A place for monthly updates and articles from the Friends of Silver Lake Community
Sunday, October 18, 2026 3pm – 5pm Lyman Orchards 105 South Street, Middlefield, CT 06455 Reconnect with Silver Lake Peeps! Join our Group Photo @ 4:30pm! Get a Friends of Silver Lake Progress Update! and… Pick Some Apples! Event Details
The Friends of Silver Lake Board of Directors is pleased to announce the hiring of Sioux Wilusz as our part-time project manager. Sioux will be providing essential help with day-to-day organizational operations of FOSL. She currently works at PerkinElmer US LLC and is a member of First Church of Christ, UCC in Simsbury CT. Rev. Dr. Davida Foy Crabtree and Sioux Wilusz Sioux comes to FOSL with many years of experience, serving the historic Connecticut Conference from 2012-2020 as a Program...
As the leaves begin to change and summer is behind us, we find ourselves reflecting on the beautiful community that makes Silver Lake so special - especially during the Summer months. To our volunteers, nurses, staff, deans, and counselors THANK YOU. Thank you for the time you gave, the care you shared, the community you created, and the incredible spirit you bring to camp and to every child. Silver Lake has always been more than a place. It is a feeling, a community, a collection of...
A message from our Co-Chairs at Annual Meeting…
We often tell the wonderful story of the way the historic CT Conference of the UCC found Silver Lake, and the ministers across Connecticut joined together to insist that the Conference Board take advantage of the opportunity to purchase Camp Easton. Until that time, summer conferences for Congregational young people had been scattered at many different sites: Davenport Choir Conference at Kent School, Fellowship Conference at Camp Woodstock, and other programs at other locations. But the...
We believe Silver Lake’s best days can still be ahead. And we need your help to make that future possible. The Campaign for the Future of Silver Lake is underway, with a goal of raising $3 million to purchase the Silver Lake property and create a sustainable future for this extraordinary place. The campaign began with an inspiring $400,000 pledge announced in late August, and momentum is building. New pledges are coming in, and churches are beginning to step forward. Every commitment brings...
Grateful for Partners Who Help Make the Future Possible FOSL is growing—and we are grateful for the many people and churches helping make that growth possible! First, a heartfelt thank you to Spring Glen Church UCC in Hamden, which served as FOSL’s fiscal sponsor during our first year. Their generosity, collaborative spirit, and willingness to help us get started made a tremendous difference as Friends of Silver Lake took its first steps. We are equally grateful to First Church in...
A message from the co-chairs of the Friends of Silver Lake Board