CHWC Interact

TESTIMONIES

i love workcamp, it means so much to me. its a time a reflection every year. it lets you get away from life as you know it, it lets you take a step back and gives you a chance to sort through everything in your life, and gives you a chance to see what other people go through. everyone needs a lending hand, even ourselves. in helping others, we help us all.

workcamp crazy boy

i just want to say how much CHWC affected my life and gave me a new prespective on life and my religion. CHWC brought me deeper into my faith and gave me a strong relationship with Jesus Christ. it brought my brother and I closer and gave us a strong loving bond. it gave me the oppurtunity to become closer with many of my youth group memebers... i also met many wonderful people who i will never forget and i love them! CHWC is an awesome expirience and i want to thank everyone for giving me that oppurtunity!

God Bless, Hope

I just wanted to share with you a cool story. In July of 2002, I went to CHWC in Edison, NJ. A guy in my workgroup, Greg, from Lexington, KY and I became very close that week. I also was friends with his twin brother, Eddie. Well we kept in touch after we got home from workcamp, which was almost 2 years ago, and we still keep in touch to this day. Last wednesday, 5/26 was my 18th birthday, so this past memorial day weekend, I decided I wanted to spend my first weekend as an adult with Greg, Ed, and their family in Lexington. I left my hometown, Cleveland OH last Saturday and I finally got to see Greg and Ed after almost 2 years of keeping in contact via IMs and (rarely) the phone. It was great to see them again, and I thank God everyday that I met them at CHWC. I hope that I will remain friends with them for a long time. I have never met anyone like them before and seeing them reminded me why I kept in touch with them in the first place after almost two years. So kids, if you meet someone at CHWC that you really feel a connection with and become close to during your week at camp, don't just blow it off after you get back home...you may be missing out on a great friendship, and who knows, you may see them again someday.

With Love, Alison H.

CHWC was the most incredible thing I've ever been to. You walk by people you've never met and they'll wave at you and ask you your name, and then you know them the rest of the week. Dancing and singing every night and morning was probably one the best parts about it. AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ANDY CLONINGER!! Best singer ever!!! Hope he gets famous with his music talent someday!! (Look for his CDs!!) I just got back from the camp about 5 minutes ago and I had to get on this site and look at pictures and stuff because it was so much fun. I'm gonna miss it tonz, but I'm looking forward to going to it in MICHIGAN next year!!! PEACE~!

Shannon Gomez

This was the first time I had been to Catholic Heart Workcamp, and I loved it. I will hopefully be able to come at least for the rest of my highschool years. I met so many new friends, had an experience of a life time, and extremely uplifted my faith while havin the time of my life. I would recommend anyone to this camp, it is beyond words to say how it changes you completely.

Sally

Woot for JAMAICA! The trip was awesome and the island was beautiful. The people and the children that we got to work with everyday were unforgetable. It was a really fun week and such a great experience. It was neat to see the different lifestyles outside of our own country. It was cool to see how proud the locals were of their country and all that they had even though they had so little and how willing they were to share it with us. I went to Bluffton, SC last year but Jamaica was an eye opening experience I'll never forget.

Sonya

Hey y'all! I just got back from Shawnee, OK. It was amazing and the best mission trip out of the three I've attended. Thanks to the staff and to Christy and Joe. I'd like to give a shout out to Group #12 and to Group #20. The sidewalk we built rocks! (Or will when the cement people come to pour it after the rain stops) To Andy and Walker: Thanks for the powerful praise and worship sessions we had, they really had an impact on my trip. Hope everyone is safe at home! Peace in Christ, Kelly PS: Anyone who attended camp feel free to email me. justashutterbug2005@yahoo.com

Kelly G (Pittburgh, PA)

Just got back from Lexington, KY. This was my 6th workcamp and never before have I had such an amazing and inspiring team, project, or resident. Not even close. I'm so proud and completely in awe of what Team 13 accomplished this past week. I can only imagine the number of lives Jeanne will be able to touch now that she can get a wheelchair out of her house. Like she said herself, "It is a ramp of love". To Jesse, Jim, Joe, Katie, Annie, Allison and honorary team 13 member Denny the Trouble-shooter: Forget about me...I LOVE YOU(too much)!

God Bless.
Laura Winterscheidt

Hey everyone! I just wanted to say that CHWC is an amazing program that will forever hold a place in my heart. I was at the Lexington, KY camp this past week and it was so much fun and such an uplifting and rewarding experience for me, as I'm sure it was for everyone who attended. I'd like to thank Steve and Lisa Walker for following their dream and making this experience possible for so many people all over the country. And Lisa, your talk was such an inspiration to me...thank you for sharing! To the staff of CHWC, thanks for making the week so exciting! You are a great group of people and I admire your faithful spirits! To all the people I met at camp...my friends...thanks for all the laughs and memories. I miss you guys already! Keep in touch! All I have left to say is YOU KNOW...ORLANDO!!!! I love you all! God Bless!

Mari

Oh wow!!! There really are no words to explain how awesome the camp was for me! It still amazes me, a month after i got home i am still praising God as hard and as much as i was when i was a the camp! That experience has just touched me in a way that no one else could possibly imagine! The CHWC is amazing and God bless all of the workers and Cathy the creator of the CHWC program you are truly an angel sent from God! God bless and take care.

With love Carrie Buchs

Hey to everybody from the Baltimore Camp! I just wanted to attest to the fact that God is working in your life ,right now! You may not think its true but I'm here to say it is. I don't have any story to tell you or any proof...all I have is the amazing feeling I get when I leave my life in God's hands. I hope and pray that everyone will one day feel the same thing. One thing heart camp taught me is this: every little thing you do can be done for someone else and turn can be done for God. Even if its as simple as holding the door for someone, smiling at a stranger, speaking up when you hear people talking about the Church...you can make a difference through your actions. I used to think I had to something "great" for God---like doing something extraordinary...But heart camp taught me I was wrong. If I do everything in my daily life like I'm doing it for Jesus than that's what God wants me to be doing. I'm so blessed to have met all of the people I did while at work camp, from my team, to the residents, to the incredible staff. They all left impressions on me and I know I'll never be the same. I only hope I can touch someone the way they touched me.

Peace of Christ, Brynn john 14:6