Since 2017, the Solomon Cramer Fund has been sending young people to camp by granting scholarship funds to United Methodist conference camp/retreat ministries. Through these grants, camps have developed innovative programs that reach new people in new places, widening the circle of leadership and campership.

The UMCRM Association is pleased to announce the recipients of 2024 Solomon Cramer Grant awards: 

• At The Lake Ministries (Western PA) - Lake rides and fishing charters for those with disabilities and special needs

• Camp Shine (Cal-Pac) - Serving campers on the autism spectrum who would not otherwise attend summer camp

• Camp Connect (South GA) - Counselor-in-Training program

• New Covenant Impact Camp at Lakewood (IN) - Serving under-resourced campers from southeast Fort Wayne

• Creation Vacation at Camp Magruder (OR-ID) - Serving families facing housing insecurity who would not otherwise have an opportunity for vacation

• Camp Norwesca (Great Plains) - Empowering underprivileged youth and fostering developing leaders through Leaders In Training, Junior Counselor Program, and Summer Camp Scholarships

• City Kids to Campers at Camp Tanako (AR) - Providing an outdoor camp experience for minority urban day campers

• Camp Tekoa (Western NC) - Racial Equity Scholarships - Camperships for rising leaders from Korean and historically African American churches

• Camp Wesley Woods (TN) - Reaching the Unchurched - Expanding campership access to campers with financial need who do not have a church home

• The Hope Project at Indicoso, Rivervale, and Pine Creek Camps (IN) - Serving under-resourced campers from East Indianapolis

• HOPE Camp at Jumonville (Western PA) - Serving at-risk youth with financial need

• Ozark Mission Project Week at Mount Eagle Retreat Center (AR) - Subsidizing home repair mission week partnership with youth from Arkansas and Texas

• Camp Days at Mount Shepherd (Western NC) - Asheboro Housing Authority partnership - Camperships and transportation for urban day campers who otherwise could not afford a camp experience

• Ozark Mission Project (AR) - Leadership Academy - Developing leaders among international students from universities in Arkansas through training and mission service

• L.E.A.D. at Pecometh (MD, Pen-Del) - Developing leaders among underprivileged urban campers of color

• Open Arms Initiative at Pocono Plateau (Eastern PA) - Providing camperships,  transportation, supplies,  and leadership support for urban campers with financial need

• Minority & Accessibility Initiative at Warren Willis Camp (FL) - Providing a summer camp experience for campers from underserved minority groups and funding a worship ministry leader skilled in ASL

• Camp Hope at West River Center (Balt-Wash) - Providing a camp experience to children who have a family member incarcerated in the Baltimore/ Washington DC area