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Soul + Food

Volume 3, Number 3
Echo Valley 2020 Help Give Camp the Upgrades it Needs
Soul + Food Tending to Both the Stomach and the Spirit

Foundation Announces New CFO
Laity Lodge Reinstitutes Creativity Week
August 2018| David Rogers

Creativity Brings Us Closer to our Creator
You may not know this about me, but I’m a sculptor. My favorite medium is sand.
Laity Lodge
Rebooting Creativity Week
When Laity Lodge decided to relaunch Creativity Week after an 8-year hiatus, two truths guide the week: Everyone is creative, and everyone is welcome.
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Outdoor School
The Pioneer of Texas Outdoor Education
You can’t properly tell the story of outdoor education in the Canyon—or in the state of Texas—without talking about Irma Lewis, a P.E. teacher from Seguin.
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Everybody thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy in “Three Methods of Reform” from Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian (1900)
August 2018| Marcus Goodyear

Lectio Divina 101
LLYC steps into centuries-old traditions to deepen the Christian spiritual formation of our youth at Echo Valley.
LLYC Story
LLYC Summer 2018
Where else could complete strangers become like family by the end of two weeks?
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August 2018| Marcus Goodyear

How Dwight Lacy Left an Impression
Dwight is a rock-solid part of the Foundation’s story—and he’s also one of the changing things, as he embraces a new season of life.
June 2018| Staff Writer

Foundation’s Peer-Learning Pilot Marks First Year
Alamo City non-profit leaders spur each other on in their work alongside vulnerable families and children.
August 2018| Paul Soupiset

Summer Guest Musicians
Live music has long been a touchstone here in the Frio River Canyon—from guitar-and-cajón camp songs at Roundup to spirited performances at Laity Lodge’s Cody Center…
Old School Flour Bluff
Our oldest operating program stewards some of our oldest and deepest relationships, like Flour Bluff Independent School District, who has been coming to the Canyon since the ‘50s.
August 2018 Marcus Goodyear
Foundation Announces Janice Flynn as CFO
We are delighted to introduce Janice Flynn as Chief Financial Officer of the H. E. Butt Foundation.
August 2018 Marcus Goodyear
Summer 2018 News
New interns, new children’s book, and a call for your photos.
August 2018 Staff Writer
Echo Valley 2020
Echo Valley 2020 will bring $5.6 million dollars in improvements—including new cabins, landscaping, planned outdoor group programming space, and infrastructure updates—to support our larger camping groups.
August 2018 Marcus Goodyear

The Last Word