Christ-Centered Since 1953

We hear from our parents year after year how amazing our staff members are. From our seasoned camp leadership to our youngest high school support staff, the love of Christ is represented daily to our young campers. At a crucial time in her life, the contagious love that a staff member exhibits at camp often reaches a young girl’s heart in a way no one else can. Sometimes young girls need to see God’s love outside of the distractions found at school and home, and sometimes they need to hear God’s promises affirmed from someone in addition to a pastor or parent.

Out of 75+ employment applications a year, Mt. Gilead will hire approximately 10 new staff members.  Our smaller size and high employee/volunteer return rate leads to a unified staff that breaks our young campers’ perceptions of how people compare, judge, and sometimes pressure each other on a daily basis. A week at Mt. Gilead is a week of acceptance, love, and ultimately, growth.

Mt. Gilead is a 501c3 non-profit organization and we rely on donations from supporters like you to help keep our summer camp tuition as affordable as possible while covering our annual operating budget, utility bills, property taxes, facility maintenance as well as our growing scholarship program. 

Inflation: In 2024, inflation affected our annual utilities and food costs for our summer camp program. Any donation made towards our Giving Tuesday Campaign and our December Annual Appeal will help lessen the burden on our non-profit as we enter into 2025. We have set a goal of 30K in November/December, and we are praying we will surpass that. 

Physical Needs:

VEHICLES: Mt. Gilead is in need of a road worthy 7 Passenger SUV or Minivan which would be used for staff to pickup building supplies, tow equipment, and for transportation purposes year-round.

Studies show the impact summer camp can have in a young person’s life today has never been more desperately needed. Many teens today know they are addicted to their phones and social media, but lack the skills or opportunities to break their habits. This new cultural development is creating the most connected, yet loneliest generation we have ever seen in the United States. Many girls today live in constant comparison to one another, never feeling adequate or worth their true value. A week or more at Mt. Gilead Camp is an opportunity to leave the phone and media at home, make new, genuine friends, and meet God right in the middle of His creation. Girls leave Mt. Gilead knowing that they are wonderfully made and that their true value comes from God, and is in God alone. Our mission of keeping our camper tuition as low as possible every summer comes at a cost and we rely on support from churches, families, alumni, and friends like yourself to keep this “camper first” mission a reality.

The ultimate goal of Mt. Gilead Camp is to come alongside parents and churches to assist with teaching core values that young women must learn in order to make wise, biblically-centered decisions as they grow up in today’s culture. We put this mission first in everything we do, from staff hiring to staff training, to how we design our activities and bible study times at camp. A week at camp can change a life forever, that’s why Mt. Gilead offers scholarships to girls who could not otherwise afford a week at camp.

This past summer, Mt. Gilead awarded over $15,000 in camper scholarships. This allowed girls who otherwise could not have attended a week at our Christ-centered camp to not only to see and feel the love and acceptance of our amazing staff, but to hear the life-saving message of Christ’s sacrificial love and desire to have a personal relationship with each one of us.