Cheri Moe

Donor, Volunteer

Cheri and her husband Larry have been involved with Amnicon since the 1960s! "We've seen and heard of so many camper stories that are unbelievable."

 

Why Support Amnicon?

Amnicon is one of the primary organizations that we support monetarily because we have seen so many positive outcomes from people who have the Amnicon experience.  As volunteers, we try to be available in any way that we can to help the camp.  One summer I spent a good part of the summer at camp, pitching in wherever help was needed.  Work weekends in the spring and fall find me driving a group of community people in the camp van to give them a weekend out of the city, and the camp benefits from their willingness to do whatever we ask of them.

 

Cheri and Larry’s Amnicon Experience

I think the most common experience is one of total acceptance, just as Jesus taught. The mostly homeless people I bring for volunteer work weekends are totally accepted as equals by all of the people attending the work weekend, which is the way the world should be.  

 

A Favorite Story

We've also seen and heard of so many camper stories that are unbelievable. One favorite: a male guide was assigned with a female guide to a group of girls from a program in the Twin Cities.  He wondered how he could relate to this group of girls.  One evening he sat and visited with one of the girls who later wrote that he had changed her life.  She had been promiscuous because that was what was valued by the men she knew.  Never had a man sat and talked to her and treated her with respect, which made her realize the value of who she really was.  Every group benefits from coming to Amnicon.  The church youth groups that experience Amnicon become much closer to each other and strengthen the community within their churches.  I remember one group of young men who were surly and almost disrespectful when they arrived at camp.  Coming off a week on the trail, they smiled, were polite and changed men.