Uncle Dick and Aunt Betty Stevens

Uncle Dick and Aunt Betty Stevens are the founders of Life for Youth Camp. They were directors until the year 2001, when the mantle was passed to their son and daughter-in-law— Robby and Sherri. Uncle Dick went to be with the Lord on July 18, 2006. Aunt Betty lives here on the grounds and volunteers wherever needed. She still serves on the Board of Directors.

Robby and Sherri Stevens have been on the staff since 1978. In September of 2001, they were appointed Co-Directors of the camp. They have raised two children, Stephanie and Bobby, who are both on the staff at LFYC.

Stephanie McCoy is the Retreat Coordinator. She is responsible for booking all of the retreat groups that use the camp's facilities during the fall, winter, and spring months. During the summer, she is the Program Coordinator. She schedules the campers and staff through their week's activities. Stephanie is the daughter of Robby and Sherri.

Bobby Stevens, Robby and Sherri's son, is in charge of program and activity maintenance. During the summer he is our waterfront supervisor and maintains all of our waterfront and activity equipment. He also leads our C.I.T program, training teenagers to be junior counselors for the summer.

Jim has been a part of our staff since the spring of 2002. He serves in the capacity of lawn and garden maintenance, making sure the grounds are maintained and looking beautiful!

Tracie Dean joined us in March 2005. Coming all the way from Iowa, Tracie serves as our Food Service Supervisor. She puts together delicious, well balanced meals for campers and retreat guests who are using the facilities. She manages to keep the full time staff happy, as well!

Regina Petrizzi is our Summer Camp Registrar as well as Personal Assistant to Robby and Sherri. She started as a junior counselor in 1995. Since April of 2005 she has served on the full time staff team.

Eddie & Cynthia Roper
and sons Tillman and Charles

Eddie and Cynthia Roper fill a great need here at camp. Eddie is our Maintenance Supervisor, and Cynthia is our Primary Supervisor. Cynthia also helps with the snack shack throughout the year and helps maintain the prayer garden. They joined our staff in July of 2005.

Chris Sood

Chris Sood comes from Masters Commission in Alabama. We recruited Chris from our summer staff in June 2006 to help with maintenance. During the summer, he is our Activity Supervisor. He brings a spirit of fun to the full time staff team and is a joy to have on board.

Lori is in charge of recruiting our summer staff. During the summer she serves as the Snack Shack Supervisor. She joined our full time staff in August 2007, after working here for the summer.

Tom is our newest staff member, joining us in March of 2008. He serves by doing maintenance and lawn care, making sure the camp is looking nice. Tom's wife, Donna, has been our First Aider during the summer for many years.