Royal Family Kids' Camps numbers
| Number of campers.................................................................... |
over 6,000 |
| Number of camps....................................................................... |
155 |
| U.S....................................................................................... |
139 |
| International ........................................................................ |
16 |
| Number of States represented.................................................. |
36 |
| Number of International Countries represented....................... |
8 |
| Number of Volunteers................................................................. |
6,836 |
| Number of volunteer hours......................................................... |
978,878 |
| Number of church denominations involved............................... |
26 |
| Amount of money raised by local camps (within the U.S.)...... |
$3,395,607 |
| Average amount raised per camp............................................. |
$25,530 |
| Largest church involved.............................................................. |
10,000 + |
| Smallest church involved............................................................ |
40 |
| Total Campers Served since 1985.......................................... |
46,394 |
| * Data from 2007 camp season |
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Outcomes and Benefits
Campers
- Provides a powerful week of positive memories where kids can just be kids
- Shows a picture of family life for those who haven’t experienced it
- Replaces missing elements in their lives (i.e. attention, affirmation, happiness, positive memories, “basics” such as food, clothing, and emotional connectedness)
- Plants the seeds of hope into their lives. When they believe in themselves they will seek improvements for themselves, long after camp is over
Community
- Brings the church and state together for a noble cause
- Community sees the church in a new light, as a giver and a servant
- Gives caregivers a week of respite
- Helps transform these kids from current tax consumers to future tax payers
Church
- Gets people involved - “out of the pew and involved with a purpose”
- Builds faith in the members involved
- Expands the church into the community
- Allows members in the church who have suffered abuse to use their past to benefit others
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