Greer

Since the Wallow Fire of 2011, we have had a unique opportunity to watch the rebirth of a forest at our home camp site in Greer. Please read below for a current update, and email camp@montlure.org for further questions.

Thank you to the countless volunteer hours and gracious donors, past and present Council members, volunteers providing professional services, and our greater camp community for all the support over many years in order to help us make a return home a reality.

Greer

Since the Wallow Fire of 2011, we have had a unique opportunity to watch the rebirth of a forest at our home camp site in Greer. Please read below for a current update, and email camp@montlure.org for further questions.

Thank you to the countless volunteer hours and gracious donors, past and present Council members, volunteers providing professional services, and our greater camp community for all the support over many years in order to help us make a return home a reality.

Current Update

For the first time since the 2011 Wallow Fire, Montlure hosted camp in Greer during the summer 2024 season!

It is hard to believe the amount of hurdles Montlure has faced with reopening our facilities in Greer, but we brought our campers home to our beloved site this past summer!

In late 2021, by request of the United States Forest Service, Montlure Facilities team submitted an application to begin the lengthy National Environmental and Protection Agency (NEPA) approval process. As of the fall of 2023, the USFS and the Montlure Council came to a solution that allowed us back on the site as-is (pending some safety and environmental mitigations that were put into place) as we continue to go through the NEPA review which will last several years. With this agreement, we will be able to restore and renovate the current buildings and amenties which allows for proper accommodations for our campers and staff.

On March 21, 2024, Montlure received the final notification from the Forest Service regarding this agreement and the reinstatement of our Special Use Permit to use the facilities in Greer for our Summer 2024 program!

The Montlure Council and facilities team devised a comprehensive plan for the necessary cleaning, repairs, and renovations required to open our site for summer camp in 2024. With the outpouring support of the Montlure community through financial donations and countless volunteer Service Camp hours, we made reopening a reality.

Montlure continues to work with the USFS on long term strategies and mitigation plans as the NEPA process continues. We earnestly ask for continued prayers as we navigate through this lengthy process. In the meantime, our site still has a lot of work needed and we will resume a robust Service Camp schedule in the Spring. In addition, we humbly ask for the ongoing financial support of our community to help with the current repair, rennovation, and general upkeep of maintenence and proper insurance on our site through our Friends of Montlure giving fund.

More information below on Friends of Montlure and upcoming Work Camps.

For questions regarding our progress or more information on our rebuilding efforts, please email us at camp@montlure.org.

Donate

While it is crucial that we maintain our current fundraising goals for our general PROGRAMMING/OPERATING FUND in order to keep our ministry continuing, there are other ways to directly impact our work on the camp site in Greer.

Our Friends of Montlure Program goes directly to our site in Greer, helping us with regular and ongoing maintenance, repair, utilities, and the insurance needed every year for our site in Greer. In addition, funds will be used for rennovation and restoration projects needed in order to prepare camp for campers. (See more below.)

How to Donate

You can make an online donation here,
or by mailing a check to:

Montlure Camp
6659 E. University Drive
Mesa, AZ 85205
* Note “Friends of Montlure” in memo line

Spread the Word

If your church, ministry, or group would like to help us spread the word on our progress as well as our current funding needs, please contact us at camp@montlure.org to schedule a Moment for Mission or a time for our Camp Director and/or members of the Montlure Council to meet with your ministry group.

Service Camps

Throughout the years, we have had groups of volunteers continually maintain and make basic needed repairs to our site in order to make an eventual return more feasible. In the Spring of 2024, groups took on an extensive list of tasks and projects to make camp safe and ready for summer campers.

Some of the projects completed in 2024 are:

– Restored electric to Bathhouse and Porcupine Cabin
– Replaced a water heater
– Revamp Nurse’s cabin/new shower/repair railing
– Kitchen/equipment up to code
– Restored pathways
– Repaired/Replaced windows and coverings
– Built fencing for USFS mitigation
– Drainage mitigation work
– Sewer line work
– Resurfaced concrete on basketball court
– Other general construction/repair prjects
– Deep cleaning projects
– and much more!

Our list for 2025 is just as ambitious!

2025 Service Camps

Our goal is to fill every slot at our Service Camps. Both individuals and groups are welcome to attend.

We are in need of skilled construction and trades; please let us know of your abilities when you sign up. However, we also are in need of deep cleaners, odds and ends general repairs, and a few people at each Service Camp to prepare meals. There is something for everyone!

While Service Camps are at no cost to participants, for those who are able, we ask for a minimum donation of $50 per person to our Friends of Montlure fund to help cover the utility and supply costs for all Service Camps. (See more about the Friends of Montlure fund below.)

In addition, when we send out logistics and plans with work camp attendess, we will ask participants to cover a meal for the weekend. (That typically includes bringing up meal supplies. However if someone signs up to cook/prepare meals and snacks, they would use the provided meal supplies.)

Contact

If you or your group would like to host a camp, or for further inquiries, please email our facilities committee.

Available Dates

We will have dates listed below as they become available in late January/early February.

Spots are open to everyone! Youth participants must be accompianed by legal guardian. (With the scope of work we will have to cover prior to summer, particular Service Camps will not be suitable for families with younger children.)

If you have a group that would like to reserve a block of space on a particular weekend, email camp@montlure.org to discuss arrangements.

Friends of Montlure

Friends of Montlure has been developed as a member support program to help cover the ongoing expense of maintaining the Greer property while efforts continue to restore the site to its full use. Funds will be restricted for the current use, maintenance, and work projects of the Greer facility.

Friends of Montlure

Friends of Montlure has been developed as a member support program to help cover the ongoing expense of maintaining the Greer property while efforts continue to restore the site to its full use. Funds will be restricted for the current use, maintenance, and work projects of the Greer facility.

Friends of Montlure

Friends of Montlure has been developed as a member support program to help cover the ongoing expense of maintaining the Greer property while efforts continue to restore the site to its full use. Funds will be restricted for the current use, maintenance, and work projects of the Greer facility.

Current Need

As the council and its engineers work through the necessary steps for construction (both short term and long term), the ongoing costs of maintaining and insuring the site has chipped away at the funds available to support. Montlure has developed a sustainable operating fund dedicated to the maintenance, upkeep, Service Camp project costs, and insurance of the Greer facilities. The estimated annual cost for Greer is just over $34,000, before any major renovation projects. (Our camper registration fees do not cover any of these costs.)

How To Help

When making your donation, please designate the gift to “Friends of Montlure.”

Gifts through the Friends of Montlure program will be restricted for the purpose of the Greer facility.

Gifts to Friends of Montlure directly help to maintain our Greer facilities today.

To contribute online, use the button and designate the funds to “Friends
of Montlure.”

Give to Friends of Montlure

You can also mail a check to:

Montlure Camp
6659 E. University Drive
Mesa, AZ 85205
* Note “Friends of Montlure” in the memo line

For any questions, contact us at camp@montlure.org or call 520-369-2199.

To contribute online, use the button below.

You can also mail a check to:

Montlure Camp
6659 E. University Drive
Mesa, AZ 85205
* Note “Friends of Montlure” in the memo line.