Summer Camp Memories

June 29, 2017

Summer time comes and students get a break to turn back into kids and explore their world around them. We remember when we were children, spending a few weeks at summer camp, making new friends, staying active, continue learning in a nontraditional classroom, one that is outside with life being the teacher.

Here are some of our summer days, and some of those summer days for the children of Appalachia that you help to create.

Related Blogs

Children at a virtual Hawaii summer camp in Appalachia wearing leis and enjoying educational activities supported by Americans Helping Americans

A Virtual Trip to Hawaii Brings Summer Camp to Life in Appalachia

More than a dozen kids in Big Creek People in Action’s (BCPIA) summer camp program, supported by Americans Helping Americans®, were “super-excited” to say the least about their “flight” to Hawaii on the morning of Wednesday, June 10.  Many, if not all, of the...

Heroes come in all sizes and ages.

Heroes come in all sizes and ages.

For more than two decades, LAMP Ministries in Gainesville, Georgia, has been working to transform the lives of children, youth, parents and other at-risk individuals in Hall and surrounding counties by providing vital support and services through various diverse...

Appalachian youth display vision boards of their dreams, highlighting afterschool goal-setting and inspiration.

Their Vision is Our Inspiration

A vision board is generally a collage of words and images that represents a person’s goals, notes ABC News. “It translates your dreams and aspirations into tangible images, fostering motivation to work towards them,” reports ABC. We reached out to our partners last...