Another great way to stay connected!

Camp Qwanoes is officially on Facebook! Last week we launched an official Camp Qwanoes fan page. This is another great way to stay connected to what is happening and stay plugged in.

This fan page is for all fans of Camp Qwanoes, so whether you are a camper, parent, summer staff or just someone who loves Qwanoes this fan page is for you! Postings will be happening on a regular basis as well as upcoming events, pictures and videos. Feel free to leave a comment or story for all fans to see!

Here is a story from a 13-year-old camper we received by e-mail recently:

“Hello! I just wanted to tell all the staff at Camp Qwanoes what an amazing camp it is. I had one of the best times of my life there! It was just so wonderful to know that there will always be a place to remember that was so amazing!

I can’t describe how much Qwanoes means to me… Thank you so much for opening up a new world for me, I will never forget it!!! And I look forward to seeing you this summer!!!!!”

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Juniors Retreat coming up fast! Camp Qwanoes goes back to school? That’s right!

Where were you when Team Canada won gold!? What a great game and what a fantastic two weeks of Winter Olympics! We had a lot of fun at camp over the Winter Olympics… we had a medal chart set up in the main office to track how Great Britain, Canada, Switzerland, and the USA were doing. Our staffing team is all from Great Britain so they were very excited when they got their one gold medal. And could you believe that goal by Crosby in overtime? That was AMAZING!

Juniors Retreat is coming up fast! During the Olympics we saw a lot of athletes realize that anything is possible as many, many athletes won medals from all over the world. That’s exactly what we will be experiencing at the Spring Juniors Retreat in just 4 weeks! “Stevie-G” has a lot of fun games in store for you, Q-Town will be rocking once again and of course there will be plenty of friends & food as well as a great speaker to challenge you! Don’t forget to share the Juniors Retreat with a friend, they will love you for it!

Qwanoes goes back to school? That’s right – we will be at three schools this week showing the 2010 slideshow. Will we see you? If you are at Richmond Christian Middle School, Cornerstone in Abbotsford, or Delta Christian, the answer is YES! Not only do you get some time out of class you get to warm up with some great pictures and Q-Town music from Qwanoes!

Hope to see you soon at school or at the Juniors Retreat!

Mountain bike and wakeboard giveaway! Juniors retreat coming soon! Qwanoes and the Vice-President of the United States and More!

What a great weekend at Briercrest College in Saskatchewan! Their “Youth Quake” event we attended was a BIG success. Not only was the school packed but the schedule was packed too! Late night concerts, great workshops, awesome opening night drama, giant remote racecar track, deep worship and Sid Koop who often speaks at Qwanoes did a great job in the main sessions!

Over the weekend we ran a Rocky Mountain Bike and HO Sports wakeboard giveaway contest! That’s right – two people received some very nice prices! We had over 225 entries for the contest, and the winners were Ian Andvaag from Regina and Jo Bird from Manitoba! When we announced the winners we had past Kaleo students and summer staffers – Josh Whincup & Keerstin Giesbrecht come up on the stage and share all about their Qwanoes experience while showing an exciting video in the background – over two thousand people had the opportunity to hear about Qwanoes! Did I mention we took the Mountain Bike and Wakeboard down the screamer to promote the contest? What fun!

Our Qwanoes AGM (Annual General Meeting) was a big success as well. There was a great spirit of unity and excitement among all those who attended. A key decision was made that will make a big difference in the Qwanoes ministry. We will soon be launching a new capital campaign that involves a lot of important building projects. These building projects are going to be key in making sure we can accommodate even more campers who want to come to camp in the future! More details will be coming soon!

The Kaleo mission trip to the Olympics is going really well! There have been lots of opportunities for the Kaleo students to ministry to people. Here is a great believe it or not! One of our very own Kaleo students was manning the entry gate that the Vice President of the United States passed through! She even asked for his identification, but the Secret Service kindly informed her that he was cleared for entry!

More info coming soon! Spring Juniors Retreat is one month away – March 26-28 – we look forward to seeing our Junior Campers soon!

Qwanoes will be in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Vancouver and Mexico and having an important gathering right at camp all at the same time!

Exciting things are happening at Qwanoes all the time and life at Qwanoes can move quite quickly! Stay connected with Q-Life – You can always come right here every week to stay in the loop on what just happened, what is going to happen or what is happening right now!

Big weekend coming up!

QWANOES AGM – Is happening on Saturday, Feb 20 at Qwanoes! What is an AGM? It stands for “Annual General Meeting” and it is a great time to come and hear the pulse of Qwanoes and be in on ground level information. It will be on Saturday from 1:30 – 4:30 pm right here at camp and all are welcome to attend! Members who have been chosen as delegates by their church can be part of the voting process. We look forward to having you all here!

Qwanoes goes to Saskatchewan and Alberta this weekend! That’s right – we will be at both places at once! Why are we going? This is the season where we connect with students about all the different opportunities there are at Qwanoes, from being on summer staff to being a student with our Kaleo program!

Saskatchewan! Briercrest Bible College is putting on an event called Youth Quake

and there are estimating that there will be 2000 people in attendance. The Qwanoes booth will be set up and we will be running a contest all weekend to give a brand new Rocky Mountain Bike away and an HO Sports wakeboard. As a part of the promotion a video was made of taking a bike and a wakeboard down our very own SCREAMER!! Qwanoes and Briercrest partner together to bring you the Kaleo program, which is an 8-month foundational training program for developing young Christian leaders.

Alberta! Missions Fest Alberta will be happening right in Edmonton and Qwanoes will be there! We are looking forward to having our 2nd camp booth set up and talking with lots and lots of people about what’s happening at Qwanoes and how they can get involved!

Vancouver and Mexico! Our Kaleo students are still at the Olympics and in Mexico for their mission trips – last report everyone is doing well and enjoying their very unique once in a lifetime missions trip!

Whether it’s in Vancouver, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Mexico or right here at camp we hope to say a big hello to you this weekend!

Olympics are starting this Friday and Qwanoes will be there!

The Winter Olympics are starting this FRIDAY!!!! Will you be there? Our Kaleo students are heading out on their missions trips soon! One team will be heading to Mexico and another will be heading to Vancouver to be a part of the Olympics. There will be 23 students and 4 leaders volunteering in various areas and staying at one of our supporting churches, Squamish Baptist for 18 days – Maybe you’ll see them there!

Have you checked out our new Shine Out Loud site? More videos will be coming soon! Grab a video camera, shine out loud by singing a Q-Town song and upload it today! Here’s an idea…sing a Q-Town song with an Olympic athlete or someone from another country, now that would be cool!

LiftOff ‘Island-Style’ went off great last Friday! There were over 225 people who reunited together to help kick-off the summer, sing some songs, play games and be challenged by a great speaker. Just spoke with Stevie-G and he said, “My favorite part of the night was when the girls fed the boys baby bottles!”

The next day a lot of campers from LIftOff headed up Mt. Washington for a great day of snowboarding and skiing! Everyone had a blast carving it up – some may have even seen some Olympic athletes as there are a few who are practicing on the mountain!

Coming up this week! The Squirrel “Russ” is back in the studio cranking out some new songs for our new full-length all-original “OUT OF THIS WORLD” album. Here is a way you can stay connected with Q-Town music all winter long…tune into qrok.ca every week to hear the latest show!