New Range & Griddle for the Dining Hall!

At the start of this summer, we were able to purchase a new piece of vital equipment for our dining hall kitchen, thanks to a generous donation from Nancy Grout. Our old range & flat-top grill, which came to camp used when the current dining hall was built in the early 1960s, had finally reached the end of its long life. The new unit replaces the same four burners, flat-top grill, and standard oven, plus has one additional standard oven under the grill.

Nancy generously donated the funds for the new equipment in honor of her grandmother, Helen Eva Grout, who worked in the Skye Farm kitchen in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, cooking on the same stove her granddaughter has now helped modernize. The food cooked by Helen and all the Skye Farm cooks who have come before and after her has helped nourish generations of campers, giving them the energy, comfort, and joy they need to flourish at camp. This year’s cooks were incredibly grateful for the new range and the safety and reliability it provided. Many pots of soup and oatmeal were boiled, countless pancakes were flipped, and not a single pilot light went out. We look forward to the delicious meals it will allow us to prepare for years to come, and we give our deep thanks to Nancy for making it happen!