CHWC Interact

HARLINGEN BAB-EE - Oh my gosh, chwc was awesome this summer! I had so much fun and I thought it was so cool how people came all the way from Minnesota to be at heart work camp. It was great and I met so many new people who I'm looking forward to keeping in touch with. I can't wait until next year! :]

Love to all xoxo -Briana :D

I had the Best Week Ever!!!!!! Louisville was so much fun. I am definitely coming for the next a million years, or how ever long i can come!!!!! One reason i think all the time and money paid off is b/c of an "A-ha God" moment i had. When i got home, the first person to call me was a friend of mine whose been an osm friend since eighth grade. She called to say that she had just gotten back from a church camp, also, and how she was now REALLY excited that i was transferring to her school. She had had a sort of revelation about the ppl she had previously been hanging out with. Let's just say it was defiantly the wrong crowd. Her revelation was to not hang out with these ppl anymore and that with me going to her school now, it would easier for her to avoid them and stuff. I asked which night this revelation occurred, and it was the same night of our four corners at CHWC. I was bawling b/c i hadn't really talked about it in 4ever and i was just real scared for her future if she kept hanging' with these ppl. so to make this long story a little shorter, she has now seen the light and will not be hanging with the same depressing ppl and i hope that with more of God's help she will keep going forward towards more of God's grace and a brighter outlook.

Jessie Packard from St. Mike's KS

I was sweaty, hot, sticky, painted on, scratched, and bruised. But I would do it all again and more than estatic to do it. This was the best experience that I have ever had at camp before. Catholic Heart Workcamp has made me learn so much about myself and others. We had fun but you also set a time for transition. It was great!! CHWC has inspired me so much. I want to go to CHWC every single year! And hopefully, when I get older, a leader. Thank you so so so much! I'm truely blessed to have come to this camp and meet all of these wonderful people! The staff was phenomenal and the talks changed my life. God has lead me to CHWC for a reason and I'm extreamely thankful!

God Bless, Emily McMullen

Just had a great experience with the best kept secret in Catholic Youth Ministry...Catholic Heart Workcamp that operates out of FL...Steve & Lisa Walker, who were youth ministers in Pittsburgh, moved to FL & wanted to experience a workcamp for Catholic Youth, that they saw so many of the big Evangelical Churches have. They started with 100 campers in Orlando & now are in 35 cities across the nation.

Eileen O'Hara

I attended CHWC this past summer with 5 kids from St Coleman and had an unbelievable experience. I consider myself extremely organized and stream lined and found myself evaluating your program and couldn't come up with any area where I could think of improvements. I was incredibly impressed at not only your set up but your committment and dedication. I would like to promote the program to our entire school and parish and am expecting a large turn Also, I just realized that the school is having an open house this Wed night and I would like to talk about CHWC and be able to hand out brochures. Can I get someone to fed ex them to me? I will pay the fed ex charge. I just think its a good opportunity to speak since I should have most of the parents attending. My plan then is to promote CHWC through the bulletin offering a meeting date to get information. At that meeting I plan to hand out brochures again, as well as show your video (is there a new one I should be showing, or should I use the one you sent me last year?) I will also have the girls that went last year speak to the group about their experience. Any other suggestions on how I should be doing this?

Kathy Tight

As a youth minister with about 20+ youth from our parish that will be attending the Charlotte camp this summer we are getting excited about the opportunities in which we will be able to serve God and also have some fun while we are there. We as a parish have been privileged to attend the Mobile, New Orleans, and Denver sites in past years and have had great but unique experiences at each of the sites. My best advice to each of the campers is to Participate- not Anticipate!! God will bless you richly for giving the gift of yourself to others in service this summer.

Kevin Collings

I had a blast at camp this year. I can't wait until I am able to do it again. It really was the BEST WEEK EVER!! I hope everyone had as much fun as i did. I felt great that i was able to have fun and be able to help people at the same time. I also had the opportunity to make some really great friendships that will hopefully last. Can'y wait til next year's camp but in the meantime i will continue to serve the Lord!

Tracey

Hey Staff in Anderson, In..... You guys "ROCK" You made this the best camp EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I believe that you get out of Workcamp what you put into it, and you guys put in 200% and helped everyone else get back 200%.... Thank you for all you do for us. My batteries are charged up again for another year.

Randy (Trouble Shooter ) adopted to Group#1 in Anderson, IN

Orlando was the best week EVER! And a huge thank you to everybody who made it that way for me! Group 38, you guys, well, girls, really gave me a great week out there working on Grandma Bea's place. Thank you Emily, excuse me, I mean Baby Girl, for all of the energy you shared and the excitement you showed. Lulu, thanks for always putting a smile on my face, even when the heat really got to me, and I felt terrible. Patty, thank you for all the discussions we had, and for listening to me go on and on about some things. Katherine, thanks for always giving me a hand with whatever I needed help with, whether it was more paint, moving a ladder, or pointing out places I couldn't see well. Ms. Robin, thank you so much for all the support you gave me, by listening and talking, by your encouragement and compliments, and by your, well, love. I will never forget what you told me Thursday night. Ms. Kathy, thanks for being the motivator and plan maker of the group, and for pushing me to work more than I felt like I could at times. An incredible thanks go out to the staff, for your energy, love, concern, work, sweat (HOLY SWEAT, that is), and time. You guys convinced me (and not to play favorites, but specifically Kristi, Gordy, Jon and Vinnie) that I want to join your ranks next summer, and the summer after that, and the summer after that......

Robert Jenkins (AKA "Jay")

I just left our Neighborhood Association meeting tonight and Catholic HEART Workcamp was the focal point of the evening. You have no way of knowing how you all touched so many people's lives. Some of the homes that you worked on belonged to people that had been filled with despair. One resident said she hadn't thought about religion in a long time. You changed that for her! That is a real BIG Deal!!! You made a incredible difference throughout our entire neighborhood. You gave people a reason to hope again. You planted seeds that will continue to nurture and grow. We were so proud to meet each of you and to share the Patio with you at lunchtime. You are all truly a inspiration. I can't thank you enough for your hard work. For those of you that may have caught Poison Ivy, I'm so sorry!!! I hope the itches are gone! Team Leaders and Troubleshooters, what can I say, you are all my CHAMPIONS! God Bless and watch over you each and every one of you.

Jeanna Daniel