2024 #GreatCampGive Raised More Than $130k for Camp
We are so grateful for the big-hearted people who stepped up with incredible generosity to support the camp experience only Camp Hanover provides. Together, we raised funds to strengthen Camp Hanover’s ministry now, and set the course for the future.
Want to be a part of this effort? You still can!
A Shining Legacy and a Bright Future
Camp Hanover is a place where you can learn and know you are loved. Where you feel you belong. Where you feel welcomed. Accepted. Embraced. Just as you are. Just as God created you to be. The 2024 #GreatCampGive is a celebration of Camp’s legacy and future. As we look back: We commemorate sixty-seven years of sunny summer camp memories, and the impact of that legacy on countless people. As we look ahead: We see a horizon of hope. Camp Hanover’s future is so bright, we’ve got to wear shades!
Why Give
Camp Hanover is focused forward. Planning and preparing for what comes next. To be ready for the future, to do what it takes to operate day-to-day in a challenging and changing world, to make a difference, your help is needed. “Summer Camp” doesn’t end when the last camper heads home in August. The clock resets. The countdown to summer 2025 is already ticking. To make camp happen tomorrow, we’ve got work to do now.
#GreatCampGive Has Raised Nearly $600,000
The #GreatCampGive has become the biggest generosity event of the year for Camp Hanover. Friends and fans who call this place “home” have given more than $100,000 annually since the first #GreatCampGive back in 2020.
Want to be a supporter?
Matching and Challenge Funds
When You Donate, Your Gift DOUBLES
Several generous donors have come forward to pledge some amazing amounts for Matching and Challenge Funds.
Matching Funds are used to DOUBLE donations made during the #GreatCampGive. Your $10 gift is matched to become a $20 gift. When you give $100, your donation becomes $200.
Challenge Funds get unlocked as special milestones are reached and exciting challenges are completed by YOU during the #GreatCampGive.
We’re Counting On You!
Making a gift during the #GreatCampGive has become a favorite way many Camp Hanover fans show their support and make an incredible lasting difference through camp ministry. This fun-filled day starts at 6am and continues to midnight. We encourage everyone to join together to celebrate the power of Camp, share their camp stories, reconnect with old friends, participate in one or more of the online challenges, and make their joyful gift. Together, how much can we raise to Make Camp Happen in 18 hours? The sky is the limit!
Every Gift of Every Size Makes a DIFFERENCE!
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Kneel Always...
Kneel always when you light a fire,
Kneel reverently and thankful be
for Gods unfailing charity,
And on the ascending flame inspire,
a little prayer which shall up bare
The incense of your thankfulness,
for the sweet grace of warmth and light
for here again is sacrifice for your delight.
Kneel always when you light a fire,
Kneel reverently and thankful be
for Gods unfailing charity.
Sharing these words as you kneel and light your campfire are a Camp Hanover tradition. They come from “The Sacrament of Fire” by John Oxenham. You can find the complete poem below.
The Sacrament of Fire by John Oxenham
Kneel always when you light a fire!
Kneel reverently, and thankful be
For God’s unfailing charity,
And on the ascending flame inspire
A little prayer, that shall upbear
The incense of your thankfulness
For this sweet grace
Of warmth and light!
For here again is sacrifice
For your delight.
Within the wood,
That lived a joyous life
Through sunny days and rainy days
And winter storms and strife; —
Within the peat,
That drank the moorland sweet
Of bracken, whin, and sweet bell-heather,
And all the joy of gold gorse feather
Flaming like Love in wintriest weather, —
While snug below, in sun and snow,
Peat heard the beat of the padding feet
Of foal and dam, and ewe and lamb,
And the stamp of old bell-wether; —
Within the coal,
Where forests lie entombed,
Oak, elm, and chestnut, beech, and red pine bole, —
God shrined His sunshine, and enwombed
For you these stores of light and heat,
Your life-joys to complete.
These all have died that you might live;
Yours now the high prerogative
To loose their long captivities, —
To give them new sweet span of life
And fresh activities.
Kneel always when you light a fire!
Kneel reverently,
And grateful be
To God for His unfailing charity!