Now is the Time Gathering
Sunday, May 20, 2012
3:00 p.m.Community Presbyterian Church
1111 E Madison, Lombard, IL 60148
630.627.0306
Lakeshore Christian Camping is preparing to make an offer to the Presbytery of Chicago for the Camps in Saugatuck this summer, and we need your help. The Presbytery has been attempting to market the Camps for commercial development for several years without any successful offers. The recent sale of the golf course in Saugatuck was with a discount of 80% from the offering price. Therefore, we believe that the property will have to be sold for far less than $14.5 million, the current listing price. Furthermore, the Presbytery’s third loan extension expires in August of this year, resulting in a window of opportunity to make a reasonable offer to preserve and develop the camping ministry in Saugatuck.
Based on this, we are asking our supporters to help us in this effort by making a cash donation to Lakeshore Christian Camping in accordance with the terms of the attached Agreement. Included in this mailing is a “Giving Pyramid” that breaks out the donation levels and amounts required to meet our goal. What have you pledged in the past? Are you able to move up a level in this donation? Two levels? Now is the Time.
In the event that we are unsuccessful in acquiring the Camps, your donations will be returned to you. We believe that this process will allow us to make a credible offer for the Camps with actual cash in hand rather than the pledges. Ideally, we would like to receive your donations as soon as possible to be in a favorable position by early June.
Please complete the attached Agreement and return it to our post office box with your check. We will return a signed copy of the executed Agreement to you in the mail. We will be holding a get together at Community Presbyterian Church in Lombard at 3:00 pm on Sunday, May 20. It will be an opportunity to pray together for the preservation and development of this important ministry and answer any questions you may have. In the meantime, feel free to contact us at info@prescamps4ever.org with any questions on our plans.
Thank you for believing in Lakeshore’s mission to preserve and protect the Camps. Your gift will help ensure that the place we all care about so passionately will be a sanctuary for future generations.
Please click here to download the Agreement.