Need Project Podcast

• The Colorado Lions Camp and Conference center was founded in 1969 and they serve 350 campers every summer. • Colorado Lions Camp and Conference Center is a project of the Lions Clubs from the state of Colorado. • There are 15 other camps around the country. • The camp is a year round facility providing summer programs for those with special needs and winter programs available for larger and small groups. • The camp is nestled at 8,500 feet in the mountains of Pike National Forest just west of Colorado Springs and four miles north of Woodland Park on Highway 67N. • In 1964 Lion Dr. ML Crawford offered his cabin in Steamboat Springs to be used for the very first camp session. There were five girls that attended that summer; each girl was visually impaired. I • In 1966 several Lions signed personal notes to purchase the present location of the Colorado Lions Camp. • At the 1968 State Convention, the Lions of Colorado voted to build a permanent camp. Forty acres whe