repair bridge in woods (Dry weather only) Paint steps in chalet Board of Directors Phone Todd Feltner,Chairman Todd.Feltner@sab.wels.net Stanley Schwenke,Vice Chairman smh9112@hotmail.com Nancy Gittel, Secretary Nancy.Gittel@sab.wels.net Mary Schwenke, Corresponding Secretary smh9112@hotmail.com Patti Behmke Patti.Behmke@sab.wels.net Marty Maczka mmaczka@wi.rr.com Harold Schmid Phillip Wagie phil@wagie.org Appointments to Board: Rev. Timothy Gerbing, Chaplain pastorgerbing@christpewaukee.org Beth Thornton, Treasurer Beth.Thornton@sab.wels.net

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