BBC Blog

Updated Summer 2020 Schedule Announced

I write this with reserved excitement. It is exciting to offer resident camp in the context of the pandemic. It is also going to be a special challenge for all involved. Our primary goals are to create a distanced, safe, outdoor oriented program with special considerations for the Covid-19 crisis and to give children and teens Read More >

Camp to start July 6 – Coronavirus update 3

Dear Camp Friends, We know a lot more than we did last week! Governor’s restart team gave the go ahead one week ago and our board of directors gave the go ahead on Wednesday night of this past week. Working with our camp doctor and leadership team, we continue to create a modified way of doing Read More >

Summer 2020 Coronavirus Plans Part 2

Greetings Friends. I shared a week ago via email (part 1) that we expected to run some sort of on-site program and that it was not clear what all would be included. I will continue to report our progress and plans on a weekly basis. We received guidance from the Governor’s team Friday at noon Read More >

BBC Easter Service Video

BBC Easter Program Live Stream

Greetings Camp Friends (Reading this after Easter Sunday? The links below will still take you to the video. Enjoy anytime!) He is risen?! He is risen indeed! You may or may not be familiar with this Easter call and response phrase. We say it together on Easter Sunday. Someone says he is risen and someone replies that Read More >

Office closed to visitors. Please get in touch virtually.

Bethany Birches office closed to the public. Email, call, social media. We are still working toward summer and beyond! Please email camp@bethanybirches.org or call 802-672-5220 and we would love to connect. The camp's website and blog and social media will remain updated regarding summer plans. We are currently considering which versions of summer camp may be possible. Read More >

Why you should sign up now for summer camp 2020

Dear Bethany Birches Parents: The staff are busy preparing for the 2020 summer camp season at Bethany Birches! We realize that these are uncertain times and there may not even be a 2020 summer camp season. However, we will continue preparing as though there will be summer camp. Feel confident in signing up for summer Read More >

Nevin J. Bender, BBC’s First Camp Director, Joins The Great Cloud Of Witnesses

Ask those who were on staff or came to camp as campers in the 1960s and 70s about their Bethany Birches experience and they will almost certainly reference the rustic and challenging moments that became so deeply engraved in their memories. Back then, the Bethany Birches experience had to be rustic and challenging. Camp was Read More >

Shifting From Receiving To Giving… Yet Still Receiving

Having been a camper at Bethany Birches for six summers (and a Counselor In Training for one), I knew that I wanted to be a counselor eventually, and I finally got that opportunity last summer, as the youngest member of the 2019 summer staff. Camp had always been one of my favorite places in Read More >

Winter Family Fun Day Cancelled – rain forecast

This Saturday’s event is cancelled (Dec 14). We’ve been holding out, hoping that we could still run the event. And well, we could, but, it would be in the rain according to forecasts! 40 degrees and rainy in Dec. doesn’t feel like the right way to host our friends and community outside highlighting our best Read More >