15 friends of Fowler came out this week to meet Mark Hughes, our wonderful new manager, and to help us work towards finishing our second Prayer Cabin and the make-over on Suits Hall. The "Leet Nature Center" in Suits is coming together with a finished, tongue and groove ceiling, new window seat storage, and beautiful wrought iron lights being installed.Work on the front porch and back deck and bathrooms is set to be finished by summer camp 2012. A dedication of the Leet Nature Center is already set for Saturday, August 4. We are excited for this old building to start its new life!

The Skennen Cabin is close to being finished with flooring and trim now completed. Our targeted opening date for reservations will be January 15. Once again, all of the work has been done by volunteers and a special "thumbs up" goes to Paul Hesse for coordinating most of the work on this wonderful new, year round cabin.

Work is also being done on the new Fowler Office which is located at the entrance to camp off the front of the ARC. The logs are locally harvested and form a porch to enter the office as well as the ARC. All of these projects are a result of the Fowler Master Plan which was approved in 2003 and all the monies ($2.4 million total) were raised so that each of these projects are fully funded.