Royal Family Kids provides positive memories and hope to abused and neglected children age seven to twelve through the safe environment of a week of camp and a year round mentoring program. These foster children from social services have suffered a variety of abuses from beatings to sexual abuse. It is our goal to offer these children healthy, guiding relationships with adults, rewarding free time activities, and character-building opportunities while helping these children who face adversity. This past year our camp in Georgia had 53 children in attendance. We strive to create positive memories for abused and neglected children. We wish to show these kids a side of life where they do not have to be afraid of being beaten, raped, molested, abandoned, or denied food. We want to assist them in learning how to succeed in life and teach them that, although they have had a bad beginning, they can have a brighter future. Our goal is to help these children break the cycle of abuse into which they have been thrust. We encourage the children to become a part of the cure for our society by getting involved and serving others needs. We not only hope to raise the awareness of the plight of these children, but also hope to inspire more people to volunteer to help our community and become foster parents. Mentoring programs have been proven to make children more confident in their schoolwork performance, better able to get along with their families, reduce by 47% the likelihood of using illegal drugs, reduce by 27% the likelihood of beginning to use alcohol and reduce by 52% the likelihood of skipping school. You can find more information on our camp at ftc-lovejoy.squarespace.com. We will be holding an auction October 8, 2022 to help raise the budget for the camp in June 2023 and the year round mentoring program.