Covenant News

Heavy Snow Damages Covenant Heights Camp

ESTES PARK, CO (March 28, 2003) - Covenant Heights Conference Center has suffered considerable building damage as the result of an estimated five feet of new snow in Colorado.

"This has been a week of real challenge for us," camp Executive Director Tom Cousineau states in a recent email." We really got hammered by this storm. We tried to keep up on the snow plowing, but the load finally overtook our old tired plow truck and the engine blew out. We did manage to clear the area of snow at the end of the storm with a borrowed backhoe and hired a local excavating firm to work with a large front-end loader.

"We received roof damage to at least four buildings - winter and autumn lodges had partial roof damage." Cousineau continued. "It will take some repair, but will not slow down our guest use . . . the worst damage was to one of our staff cabins. The front wall buckled out and is unsafe to enter for fear of collapse. We have the building braced and the staff relocated."

Students from Covenant Bible College-Midwest in Windsor helped remove snow from the roofs of buildings at Covenant Heights, but more snow was expected later in the week and Cousineau asked for prayer on several levels, including staff perseverance in clearing snow, snow removal equipment and the finances to pay for repairs and any short-term snow removal that will allow the camp to continue its programming.

For more information about the camp and its immediate needs, call Cousineau at 970-586-2900 or email him at info@covenantheights.org.

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