Message from Kevin Eichhorn

Year-End Message from the Executive Director

Every year my family travels back to the mid-west to spend time with family and friends. During this time, there are always questions about camp and what were the highlights from the previous year. Every year I share passion projects, site developments and fun stories from our staff. I am filled with joy when I speak about our camp and I am always eager to share the highlights.

Our summer daycamp program had an incredible first year with over 270 registrations and 140 unique campers. Our homeschool programs offered families a space to learn and grow. We offered a Bible study prior to the program for kids to learn about Jesus too!

Our main source of revenue is from our user groups who rent our facility, and we provide housing, food and programs. This year we had over 10,000 unique people attend camp through 60 organizations and 190 bookings. Our annual income surpassed $1,000,000 for the first time in existence.

Summer is the heart of almost every camp and ours is no different. This year we welcomed 30+ summer staff to our team and they shared stories of transformation, skill building and faith formation. The relationships formed during the summer brought great pride in how our team is organized and maintained through love and grace while equipping them to be the best employee they can be.

My personal favorite part of 2025 was watching our year-round team grow stronger. In January we welcomed Lexie Parrott to our team. She brought energy (a lot of energy) to our team at a point where we were beginning to slow down. She organized our human resources, strengthened our risk management policies and developed amazing programs through daycamp and outdoor education. In September we welcomed Chuck Woods to our staff in a newly formed position of Site Director. This role will expand past facilities and pass of a lot of responsibility including volunteer development, enhanced procedures, and site development projects. Several of our other year-round staff have stepped up and tackled housekeeping, bookkeeping, guest relations, program management and midweek programs. Every Tuesday we meet as a team and pray and plan together about the week ahead.

Proverbs 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Looking ahead at 2025, I am excited to continue our programs and fine-tune what is already working so well. I am excited to welcome new groups to our camp and share spaces for them to teach about Jesus. I am thrilled to welcome over 400 new outdoor education students to our new program that will allow public schools to learn about nature.

While we are increasing our income, user groups, and programming, we are also spending more money on staff, site maintenance and on-going projects. At the conclusion of our financial year, we will narrowly be in the black.

Everyone is able to support camp in their own way and we welcome gifts of time, treasure and talents. If you are able to make a year-end gift to camp, please see the options below. If you are able to volunteer this year, consider joining us at camp for special projects throughout the year. If you would like to utilize your talents, share them with us so we can bring them into our ministry.

I am praying that we continue to use God’s resources to bring Him all of the glory. We are so blessed to be stewards of Camp Koinonia and trust that will bring joy to everyone who steps foot on our property.

In Christ,

Kevin Eichhorn | Executive Director of Camp Koinonia

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Camp Koinonia

850 Camp Koinonia., Cle Elum, WA 98922