Forest Glen

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In 1965, an organization known as Child Evangelism Fellowship of Harris Co. began its first session of Camp Good News. They started in a facility leased from the Houston Salesmanship Club near Spring, Tx. After about five years of growth, Camp Good News could no longer fit within the time constraints of the Salesmanship Club Camp. A search began for a larger facility, which would allow for growth. Unable to find a facility near Houston which could be leased, Child Evangelism Fellowship set out to purchase property on which to build its own camp facility. CEF’s State Board was unwilling to let the Houston organization undertake such a large project, so a group of men with an organization called Houston Christian Businessmen’s Foundation set out to purchase property and develop a site for Camp Good News. Top priority for summer usage would be given to Camp Good News and other Christian organizations and churches could use the facilities throughout the rest of the year. Houston Christian Businessmen’s Foundation located the existing property in the spring of 1971. An offer was tendered and the purchase was closed in the fall of that year. At the time, the site had no improvements except the clearing for a lake and poorly constructed dam. A call was put out for funding and volunteers and slowly the site began to take shape. The dam was repaired, the shores of the lake were formed and an island was built. A storage barn was built on site to hold beds, kitchen equipment and other supplies as they were donated or received from surplus auctions. Trees were cut down and sent to be milled into rough sawn boards and logs suitable for trusses. The new camp was called Forest Glen.

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