Overview

• In emails sent Monday, the Eastland family said the Cypress Lake campus will host 2026 sessions and that a memorial for the 27 victims is being designed, with more details and dates expected in early October.
• The Guadalupe River location was deemed too damaged to open next summer, and leaders say engineers are assessing rebuilding plans with a pledge to keep campers out of any cabins that took on floodwater.
• Parents of victims say they were not consulted on the memorial and urged continued search efforts, noting that 8-year-old Cile Steward remains missing.
• Camp leaders say operations will comply with the newly enacted Heaven’s 27 measures requiring emergency plans, staff training, warning systems, and restrictions on cabins in flood-prone areas, with state funds directed to sirens and forecasting.
• Scrutiny persists over past safety practices after reports that many buildings sat in mapped floodplains and written guidance told campers to stay in cabins during floods, as legal action against the camp is expected.