BGAV – Baptist General Association of Virginia

After several recent years of consistent growth we were planning to add several much-needed things around camp such as a new dock, a new climbing wall, and perhaps some necessary pool repairs, along with the new and exciting activities that we add each year. Then 2020 happened. When we were supposed to have our first big weekend of the Spring, everything shut down, and everybody started cancelling retreats. However, even though everything shut down, we never questioned whether we would minister to our campers or not.

When Louisa County Public Schools reopened for the 2020-21 school year, they did so with students attending two days per week. Louisa Baptist Church opened a day camp to accommodate families needing childcare on the days their children did not attend in-person classes. The Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions grant made it possible to offer scholarships to families whose budgets could not afford childcare, buy supplies, and pay expenses incurred to conduct the day camp.