North Florida Fair, Tallahassee, Florida
Scheduled in November each year
Campers On Mission ministers to the fair goers during this fair. Volunteers can choose to present the Gospel through our Knowledge Board, Puzzels, Making Animal Balloons for children, making power band braclets for fair goers, and Face Painting for children at the Salvation Booth. Other volunteers are used to take up tickets at the gates or monitor buildings such as the 4H building and flower building.
The fair has a 5pm to 11pm weekday schedule and a 11am to 11 pm weekend and holiday schedule.
COM meets each morning for prayer, songs, devotion and work assignments.
Camping is free. There is room for 30 RVs with water & 50 amp and a dump station.
For more information and a reservation contact our project director for the fair.
Joe Rotunda; 386-688-2380; email: rotundasr@windstream.net; or taxeaze@gmail.com
Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City – March
303 North Lemon St, Plant City, FL 33563
www.flstrawberryfestival.com – 813-752-9194
To volunteer with Campers on Mission, contact:
CONTACT: Glenn & Eileen Ansley Phone 239-826-4317; E-Mail: gtansley616@gmail.com, president.florida.com@gmail.com
This is a ministry to the carnival workers and is a cooperative effort between COM and the Shiloh Association of the Florida Baptist Convention. Churches in the Association provide food, clothing, and other items in support of the ministry. We give free coffee and doughnuts for breakfast and homemade soup, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, chips and cookies for lunch. We also have a clothes closet from which we give donated clothing items, bedding, and toiletries to the workers. Coffee and fruit drink is served from 7:00 AM until mid- to late afternoon. Each morning we have a short time of praise and worship and a devotional led by one of the local pastors or one of the COMers. We build relationships with the carnival workers and seek opportunities to witness to them about the Lord. In past years we have seen some saved and some re-dedicate their lives to the Lord.
We ask that the COMers arrive on site on a few days before the fair begins so we can clean and set up the kitchen and the clothing closet. The local Association, Shiloh, arranges for us to camp right in with the carnival workers. In the past we have had spots for five couples to work, however we are working with the Shiloh Association to try to get an additional camping spot so we can expand our ministry. This ministry requires a lot of hard work, but there are many rewards as we build relationships with carnival workers. We also have an opportunity to enjoy some of that delicious Plant City strawberry short cake.
(updated 01/15/24)