Currently the camp board of directors is raising funds to expand the facilities to accommodate 100 campers. It's focused around giving kids that experience of Christ and also of the outdoor world. To live up to that mission statement, the camp has developed several activity-based programs, including nature observation, native skills and crafts, ecological studies, adventure experiences and team building. The camp is currently providing these programs to schools, churches, summer camps and various other user groups. This can be anything from rock climbing, canoeing, watching animals, sleeping under the stars to sitting quietly in the forest for an hour just listening - all the things we generally don't take time to do in urban life.
Campers choose the activities they want to do and are guided by trained camp staff and counsellors.
At the peak of the summer, Camp Encounter has 12 people on staff, mostly university and high school students as well as local people. The staff is cut to four over the winter. The spiritual program at the camp consists of skits dramatizing Bible stories, fun activities, games as well as discussion of Christian themes like building community, love and family. Counsellors also try to make kids see how God is a big part of their lives. On Saturday evenings, campers attend Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, which is located on camp property.