The Camp Echo Lake Trail

Family Camp Week 3 Recap

Posted by on August 5, 2020

Another week of Family Camp is in the books! We were ecstatic to welcome twenty families onto camp for our biggest week yet. It almost felt like a real summer at CEL! Our Week 3 families rolled into camp on Wednesday afternoon, ready for five…

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Family Camp Week 2 Recap

Posted by on July 29, 2020

Another week of CEL Family Camp has come and gone. We had an amazing five days with our Week 2 families; we are missing them already!  We welcomed five families to camp on Wednesday afternoon, everyone got settled into their cabins and then began to…

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Family Camp Week 1 Recap

Posted by on July 22, 2020

It’s a wrap on our first week of family camp here at Echo Lake! We were thrilled to welcome seven CEL families for an amazing week of family fun. On Wednesday evening we kicked things off with a socially distanced evening lineup and a first…

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Spreading Camp Echo Lake Warm Inner Glows through the VING Project

Posted by on June 16, 2020

Recently, Camp Echo Lake learned about the VING Project (https://vingproject.org/). “The VING (as in, giVING) project is a national movement sparking the next generation of givers. Through VING, teens (ages 14-18) have an opportunity to give an individual, outside of your family, in need an encouraging…

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A Message from Glenn Begly: “Camp Isn’t Gone, It’s Just Waiting”

Posted by on June 5, 2020

In June of 1970, I packed up my belongings and made the long trip from Baltimore to Warrensburg for my first summer at Echo Lake. Earlier that spring, I met Morry Stein at UMBC, where I went to college, and he offered me a position…

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