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Welcome to the new Futures for Families website!
Futures for Families, is a program of Camp Victor Ministries in Ocean Springs and Mission on the Bay in Bay St Louis. Being four years out from Hurricane Katrina, LESM and volunteers from all over the world are still working faithfully to assist the thousands of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents who are still displaced from the storm or living in temporary housing.
Our efforts began almost immediately after the storm with the opening of three disaster recovery camps; Camp Victor, Camp Coast Care, and Mission on the Bay. The camps operated individually initially; however, with both funds and volunteers decreasing as time passed, we realized the best way to continue with our mission was to combine our efforts. Mission on the Bay merged with Camp Coast Care and is now located at a new and larger facility in Bay St. Louis. We also determined it would be beneficial to have one main hub where volunteers, donators, and staff can access the most up-to-date information in regards to the LESM camps. Our hope is that after completion of - both camps' recovery work, they will then transition into family and community resourse centers and continue their efforts in the development of affordable and sustainable housing. This is why we created Futures for Families, the new program of LESM's recovery camps.
Please browse our website if you are interested in learning more about what LESM's recovery camps have accomplilshed in our communities, what we plan to do in the future, and how you can assist us with the completion of our mission through volunteering, donating, or adopting a family in need.
For our returning volunteers, the merger may bring some small operational changes. We are very excited about the streamlining of our processes and the ability to do so much more via online services for your convenience. You will find below the current procedures and guidelines that both camps now have in place:
- Groups will register online and pay fees online
- We follow Safe Sanctuary Guidelines that are put in place to keep our youth safe. We accept youth ranging in ages from 14-18. Youth under age 14 will not be able to participate in our programs. The youth/adult ratio should be 3:1. Adults on your team are responsible for supervising the youth and ensuring their general safety and their compliance with the camp rules.
- Regarding payment of fees, 20% is due within two weeks of your roster registration to secure your booking and the remaining 80% is due 30 days prior to your arrival. At this point, there will be no refund for cancelations.
- Groups should arrive between 5pm and 7pm central time on Sunday evening. Mandatory group orientation will take place at 7:15pm.
- Groups will depart Saturday morning.
- Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner will be served M-F and a continental breakfast will be served Saturday morning prior to departure.
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Mission on the Bay & Camp Victor Ministries presents Futures for families
Rebuilding, restoring, and addressing the needs of families throughout the Mississippi Gulf Coast
'I would like to thank you for your response to our request for help from Camp Victor with building stairs within code. You responded initially and gave us hope when you indicated that our need could be accomplished as one of our projects. Shortly after your approval, Patrick and Molly came by to begin the project. They were very efficent and completed the project quickly including clean up.
We really appriciate your assistance in solving a HUGE problem for us. This has been the best christmas gift anyone could give us and lets us focus on cancer treatment.
We are truly blessed to live in a community where faith based assistance programs continue to provide various communites/senior needs. The cheerful attitudes of everyone we came in contact with are inspirational.'
Janet & Wayne Wooley 2009
501(c) (3) Organization - Futures for Families is a program of LESM
Copyright 2009 Futures for Families - 228-875-0313 - 1515 Government Street, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
An Organization that Cares
Mission on the Bay and Camp Victor Ministries
Rebuilding, restoring, and addressing the needs of families throughout the Mississippi Gulf Coast
