Tag: Fraser Lake Camp

  • ‘More of a home than my actual home’

    ‘More of a home than my actual home’

    A long, long time ago—way back in 1955—Fraser Lake Camp was born in the hearts and minds of three Mennonite pastors: Emerson McDowell, John H. Hess and Glen Brubacher. Their vision was to provide a life-changing, rural camping experience for urban kids. The hope was that even one week of camp could leave a child…

  • Camping with a purpose

    Camping with a purpose

    Last year, Fraser Lake Camp’s cabins, which magically turn groups of kids into little families each summer, went empty. There were no echoes of rambunctious camp songs to rattle across the lake. No one reached the top of the climbing wall to the cheers of their counsellors and fellow campers below. No one shared a…

  • The beauty in difference

    The beauty in difference

    I’m an archetype. My family immigrated to Canada when I was 6, and while I went to school, my parents worked tirelessly to support me. They uprooted their lives in hope of a better tomorrow for their child. My story is that of millions of immigrant children in Canada and around the world. At 10,…