Starting June 1 this summer our Training Teams are hitting the road going to 7 different cities to train 14 new camp teams to start a new camp next summer in their local community. Each team will have 4-5 members so we’ll be training 40-50 people this summer.
Our training teams have grown from just Wayne and Diane Tesch, the Founders, to now include; 13 Trainers, 5 Trainers-in-Training, 5 Host Couples, 1 Host Couple-in-Training, and 4 Child Abuse Specialists. This team of dedicated souls will hit the highways and byways this summer for an intense 7 day training camp. The Training Camp occurs at an existing RFKC so the trainees can see, hear and experience an actual camp in progress. The trainees will experience 36 hours of classroom study, and over 20 hours of observing the camp in action. The training also includes interview with the local camp Counselors and Staff personal to get a real feel for the heart of the people who volunteer for this incredible camping experience.
In the coming years our training team will continue to grow as we add more training camp sites and bring this experience to more kids around the country. Last year we had 6,000 campers in camp. Our long term goal is that by the year 2030, we’ll have 100,000 campers in camp. That’s a big goal and a big dream, but there are 500,000 kids in Foster Care in America right now. Don’t they deserve a week of positive memories at camp?
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