About Camp to Belong
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In the beginning: |
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was 1995 and the setting was the UNLV campus. In the hopes to
reunite children separated through foster or other out of home
care Lynn Price held the first Camp To Belong (CTB). Lynn, who
was volunteering as a CASA and Child Haven volunteer, was herself
a former youth in care. She and her sister had been placed in different
foster homes when Lynn was a baby. Lynn didn’t learn she
had a sister until she was eight. |
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| A few years after the first Camp To Belong, Lynn and her family moved to Colorado. Her budding organization went with her; however CTB has always hosted Nevada’s kids at camp. Now in its eleventh year, CTB has reunited siblings from all over the US, Canada and the Virgin Islands. | |
| Currently in the U.S., of the 600,000 siblings living in foster care, 75% of them are separated from at least one sibling when placed in foster care. Camp To Belong’s primary goal is to provide a sense of belonging to youth as individuals, and as siblings, giving them opportunities to share childhood memories together and among other youth in the same situations. |  |
Andi, Randy and Lynn (founder) |
Camp To Belong is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to reuniting brothers and sisters placed in separate foster homes or other out of home care. Camp To Belong is the leader in sibling connection summer camp programs for youth in the U.S., Canada and the Virgin Islands. Year round activities feature new legislation regarding sibling placement and visitation, increased recruitment of foster and adoptive families who embrace siblings and enhanced best practice among child welfare professionals. |
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