RFKC

Last week I went out to Royal Family Kids Camp and helped the kids get ready and dressed for a fancy dinner and dance. What an amazing organization!!! I heard about the camp from BSBN John Leitner and from Jean Edwards the founder of the company I work for. She is such an amazing person and a true role model for me. I am looking forward to speaking with her as one of my interview projects. Jean is the camp director and has done many things to help these children. They had dresses, shoes and purses that the girls got to pick out and wear and the boys wore tuxedos. The girls had their hair done, their nails done and some makeup. You could tell that for many of them this was something they had never experienced other than at camp. Not only did it help to build their confidence, they got to keep the dress and purse that they picked out. Many of the children are in foster  homes and have been moved around many times throughout their lives. They have a one on one mentor/camp counselor who they spend time with throughout the week of camp that they build a rapport with and for many this becomes one of the few positive relationships that they have had with an adult. Our instructors also spent some time down there teaching the kids martial arts, there was also swimming, horseback riding, dress up, arts and crafts, woodwork and other camp activities. You could see the excitement and appreciation that the kids had for the experience. It was a great reminder to appreciate the supportive childhood I had. I have such a great respect for the children who I encountered while I was there. I could see the strength in their spirits and the ability to have fun despite the rough circumstances and backgrounds that they had come from.