Top 11 Highlights in 2011
2011 was a great year at Eagle Eyrie! As we sit back and reflect, we share our “11 in ’11″ highlights with you:
#11
We ordered brand new t-shirts for our gift shop this fall. We will greatly expand our apparel offerings for 2012. (Shh, we may even open an online store as well!)
#10
At the Baptist General Association of Virginia Annual Meeting, we were excited to give away two free overnight stays at the Hoover Center!
The winners will be able to stay for free any time in 2012 and enjoy the luxury and peacefulness that defines Hoover.
#9
The annual Chinese Christian Conference in May saw 643 people attend, their second-largest attendance since 1994!
#8
We welcomed dozens of new retreat groups this year, including prayer, youth, college student, women, and men’s retreats!
Overall retreat attendance was up over 5% from 2010.
#7
Similar to #8, we wanted to highlight that we welcomed over 250 retreat groups in 2011. What a busy, busy year!
#6
We have begun fundraising and renovations of the hotel rooms in the Voight Conference Center.
So far we have one renovated and three paid for waiting to be renovated next. Consider sponsoring a room today!
#5
Eagle Eyrie is going green. With overall attendance up this year, (and even with electrical rate increases) through cost-saving measures our electric bills went down 21%!
#4
We installed new billboards on either side of 501. These bright and shiny signs will help guide the over 25,000 guests we expect to welcome in 2012.
#3
We renewed our social media efforts in 2011. We put new life into our Facebook and Twitter profiles as well as opened a YouTube channel and Google+ profile. We are also the first VBMB partner Facebook page with over 1,100 “likes”!
#2
We launched a brand new website this year featuring dozens of pictures highlighting the beauty that surrounds Eagle Eyrie. We now enjoy easier to use online forms and a blog platform. The website, alongside our reinvigorated logo, brochures, and social media profiles, serves an important role in our new branding and marketing efforts.
#1
We saved the best for last: the four Centri-Kid Camps this past summer saw 135 children making spiritual decisions while they were here! Praise God!
Did any of your 2011 highlights occur at Eagle Eyrie? If so, would you share them with us?
