Rejuvenation Begins at Camp High Point

BY MELANIE BUCK –

There will be a workday at Camp High Point, just outside of Mena, this Saturday, April 25, beginning at 10 a.m. This is the first workday for volunteers that are trying to rejuvenate the camp in preparation for a summer camp to be held from June 7-17.

Julie Reeves, a volunteer from Dallas, said that volunteers from all over the state, Little Rock, Texarkana, and out of state, are “converging to get Camp High Point back to being a residential camp for Girl Scouts” after being closed for four years.

Camp High Point is now under the direction of the Diamonds Council out of Little Rock. Diamonds oversees all camps in the state and said it wasn’t in the budget for summer camps this year so the volunteers are trying to revive it. “We want to make it happen,” said Reeves.

Sue Snowden, of Lyndon, Texas, is heading up the project and will be at the camp on Saturday to lead the group. If you would like more information, you can visit their Facebook page, We’re Out at Camp High Point, or come out on Saturday and bring a sack lunch.

Volunteers from the Mena area are much needed and would be more than welcome to assist in the project. There is another workday being scheduled tentatively for May 9. Keep watching in the Pulse for the confirmed time and date.

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