| History of Occohannock on the Bay |
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| December 9, 1958 |
A deed was recorded for the purchase of the James
A. Bane property by the Eastern Shore District of the United
Methodist Church. The property consists of 50 acres and was
purchased for $28,000. |
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| January 10, 1959 |
Meeting of the first development group for Camp Occohannock. |
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| June 1959 |
First Campers at Camp Occohannock |
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| June 1960 |
Open
House at which time there were two lodges and a picnic pavilion |
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| 1961 |
Construction of a shower house and two more lodges. |
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| 1962 |
Lynch
building was built which serves as the main meeting area |
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| 1968 |
Some small boats purchased |
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| 1981-82 |
A Norfolk architect toured Camp Occohannock with representatives
from camp and a long-range general plan for the camp was developed. |
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| 1982 |
The
District Conference passed a resolution effective 1984 that
the District would go forth on faith to raise a minimum
of $3.00 per member for each year of a three year period for
the development of Camp Occohannock. |
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| 1988 |
4
new cabins were built surrounding a new bath house. |
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| 1989 |
Occohannock on the Bay owed Crestar Bank $180,000. A five
year fundraising campaign was started which resulted in raising
over $200K for the camp. |
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| April 1994 |
A note-burning ceremony was held at the camp to celebrate
the retirement of our camp indebtedness with Crestar Bank |
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| January 1996 |
"A
Vision Shared", the Long-Range Plan concept, was endorsed
by the Occohannock on the Bay General Board and the District
Conference. Since that time, plans for the Cokesbury Worship
Center have been drawn up and presented. There are other
projects to
be considered
as part of Phase I of the Long-Range Plan. |
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| 1999 |
Four addtional cabins were built by volunteer mission
teams from Eastern Shore District churches; Epworth UMC, Painter
Garrison UMC and Franktown UMC, Christ/Charity UMC from the
Norfolk District.and youth from the Portsmouth
District. |
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| 2002 |
A
screen porch and modern handicapped accessible rest rooms
were added to the Lynch Building (Dining Hall). |
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| 2004 |
A children's playground was added by Matthew Tyson, Troop
313, as part of his fullfillment as an Eagle Scout. |
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| 2005 |
An
Archery Range was build by Michael Evans, Troop 313, as part
of his fullfillment as an Eagle Scout.
A
24'x24' boat shed was built by Portsmouth District Youth
Mission Team |
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| 2006 |
The
boat shed was partially closed in, and the Salt Box (boating
gear shed) was attached and doubled in size to 8'x24' |
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| 2007 |
A
Whale Watch was added to the Low Ropes courses by Will Deuter,
Troop 300, as part of his fulfillment as an Eagle Scout
A
30 foot Rock Climbing Wall was added to the Ropes Course;
making this our first High Ropes Element. The wall was
built by Will Typson, Troop 313, as part of his fullfilment
as an Eagle Scout
A
225 foot dock replacement was completed; extending an additional
45 foot channel-ward.
"The
Annex" (converted garage attached to the camp director's
residence) was adopted by Main Street UMC, UMM, Sufolk,
VA. Renovations included replacement windows, painting,
new trim, and tile floor. It is now know as "The Prayer
Chapel".
Craddockville
UMC, UMM, adopted cabin 3, to care for it's maintenance
needs and the electric bill.
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| 2008 |
The UMM of Christ UMC, Norfolk District adopted cabin 6 which
was built and funded by Christ UMC and Charity UMC of Nofolk
District in 1999. |
