Volunteers stylists and cosmetologists from local colleges and salons pamper each girl, helping them look their best for the tea party. The girls choose from over 100 prom dresses. Add jewelry and a tiara and they feel royal.

We use a different play each year to show the children that God has a plan for their lives, and that they’re special and loved. Performed in five scenes, one per day, the kids love it and can’t wait for the next episode.

We know some foster children miss out on having their own birthday celebrations, and we make up for that with birthday cakes, jump castles, music, dunk tanks, and more.

We choose activities especially designed to set the kids up for success. We help them work together as a team and to celebrate each other’s success as well. The combination of drama, music and activities, all covered in love is life changing.

Because of our cordial and prolonged relationship with nationwide social services for over 30 years, the staff and volunteers of Royal Family KIDS Camp have a deep respect and appreciation for the people who make up social services.

The national organization of Royal Family KIDS is not affiliated with any particular denomination with camps sponsored by 26 different denominations.

Most Social Service departments refer children to faith-based camps such as those sponsored by the Salvation Army and Catholic Social Services when two criteria are met:

1. No child is coerced to accept any particular religion

2. Attendance is voluntary.

Royal Family KIDS meets these two criteria.

Although each Camp Counselor and Staff member is a committed Christian, the camps do not proselytize, and no religion is ever criticized or denigrated.

Our camp extends love and care, with adults modeling a non-violent, positive way of life as an alternative to many of the negative, abusive situations foster children have faced.

Summerville Royal Family KIDS Camp has hosted children from 18 different counties throughout South Carolina. Children come from as far away as Greenville, Rock Hill, Myrtle Beach, and Beaufort.

Strict and important measures are taken to ensure camp is safe for the children. These include, but are not limited to:

• Extensive training for camp counselors and staff, including a study of the dynamics of child abuse and neglect.

• Thorough screening processes and background checks for counselors and staff.

• No more than two children assigned to each counselor.  With the supporting staff, the staff-to-camper ratio varies, and is often one-to-one.

• Strict policies for the behavior of campers, counselors, and staff to ensure that there is never an opportunity for a questionable or unsafe situation.

• Two Registered Nurses and a licensed social worker included in our staff. Many of our other volunteers have extensive experience working in their church's children's ministry or vacation Bible school.

• The campsite has been selected to serve as both a safe and fun place for the camp experience.