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Thank you, Kris, for sharing the story of these ambitious spelunkers. We love to hear it.<\/p>\n
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Director Kris Bomgarden writes, “The Middle Creek VBC (we call it camp rather than school) was an outstanding success. We had 36 kids attend our evening sessions from June 26-30. Our theme was Cave Quest and these awesome spelunkers raised $500 to purchase a sand dam!<\/strong>”<\/p>\n![\"women](\"https:\/\/www.presbyterianmission.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/sanddam_large-150x150.jpg\")
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