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AUGUST 2025 DONOR NEWSLETTER

  • Writer: John Whisner
    John Whisner
  • Sep 15
  • 2 min read

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Hello Friends of Thousand Pines,


Over these past few months, just over 5,000 campers have come up to Thousand Pines and had the opportunity to see, know, and experience God here in the mountains. We’re excited to share some highlights from this summer and give you a glimpse of what’s ahead this fall.


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As many of you know, on April 23, 2025 we launched our very first Send a Kid to Camp campaign to replenish our Camper Scholarship Fund. We set out to raise $12,000 so that every eligible camper who needed financial help could attend one of our Programmed Summer Camp weeks.


Because of your prayers and generosity, we exceeded our goal and raised $13,382! Because of this, we were able to support 60 kids with scholarships this summer! Each of these kids had the opportunity to meet with God personally this summer at Thousand Pines, and the generosity of many in our camp family helped make that possible.


From all of us, thank you! And to make it even better, some of the students who came to camp with help from scholarship funds wanted to share their gratitude with you personally. Check out their message below.



To see the full story, check out our other blog posts!


Prayer Partners


If you’d like to keep us in prayer, here are a few things we are praying for:


First, our annual Fall Family Camp is taking place Labor Day Weekend at Thousand Pines. We are hosting several families, and our guests range all the way from babies to Grandma and Grandpa. Please pray with us that this weekend goes well, that these families experience rest from their normal routines, and that they have a special time with God and their families this weekend at Thousand Pines.


Second, we experienced some substantial difficulties with our Audio Visual equipment in Jensen chapel this summer season. This has been difficult since Jensen is one of our two primary meeting spaces. Please pray for us as we make plans to fix or replace our outdated audio visual equipment in this chapel.


Amazon Wishlist


We’re excited to share our new Amazon Wish List, which is filled with items that help make camp even better! If you’d like to join in, you can choose something from the list and have it sent straight to Thousand Pines.


Please email john.whisner@thousandpines.com for any questions!


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Did you know Thousand Pines partners with American Outdoor Education & American Outdoor Christian Education as a host camp for 5th & 6th Grade science camp? Their season begins shortly & we would love for you to be praying these students get to See, Know, & Experience God during their time with us! 


AOCE is specifically needing more Christian schools and homeschool co-ops to join their program so, if you are interested please use the link below for more information! 


Thank you for your continued prayer and support,

John and your Friends at TP.


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