Ocean Lakes

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s the time of year Americans reflect on all we are thankful for and generally eat way too much. We celebrate family and friends and some wait in anticipation for the Black Friday sales. Ocean Lakes Family Campground is a busy place at Thanksgiving, and we are thankful for that! If you are spending this holiday at Ocean Lakes, check out the decorations in the Recreation Center (by Noon on Saturday). It has been a tough couple of years for many Americans. Yet, no matter the situation, often Americans look at what we have been blessed with and reach out to those who are less fortunate. I guess many of us did learn to share when we were younger. This Thanksgiving holiday, Ocean Lakes’ teammates have looked to their creative, resourceful, “green” selves to help raise money for “Substitutes for Santa,” a local charity that provides a Christmas experience to between 50 and 85 underprivileged children from the Loris and Myrtle Beach communities. Several of own te...

On July 2 nd , 2011 Ocean Lakes Family Campground turned 40. It’s hard to believe that we could fit so much fun into a season, but even harder was doing it without our precious founders, Mary Emily and Nelson Jackson. We lost both of them in 2010, Mr. Jackson in February and then Mrs. Jackson in December. As a team, and a “family,” we have all enjoyed the continued presence and guidance of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson’s five daughters who could be seen throughout all of our events and celebration. Their warm words of gratitude and encouragement ever present as we all strive to live up to the amazing legacy that Mary Emily and Nelson Jackson created. And we all miss them. We kicked the celebration off in April with our Cake Gala and Contest . Ocean Lakes worked on being good stewards to the earth and added the first Level Two EV Charging Stations on the Carolinas Coast! The “SurPrize Patrol” gave away 105 prizes per week starting at the Cake Gala. On July 2 nd , we celebrated our 4...