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The River’s Edge Retreat campers and staff acting silly during the final weeks of summer camp. <\/p>\n
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River’s Edge Retreat in Columbia is a summer camp where kids can have fun in a faith-based environment. River’s Edge helps children starting at the age of four up to the age of 16. The day camp along the Saluda River was founded in 2010 and mostly serves mostly under-privileged youth in the Columbia area.<\/p>\n
But what’s not fun is when the camp floods.<\/p>\n
Steve Ware, CEO and founder of River’s Edge Retreat, is having to make changes to the camp now that it is in a flood zone.\u00a0 Ware spent part of his youth in foster care, moving from home to home, and founded River’s Edge Retreat to create a summer experience where children could learn about the Christian faith and build leadership skills.<\/p>\n
Amid the outdoor summer experiences, children learn Bible verses and talk about how their faith can be applied in their daily lives. But intermittent flooding creats issues for the campgrounds.<\/p>\n
Ware said the camp’s biggest problem is the cabin area. Seven of the one-story wooden structures were built right before South Carolina’s historic flood of 2015.<\/p>\n
“We haven\u2019t been able to permit those because we have to put them eight feet in the air because of the new standards,\u201d Ware said.<\/p>\n
Additional problems also persist for River’s Edge after the flooding. Water has pooled in areas around the camp, creating a breeding ground for mosquitoes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMosquitoes love kids,\u201d Ware said. Once each storm passes, an exterminator must come to the camp to help control the pest problem.<\/p>\n
But bugs aren\u2019t the only issue that can occur on Garden Valley Lane, where the camp is located. With soft marshland surrounding the area near Bush River Road, trees are more likely to fall during a storm with high winds.<\/p>\n
There is a bright-side for River’s Edge Retreat, however. The clean-up process doesn\u2019t take too long because of the help given by volunteers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe get a lot of help from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wells Fargo, the University of South Carolina, and a lot of fraternities and sororities out there,” Ware said. “And thank goodness. It\u2019s been a great experience with those volunteers.”<\/p>\n
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The water making its way down to the Saluda River at River’s Edge Retreat.<\/p>\n
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Trees that fell on Garden Valley lane during Hurricane Michael in September. <\/p>\n
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Rivers Edge Retreat is a place where kids can go in the summer and have fun in a faith-based environment. But what is not fun, is when it floods.<\/p>
CEO and Founder of Rivers Edge Retreat, Steve Ware, is having to make changes to camp now that they are in flood zone.<\/p>
\u201cThe biggest problem we have is our cabin area. We have seven cabins built two years ago, almost three when the big flood came. And we haven\u2019t been able to permit those because we have to put them eight feet in the air because the new standards,\u201d says Ware.<\/p>
After flooding the water can sit on the camp\u2019s campus creating a breeding ground for mosquitoes.<\/p>
\u201cMosquitoes love kids,\u201d says Ware. Once the storm passes Ware has to go through hoops to get an exterminator at camp to help control the problem.<\/p>
But bugs aren\u2019t the only problem that can occur on Garden Valley Lane, with the marsh land that surrounds the area trees are more likely to fall during a storm with high winds like Hurricane Michael.<\/p>
Good news for Rivers Edge Retreat is that the clean-up process doesn\u2019t take long with the help of volunteers.<\/p>
\u201cWe get a lot of help from Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wells Fargo, and the University of South Carolina, a lot of fraternities and sororities out there, thank goodness, and it\u2019s just been a great experience we have with those volunteers and the come in and its usually really quick,\u201d says Ware.<\/p>
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