Hello Friends and Families! Labor Day Family Weekend is still scheduled for September 3-6 at Camp Bethel. However, due to concerns about the rising cases of the Delta Variant of COVID-19, we have (once again) had to adjust the weekend, including fewer meals in the Ark and elimination of office hours. Health and Safety will be a priority.
MEALS:
1. Fond farewell to Wes: We are blessed to have kept Wesley Shrader as long as we did, and we celebrate with a big “Thank You!” to Wes for three excellent years of service in Camp Bethel’s Ark Dining Hall. Wes' last day on the job was August 31.
2. Limited meal services this weekend: Since we are in transition (our new Food Services Coordinator begins October 19) and you do NOT want Barry preparing your food (...seriously, don't let Barry near the kitchen), we will only offer the following meal options this weekend:
3. Deadline to reserve meals is Tuesday, August 31 by 12:00noon! We will serve buffet style, so please wash/sanitize your hands before going through the buffet line and EVERYONE (vaxxed or not) must wear a facemask while indoors except while eating. Wear a mask while getting food. All persons, please get a clean plate each time you visit the buffet, and please only take what you will eat.
4. Shelter-by-the-Spring is EVERYONE'S KITCHEN: since we are offering fewer meal options, we know you'll have to get creative for your own meals. The Shelter-by-the-Spring will serve as a communal kitchen for everyone who needs space to prepare meals and refrigerate food. We've added a large microwave oven in addition to the 2 stoves, 2 fridges/freezers, plus the gas grill. Also, ice from the Ark is FREE this weekend (with donations encouraged). Other options: Get creative with outdoor campfire cooking! Local favorite restaurants include: 3 Lil' Pigs BBQ; Foot of the Mountain Cafe; Cuban Island; Bellacino's; Lentini's; and Brughs Mill Country Store has excellent breakfast biscuits!
"CAMP BETHEL PEP!" 5K is Saturday, September 4: You're already HERE, so please go ahead and register for the 5K!
COVID-19 SAFETY: The Virginia Department of Health recommends ALL persons (vaccinated or not) wear masks indoors and around other UNvaccinated persons, and continue to wash/sanitize our hands and be as careful as possible, especially indoors and in crowded areas.
PAY IN ADVANCE: If you have not yet paid in full for THIS year's camping/lodging and/or meals AND NEXT year's lodging reservation, please calculate your fees and pay in advance and online at www.CampBethelVirginia.org/LaborDay. If necessary, you can also write a check and deliver it this weekend (with a note) to our office porch metal mailbox. As you recall, many of you who had paid facility reservations for the 2020 Labor Day Weekend forwarded your deposit to 2021 OR you donated your 2020 payment to camp (thank you). So, if you were previously reserved for 2020 Labor Day, you are also currently reserved for 2021 Labor Day! If you donated your reservation, well, THANK YOU, but now you need to pay your new deposit to retain your present use. Don't remember? Then email Barry at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com. .
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE & MEALS FORM: If you plan (or wish) to attend and/or if you want meals, YOU MUST COMPLETE THE REQUIRED ATTENDANCE AND MEALS FORM. (The form is a Google Form; be sure to complete it and click SUBMIT.) Only the buildings you have reserved are available to you. The Ark (and all amenities within) is only available to guests who have reserved meals in advance and only at meal times. If you are reserved but are NOT planning to come, let us know so we can offer the facility/campsite (for this weekend only) to a family on our waiting list.
PLEASE CLEAN BEFORE YOU DEPART: Our largest annual Guest Group rental arrives Tuesday-Wednesday (and stays through Sunday), using ALL facilities. As you depart, please thoroughly clean your facility, campsite, indoor & outdoor areas, plus bathhouses, to help us prepare for a quick turn-around. Thank you!
Friday, September 3:
Saturday, September 4:
Sunday, September 5:
Monday, September 6, Labor Day:
All weekend information (schedule, menus, forms, fees, etc.) will be posted on this site and updated as needed. The final weekend packet will be the printed copy on the camp office porch.
Thanks for sharing this information with others in your group. Call or e-mail with any questions. We look forward to seeing each of you, our Camp Bethel Family!
Together, in Christ our hope,
Barry LeNoir, Spencer Knox, Jenna Stacy Mehalso, Mickey Nichols & the Camp Bethel Staff
MEALS:
1. Fond farewell to Wes: We are blessed to have kept Wesley Shrader as long as we did, and we celebrate with a big “Thank You!” to Wes for three excellent years of service in Camp Bethel’s Ark Dining Hall. Wes' last day on the job was August 31.
2. Limited meal services this weekend: Since we are in transition (our new Food Services Coordinator begins October 19) and you do NOT want Barry preparing your food (...seriously, don't let Barry near the kitchen), we will only offer the following meal options this weekend:
- Saturday, September 4, 10:00am BRUNCH. Adult $10, Child 4-12 $5, Infant 0-3 FREE. Pancakes, sausage links (GF), hash browns (DF/GF/VG), scrambled eggs (GF/VG), fruit, pastries, milk, juice, water, coffee & tea. Served with syrup, butter, apple butter, ketchup. Options include cereal, milk (2%, soy, & almond), yogurt, granola.
- Saturday, September 4, 5:30pm DINNER. Adult $12, Child $6, Infant 0-3 FREE. Baked Rotini w/ grilled veggies and beef, seasoned green beans, white rolls, mixed greens salad with ranch & Italian dressing, chocolate chip cookies, sweet tea, water, coffee, teas. Options include whole fruit & PB&J.
- Sunday, September 5, 8:00-9:00am cold breakfast buffet. Adult $6, Child $3, Infant 0-3 FREE. Cereals, milk, granola, yogurt, bread/toast, bagels, cream cheese, jellies, peanut butter, butter, fruit, juice, coffee, teas.
- Monday, September 6, 8:00-9:00am cold breakfast buffet. Adult $6, Child $3, Infant 0-3 FREE. Cereals, milk, granola, yogurt, bread/toast, bagels, cream cheese, jellies, peanut butter, butter, fruit, juice, coffee, teas.
3. Deadline to reserve meals is Tuesday, August 31 by 12:00noon! We will serve buffet style, so please wash/sanitize your hands before going through the buffet line and EVERYONE (vaxxed or not) must wear a facemask while indoors except while eating. Wear a mask while getting food. All persons, please get a clean plate each time you visit the buffet, and please only take what you will eat.
4. Shelter-by-the-Spring is EVERYONE'S KITCHEN: since we are offering fewer meal options, we know you'll have to get creative for your own meals. The Shelter-by-the-Spring will serve as a communal kitchen for everyone who needs space to prepare meals and refrigerate food. We've added a large microwave oven in addition to the 2 stoves, 2 fridges/freezers, plus the gas grill. Also, ice from the Ark is FREE this weekend (with donations encouraged). Other options: Get creative with outdoor campfire cooking! Local favorite restaurants include: 3 Lil' Pigs BBQ; Foot of the Mountain Cafe; Cuban Island; Bellacino's; Lentini's; and Brughs Mill Country Store has excellent breakfast biscuits!
"CAMP BETHEL PEP!" 5K is Saturday, September 4: You're already HERE, so please go ahead and register for the 5K!
COVID-19 SAFETY: The Virginia Department of Health recommends ALL persons (vaccinated or not) wear masks indoors and around other UNvaccinated persons, and continue to wash/sanitize our hands and be as careful as possible, especially indoors and in crowded areas.
PAY IN ADVANCE: If you have not yet paid in full for THIS year's camping/lodging and/or meals AND NEXT year's lodging reservation, please calculate your fees and pay in advance and online at www.CampBethelVirginia.org/LaborDay. If necessary, you can also write a check and deliver it this weekend (with a note) to our office porch metal mailbox. As you recall, many of you who had paid facility reservations for the 2020 Labor Day Weekend forwarded your deposit to 2021 OR you donated your 2020 payment to camp (thank you). So, if you were previously reserved for 2020 Labor Day, you are also currently reserved for 2021 Labor Day! If you donated your reservation, well, THANK YOU, but now you need to pay your new deposit to retain your present use. Don't remember? Then email Barry at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com. .
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE & MEALS FORM: If you plan (or wish) to attend and/or if you want meals, YOU MUST COMPLETE THE REQUIRED ATTENDANCE AND MEALS FORM. (The form is a Google Form; be sure to complete it and click SUBMIT.) Only the buildings you have reserved are available to you. The Ark (and all amenities within) is only available to guests who have reserved meals in advance and only at meal times. If you are reserved but are NOT planning to come, let us know so we can offer the facility/campsite (for this weekend only) to a family on our waiting list.
PLEASE CLEAN BEFORE YOU DEPART: Our largest annual Guest Group rental arrives Tuesday-Wednesday (and stays through Sunday), using ALL facilities. As you depart, please thoroughly clean your facility, campsite, indoor & outdoor areas, plus bathhouses, to help us prepare for a quick turn-around. Thank you!
Friday, September 3:
- 6:00pm: Virginia Tech vs North Carolina football game. Location on campus to watch TBD.
- 7:00pm: Music Jam in the Shelter-by-the-Spring (screened-in, open air). Unvaccinated persons must wear facemasks.
- 10:00pm: Gym closed, and quiet hours through campus.
Saturday, September 4:
- 8:00am: Camp Bethel PEP! 5K begins at the Ark Lawn. Spectators encouraged! See our 5K site for details.
- 9:00-9:30am: 5K runners cross finish line, plus awards presentation. Boisterous cheering section encouraged!
- 10:00am: Brunch at the Ark Dining Hall. See meals information below.
- 1:00-5:15: Pool OPEN. Children and teens must be supervised by an adult.
- 5:30pm: Dinner at the Ark Dining Hall for those who reserved. See meals information below.
- 6:15-7:15pm: Trading Post open. Credit Cards welcome. New shirts, bottles & more.
- 6:30pm: Music Jam in the Shelter-by-the-Spring. Unvaccinated persons must wear facemasks.
- 10:00pm: Gym closed, and quiet hours through campus.
Sunday, September 5:
- 8:00-9:00am: Cold Breakfast buffet in the Ark Dining Hall for those who reserved. See meals information below.
- 9:00am: Worship at the Ark Lawn (pond side) w/ New Bethel CoB (weather permitting). Bring your own lawn chair. (Rain plan is inside the Ark Dining Room, but spread out.)
- 1:00-5:15: Pool OPEN. Children and teens must be supervised by an adult.
- 6:30pm: Music Jam in the Shelter-by-the-Spring. Unvaccinated persons must wear facemasks.
- 10:00pm: Gym closed, and quiet hours through campus.
Monday, September 6, Labor Day:
- 8:00-9:00am: Cold Breakfast buffet in the Ark Dining Hall for those who reserved. See meals information below.
- 9:00am: Service Project: Help us perform a "dust-down" sweep/vacuum of the Gym as we convert in into a Worship Hall for our annual Guest Group, the Virginia Family Retreat of the Seventh Day Adventists "Restoration International."
- 10:00-12:30: Pool OPEN. Children and teens must me supervised by an adult.
- Our largest annual Guest Group rental arrives Tuesday-Wednesday (and stays through Sunday), using ALL facilities. As you depart, please thoroughly clean your facility, campsite, indoor & outdoor areas, plus bathhouses, to help us prepare for a quick turn-around. Thank you!
- Help us add an outdoor-based and distanced/safe activity! E-mail the information and time choice to us ASAP so we can include it into the weekend’s optional (and safe) activities.
- Bring your face masks, extra hand-sanitizer, and extra disinfectant wipes. Unvaccinated persons must wear masks indoors and when in close proximity to anyone, whether indoors OR outdoors.
- Please pay your fees (lodging, camping, meals, and future reservations) IN ADVANCE and ON LINE using the "Pay In Advance" button above.
- Bring extra cash, check book or credit card for payments or donations, for Sunday morning offering for New Bethel CoB, for the "Trading Post Outlet" items, and for donations.
- BRING YOUR MOUNTAIN BIKES (and helmets) and hit our new biking trails!!! We need tires on these trails!
All weekend information (schedule, menus, forms, fees, etc.) will be posted on this site and updated as needed. The final weekend packet will be the printed copy on the camp office porch.
Thanks for sharing this information with others in your group. Call or e-mail with any questions. We look forward to seeing each of you, our Camp Bethel Family!
Together, in Christ our hope,
Barry LeNoir, Spencer Knox, Jenna Stacy Mehalso, Mickey Nichols & the Camp Bethel Staff
MEALS INFORMATION:
Reserve your meals on the ATTENDANCE AND MEALS FORM BEFORE August 31 at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com or 540-992-2940. Meals in the Ark will be served buffet style at the exact time listed below. Outdoor seating is available (weather permitting), and distanced indoor seating is available.
MEALS:
1. Fond farewell to Wes: We are blessed to have kept Wesley Shrader as long as we did, and we celebrate with a big “Thank You!” to Wes for three excellent years of service in Camp Bethel’s Ark Dining Hall. Wes' last day on the job was August 31.
2. Limited meal services this weekend: Since we are in transition (our new Food Services Coordinator begins October 19) and you do NOT want Barry preparing your food (...seriously, don't let Barry near the kitchen), we will only offer the following meal options this weekend:
3. Deadline to reserve meals is Tuesday, August 31 by 12:00noon! We will serve buffet style, so please wash/sanitize your hands before going through the buffet line and EVERYONE (vaxxed or not) must wear a facemask while indoors except while eating. Wear a mask while getting food. All persons, please get a clean plate each time you visit the buffet, and please only take what you will eat.
Reserve your meals on the ATTENDANCE AND MEALS FORM BEFORE August 31 at CampBethelOffice@gmail.com or 540-992-2940. Meals in the Ark will be served buffet style at the exact time listed below. Outdoor seating is available (weather permitting), and distanced indoor seating is available.
MEALS:
1. Fond farewell to Wes: We are blessed to have kept Wesley Shrader as long as we did, and we celebrate with a big “Thank You!” to Wes for three excellent years of service in Camp Bethel’s Ark Dining Hall. Wes' last day on the job was August 31.
2. Limited meal services this weekend: Since we are in transition (our new Food Services Coordinator begins October 19) and you do NOT want Barry preparing your food (...seriously, don't let Barry near the kitchen), we will only offer the following meal options this weekend:
- Saturday, September 4, 10:00am BRUNCH. Adult $10, Child 4-12 $5, Infant 0-3 FREE. Pancakes, sausage links (GF), hash browns (DF/GF/VG), scrambled eggs (GF/VG), fruit, pastries, milk, juice, water, coffee & tea. Served with syrup, butter, apple butter, ketchup. Options include cereal, milk (2%, soy, & almond), yogurt, granola.
- Saturday, September 4, 5:30pm DINNER. Adult $12, Child $6, Infant 0-3 FREE. Baked Rotini w/ grilled veggies and beef, seasoned green beans, white rolls, mixed greens salad with ranch & Italian dressing, chocolate chip cookies, sweet tea, water, coffee, teas. Options include whole fruit & PB&J.
- Sunday, September 5, 8:00-9:00am cold breakfast buffet. Adult $6, Child $3, Infant 0-3 FREE. Cereals, milk, granola, yogurt, bread/toast, bagels, cream cheese, jellies, peanut butter, butter, fruit, juice, coffee, teas.
- Monday, September 6, 8:00-9:00am cold breakfast buffet. Adult $6, Child $3, Infant 0-3 FREE. Cereals, milk, granola, yogurt, bread/toast, bagels, cream cheese, jellies, peanut butter, butter, fruit, juice, coffee, teas.
3. Deadline to reserve meals is Tuesday, August 31 by 12:00noon! We will serve buffet style, so please wash/sanitize your hands before going through the buffet line and EVERYONE (vaxxed or not) must wear a facemask while indoors except while eating. Wear a mask while getting food. All persons, please get a clean plate each time you visit the buffet, and please only take what you will eat.
PAY ONLINE AND IN ADVANCE.
Please to PAY IN ADVANCE for your 2021 Labor Day Meals and/or your facility/campsite for 2021 or 2022.
STEP 1: CALCULATE YOUR TOTAL MEALS COSTS.
Saturday Brunch = Adult $10, Child 4-12 $5, Infant 0-3 FREE. Saturday Dinner = Adult $12, Child $6, Infant 0-3 FREE.
Sunday and Monday cold breakfast buffet = Adult $6, Child 4-12 $3, Infant 0-3 FREE.
STEP 2: CALCULATE YOUR FACILITY/CAMPSITE COSTS (be sure to subtract what you already paid in 2020 to reserve for 2021).
STEP 3: ADD YOUR TOTALS, AND PAY AT OUR PAYMENT PAGE AND MAKE YOUR PAYMENT. Thank you!
Please to PAY IN ADVANCE for your 2021 Labor Day Meals and/or your facility/campsite for 2021 or 2022.
STEP 1: CALCULATE YOUR TOTAL MEALS COSTS.
Saturday Brunch = Adult $10, Child 4-12 $5, Infant 0-3 FREE. Saturday Dinner = Adult $12, Child $6, Infant 0-3 FREE.
Sunday and Monday cold breakfast buffet = Adult $6, Child 4-12 $3, Infant 0-3 FREE.
STEP 2: CALCULATE YOUR FACILITY/CAMPSITE COSTS (be sure to subtract what you already paid in 2020 to reserve for 2021).
STEP 3: ADD YOUR TOTALS, AND PAY AT OUR PAYMENT PAGE AND MAKE YOUR PAYMENT. Thank you!
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