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Camp Viola offers a week’s outing that includes Bible teaching, praise and worship, recreation and sports, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and arts and crafts. The program includes outdoor activities and spiritual enrichment as part of its sessions. Camp Viola is a private non-profit Christian organization founded by Miss Viola Burks.
• Schedule: A week’s outing
• Price: Miss Vi desired to provide a camp for children, at no cost to their families
In the 1920s, Miss Viola Burks was Executive Secretary of the LaGrange Welfare Association and obtained funds from the churches of LaGrange to provide a week’s outing at the first encampment in 1926. In 1927, she purchased 123 acres of land near Mountville, GA, and in 1928 the children’s camp became known as Camp Viola. The mission of Camp Viola is “Connecting Kids to Christ in His Creation.” Camp Viola, through Troup County churches, has provided weekend and holiday camp activities during the school year and a week of Christ-centered summer camp for children in Troup County and the surrounding area. Today Camp Viola continues its mission through support from the faith community and other financial partners, with many churches in Troup County hosting weeks of summer camp there and others partnering through regular donations and volunteering for workdays and other projects at camp.
Last updated February 25, 2026.
• Schedule: A week’s outing
• Price: Miss Vi desired to provide a camp for children, at no cost to their families
In the 1920s, Miss Viola Burks was Executive Secretary of the LaGrange Welfare Association and obtained funds from the churches of LaGrange to provide a week’s outing at the first encampment in 1926. In 1927, she purchased 123 acres of land near Mountville, GA, and in 1928 the children’s camp became known as Camp Viola. The mission of Camp Viola is “Connecting Kids to Christ in His Creation.” Camp Viola, through Troup County churches, has provided weekend and holiday camp activities during the school year and a week of Christ-centered summer camp for children in Troup County and the surrounding area. Today Camp Viola continues its mission through support from the faith community and other financial partners, with many churches in Troup County hosting weeks of summer camp there and others partnering through regular donations and volunteering for workdays and other projects at camp.
Last updated February 25, 2026.
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