Outcomes and Benefits
Camps
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Provide a powerful week of positive memories where kids can just be kids
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Show a picture of healthy family life for those who haven’t experienced it
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Replace missing elements in their lives (i.e. attention, affirmation, happiness, positive memories, “basics” such as food, clothing, and emotional connectedness)
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Plant the seeds of hope in their lives. When they believe in themselves they will seek improvements for themselves, long after camp is over
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Brings the church and state together for a noble cause
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Community sees the church in a new light, as a giver and a servant
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Gives caregivers a week of respite
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Helps transform these kids from current tax consumers to future tax payers
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Gets people involved - “out of the pew and involved with a purpose”
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Builds faith in the members involved
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Expands the church into the community
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Allows members in the church who have suffered abuse to use their past to benefit others
