Such a wide variety of kids come to camp: introverts, children with special needs, kids who won't say a word the entire first day, natural-born leaders, children from the Outreach program, rockstars-in-the-making, Harry Potter fans, science nerds, and campers from really rough backgrounds, broken homes, and low-income families. Amongst this wide circle of personalities and home-life backgrounds, there is always one common denominator: camp touches their hearts. Camp helps every child in a different way: while it gives the shy girl a chance to express herself in a safe, friendly environment, it gives the bully a chance to clean his slate and discover his true potential beyond the labels people in the "real world" have given him. Camp means healing, renewing, discovering, expressing, leading, and loving. Camp means every child has a friend, even if they sat alone at lunch every day last year. Camp means no one cares what the Outreach kid's clothes look like, and everyone wants the special needs kid to make it to home plate in kickball. Camp means it's okay to be silly, loud, and 100% you. Camp is for everyone.
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