CRC grew to two weeks while at the Blackstone Conference and Retreat Center. That first year, there were 25 campers and a small staff of 15 volunteers. CRC started in 1985 at Westview on the James, a camp of the Charlottesville, Rappahannock River, and Richmond Districts of the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church. Today, Skyanchor offers a robust spiritual outdoor experience to all who wish to enjoy the great outdoors.Camp Rainbow Connection is a week-long respite camp for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
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Today, Skyanchor has added a Disability Awareness Challenge course to help able-bodied people experience the challenge of performing various tasks while limiting the full range of their ability. In 1984, the 45-acre Idlewild Farm in Surry County, Virginia was donated to Skyanchor to provide religious, educational, and humanitarian groups an outdoor education and camping experience. In 1970, Skyanchor was founded in Washington, DC to provide inner-city youths an opportunity to experience the outdoors. Skyanchor recently added a dormitory room that will sleep 12, allowing them to host overnight/weekend/week-long retreats, and hopefully jumpstart their "Mission Abroad" program, where they host groups from other countries and show them the birthplace of the colonial government and a taste of the United States! Skyanchor is a non-profit organization serving the Virginia area in outdoors, spirituality, and service. Pipsico is owned and operated by the Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of America. The beach has proven to be a beach comber's delight for discovering nautical treasures like shark teeth, prehistoric whale bones, driftwood and a peaceful observation site for beautiful shoreline sunrises and sunsets. The cliff walls are studded with marine shells and fossils, providing tangible evidence of the James River's influence on life over the centuries. Pipsico Scout Reservation's northern boundary extends for a mile and half along the banks of the historic James River.Ĭliffs 60 to 75 feet high overlook a picturesque mile-long sandy beach and several cypress tree coves. The terrain includes a natural ravine system and ranges in elevation from 20 to more than 100 feet above sea level. It encompasses 916 acres of woodland, open fields and marshes. Pipsico Scout Reservation is located in Surry County, Virginia. Tidewater Council purchased Pipsico Plantation, now Pipsico Scout Reservation, in 1958. Chief Pipsico assisted settlers by providing them with food and training them to raise and manage indigenous crops, such as corn. He was referred to by the settlers as Pipsico.
The name Pipsico honors Chief Pepsicumah of the Quioughcohannock Indians. On December 13, 1634, when King Charles I patented 2,000-plus acres of land on the South shores of the James River and 4 miles upstream from Jamestown to Colonel Henry Browne. Pipsico, as a Scout camp, dates back to 1958, but its history goes back much further. The corporation formed to receive the grant and develop the property has a membership composed of individuals and congregations of Churches of Christ in eastern and central Virginia. The camp began because of the generous contribution of about 80 acres of farm and forest by the Menzel family of Surry County, Virginia in the early 1960′s.
The camp offers summer camp options for youth. It’s purpose is to provide Christian camping experiences for children and families, and it has been doing this for about 50 years. Camp Idlewild is owned by Idlewild Christian Endeavors, Inc., a Virginia non-profit organization.
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