From the President|Programs

Living Into Our Mission 2017

Since the Foundation’s birth in 1933, our roots and our core commitments have remained unchanged. Yet each generation of Foundation leadership has expressed its mission in different ways based on the language of the day and the needs and opportunities placed before us in the Canyon and in our local communities.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

From the President

We are Working to Change our Little Corner of the World

Our daily work remains the same as it ever was—to serve families and children, to offer spiritual formation. We are working to change our little corner of the world, and we hope you’ll join us.

April 2018 | David Rogers

Laity Lodge Family Camp | LLYC | Outdoor School

LLYC Legend and Family Historian Dan Roloff Retires

Dan Roloff has witnessed tremendous transformation in the organization since the 1980s. The quintessential oral historian of the Canyon’s best tales, “Ramblin’ Dan,” as he was sometimes known around the Canyon, retired on March 28.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

Laity Lodge Renovation

Laity Lodge welcomed guests again this fall after having received some much-needed architectural and design attention, after over fifty years of near-constant use.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

Community Engagement | Real County

Healthy Real County

The H. E. Butt Family Foundation is the largest private employer in Leakey, Texas—a small town in Real County, Texas—just down Highway 83 from the Canyon and even closer to our hearts.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

Property Planning & Stewardship

In 2014, David and Deborah Rogers said, “Fifty years from now, we want the Foundation camp property to be even healthier and more beautiful than it is today.” Three years later, the Property Planning & Stewardship team completed its first-ever comprehensive Land Stewardship Plan to support diverse, balanced, robust, and native animal and plant life in the Frio River Canyon.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

Community Engagement | San Antonio

New Work in San Antonio

In 2017, the Foundation began testing and measuring three pilots in San Antonio—a mental health initiative, a capacity-building learning cohort, and a public storytelling effort. Each pilot is working to further the Foundation’s mission in three different but overlapping domains that benefit children and families.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

2017 Financial Report

As the Foundation continues to align its programs with its Mission, we are continually analyzing how best to invest resources to deliver the most impact to our programs, strategic partners, and guests.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

A Call for Your Laity Lodge Photos

If you attended a Laity Lodge retreat during the 1960s, ’70s, or ’80s, dust off your scrapbooks and send us a scan* of your photos along with a short account of your time in the Canyon. We’re actively expanding our Archives and seeking to further preserve our history.

April 2018 | Staff Writer

Also in this issue

LLYC 2017
Year-in-review

LLYC’s Summer 2017 was arguably its most successful ever, serving 1,540 campers from 1,168 households across Texas and beyond.

Outdoor 2017
Year-in-review

Outdoor School, our youngest program in the Canyon, has hit its stride. 2017 was an exciting season of change and growth, with new faces, new facilities, and new offerings.

LLFC 2017
Year-in-Review

In early December, LLFC partnered with an organization called YoungLives, a ministry affiliated with Young Life that focuses on parenting and pregnant teens.

Foundation Camp, 2017

In 2017, H. E. Butt Foundation Camp served more guests than ever before as a record 24,716 people experienced the Canyon through the program.

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