The needs of Berkeley Echo Lake Camp are many.
The opportunities for the Berkeley Echo Lake Camp Association
to help meet those needs are great.
The following list outlines anticipated projects
at Echo Lake Camp. They are divided into three
categories by priority.
Highest Priority
- Electrical lines to tent groups of two
- Bobcat or trencher for one week - $700
- Conduit, wire, and bigger fuse boxes - $2,000
- Labor – maybe camp worker – or $3,700 for electrician
- Total $2,700 - $6,400
- Barbecue between Office & Basketball Court - Phase one
- Plans – a camp worker will draw
- Foundation – digging – gravel – concrete - $800
- Fire brick & cinderblock - $1,500
- Grill - $200
- Labor - $2,000
- Total - $4,500
- Tent 10 – Convert to Wheel Chair accessable cabin
- Complete demolition
- Enlarge to look like nurses cabin
- Some funding will come from City of Berkeley
- Total - $20,000
- Tent Canvas
- 1 small
- 1 large
- Stencil with Donated by BELCA
- Stencil with Goodwin-Cole - Sacramento
- Total - $1,700
- Permanent Picnic Tables
- At least three very beefy, all-season tables
- 4 x 6 & 4 x 12 lumber - $750 per table
- 2 ½ days labor - $500 per table
- BELCA plaque
- $1,250 per table
- 1000 T-Shirts
- Donated by someone like the Berkeley Police or Berkeley Fire Dept or Power Bar
- Value - $6,000
- Free coffee
- Must be organic & free trade
- Stage Upgrade
- Audio PA System
- Curtains
- Lighting System
- Awnings for Dining Hall Entrance
- Permanent Metal Skeleton -$5,000
- Canvas - $3,000
- Total - $8,000
- Dining Hall Walk-In Upgrade
- Re-insulate and New Floor - $1,500
- New Compressor – $4,500
- Total - $6,000
- Terraced Dining Hall Parking Lot
- Bob Cat Rental
- Retaining wall - $8,000
- $7,000 should be available from City of Berkeley
- Total - $1000
- Nature Area – Native Plant Landscaping
- Landscaping Irrigation System
- Landscaping Consultant or Landscape Architect
- Digging Labor
- Brass BELCA Plaques
- One Dozen Brass Plaques - forged for projects
- Router on Wood - low cost alternative
Intermediate Priority
- Compost Toilets
- Labor & Materials - $2,000 to $4,000 each
- French Drain or Open Stream Channel for Spring Snowmelt Runoff
between pool & office
- Bobcat & Pipe & Labor - $1,000
- Deepen the Natural Ponds in nature areas below pool
- New Freezer for Dining Hall
- Large Passenger Van
- We need reliable camp vehicles
- $15,000 or more for each van
Lowest Priority
- Bone Yard Work Shed – Work Shop Complex
- Espresso Machine
- Children's Play House near Nature Hut sand box
- Solar Panels and Inverters
- One Panel - $1,000
- One Inverter - $1,500
- Total -$2,500 per cabin could run one light bulb
- Wind Mills
- Water Storage Tank
- Better Pump - Expensive
- Tap a spring for auxilliary water supply
- Convert Staff tents 2, 3, 4 to larger dorm style cabins
- Back Deck for Dining Hall
- $10,000 for 1st section – we need several sections
- South Camp Bathroom Upgrade
- Bob Cat Rental
- $500/day
- $3,500/week
- Plus delivery charge
