Caring for this Place

Partnering with mental health initiatives has been one of our areas of interest through the generations.

For more than three decades, Grimes’ modest coffee mugs have been a warming, earthy touchstone symbolizing all that’s experienced at Laity Lodge.

Fifty-year traditions kept alive, with new ones being forged. We pulled off the best two weeks of our lives five times in a row.

Outdoor School uses only the best equipment and conducts monthly inspections on cabling, bolts, anchors, ropes, poles, and participant equipment such as harnesses and helmets. Ask campers what makes them feel safe, though, and you won’t hear about the equipment. You’ll hear about the counselors.

Some people who come to Laity Lodge Family Camp are leaving their city for the very first time. What happens when they go back home?

53% of people struggling with mental illness—including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, impulse control, substance use, adjustment disorders, and psychotic symptoms, will reach out to a pastor for help rather than to a psychiatrist or a doctor.