On the subject of summer camps...

Camp McDowell is providing an additional option to their brick campaign, part of the new Chapel of St. Francis. Because some donors have had trouble fitting the desired inscription onto one brick, an additional option now is to offer an 8” x 8” paver as well as the 4” x 8” brick.
The cost of the paver is $250; bricks are $125. If you would like to support this effort by dedicating a brick or paver, please contact Michael Goldsmith at 205-387-1806 or michael@campmcdowell.com. Order forms are available at www.campmcdowell.com.

Sawyerville Day Camp, sponsored by the Diocese of Alabama, is looking for all types of support and assistance from members of the Diocese. The camp, located in Hale County, serves over 200 campers with 50 or more staff members. This year they are trying some new things to serve the children as well as the environment. If you are interested in assisting them, with anything from serving on
the staff, to snacks, to prayers, and would like to learn more about their needs and opportunities, more information is available at their website, www.sawyervilleworkproject.org, or e-mail Leslie at
lmanning@dioala.org or call 205-715-2060, ext. 325.

Closer to home, the Angel Tree Summer Day Camp, facilitated by Interfaith Ministries, is looking for volunteers for this summer’s camp, July 21-25, 9 to 3 each day.
The camp, held at Camp Lee on Choccolocco Road, is a special camp for children who have a parent in prison.
This year they need volunteers to serve on the staff, provide drinks and snacks, drive vans, help with special programs, and morning devotions. The contact for this ministry is Laurie Chambless, camp director, at
Interfaith Ministries--256-237-1472.

And although the following is about Angel Tree Camp, straight from Interfaith Ministries’ new newsletter, it seems fittingly relevant to all the camps mentioned here.

What I learned at camp
By a volunteer camp staff

That not all young children grow up the same.
Angel Tree Camp is the highlight of most of these kid’s year.Some of these campers have never gotten to swim other than at this camp and it is their favorite activity.
Catching salamanders and crawdads in the creek is a big hit, and we scream and giggle if we think we see a snake.
Smiles, belly laughs, & twinkling eyes meant we were doing a good job. Older campers want someone to listen.
Younger campers may slip their hand in yours. Food is good. Could never seem to have enough snacks and drinks cause we played so hard on those 98-degree July days.
Saying something good to someone can make them see themselves differently. I won’t take my family’s love for granted. Getting to care for and be friends with these campers for a week gave me more value than a paying job.
I made a difference in lives and they made a bigger difference in mine. I now understand how to see with God’s eyes.

3R project welcomes medical stuff!
The 3R Project, an affiliate of The Opportunity Center, recycles (i.e. loans) durable medical equipment donated from previous users. Any such equipment, as well as supplies or monetary donations, are provided to
those who need assistance. Monetary donations are also used to pay for the project’s overhead expenses.
The project, located at 1318 Walnut Avenue in Anniston, is a non-profit organization.

April recipe

The following is courtesy of Audrey Vander Yacht, in honor of Eula Mae Robinette’s request.
Thank you both!

14-Carat Cake
2 c. sifted flour 4 eggs
2 tsps baking powder 2 cups finely grated carrots
1-1/2 tsps baking soda (2 jars Junior Baby Food carrots)
1 tsp salt 1 8-1/2 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
2 tsps cinnamon 1/2 cup chopped nuts
2 cups sugar 1 3-1/2 oz. can flaked coconut
1-1/2 cups salad oil Cream Cheese frosting

Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Add sugar, salad oil and eggs. Mix well. Add carrots, pineapple, nuts and coconut. Blend thoroughly. Pour into three 9-in round layer cake pans that have been greased and floured. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from oven, cool a few minutes in pans. Turn out on wire racks and cool thoroughly. Fill layers and frost top and sides of cake with cream cheese frosting. Will keep 2 to 3 weeks in
refrigerator, if covered.

Cream cheese frosting
1/2 cup butter or margarine (1/4 lb) 1 tsp vanilla
1 8-oz package cream cheese 1 lb. confectioner’s sugar

Combine butter, cream cheese and vanilla. Cream well. add sugar gradually, beating well.

(Substitutes: 9x13 or two 8-in. square pans, aluminum or glass bakeware. Omit coconut, add vanilla.
Use 1 cup raisins instead of pineapple and coconut.)


E&O
Events and Opportunities


Annual ‘Pig-Off’ at Zinn Park April 26

If you’re looking for a day of fun and competitive barbecuing, don’t forget this event, from 10 to 4. Proceeds will benefit Community Enabler, with additional “Schoolerships” provided to benefit local schools. Come out and share the fun!

ECW’s annual pot-luck picnic May 6
The Dabbs cabin on Lake Martin will be the location of this annual event. Carpools will gather at FoodMax (next to Books-a-Million) in Oxford at 9:30 a.m. Please call Dot Perry at 892-0770 if you plan to attend. All are invited!

It’s our turn for Soup Bowl, May 19-23
Each quarter, we are privileged to serve others and get to know our fellow parishioners by spending a short time (11:15 to 1 p.m.) dishing up the staff-prepared lunch at the Soup Bowl at 1516 Moore Ave. If you would care to share this experience, please sign up in the Narthex. We’re asked to have at least one male volunteer each day.