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This is for foster parents who live in the counties below!

🌟 **Foster Parents, Big News!** 🌟
This year marks the first Royal Family Kids Camp in Mississippi! 🎉

Foster families, if you live in the counties listed below, please take note:

💡 **Counties:**
- Lee County
- **North:** Union County
- **Northeast:** Prentiss County
- **East:** Itawamba County
- **Southeast:** Monroe County
- **Southwest:** Chickasaw County
- **West:** Pontotoc County

Royal Family Kids Camp is a week-long Day camp experience designed for children aged 7 to 10 in foster care. It will run from **Monday, July 14, 2025, to Friday, July 18, 2025**, and it is completely free for all campers! 🙌

* The camp is ideally located just an hour's drive from Tupelo, MS. For the safety of our campers, all volunteers are required to sign a Confidentiality Agreement regarding the campground's location.
* During the week, campers will have the chance to swim, explore, dive into Bible stories, and take part in a variety of activity centers, music, and friendly sports—all aimed at promoting healthy exercise and creating positive memories. 🌈

Click this link for the 2025 Promotional Video: [🌟 2025 Promotional Video](https://vimeo.com/1066680427)

Camper applications need to be completed and returned by **Friday, May 16, 2025**, as space is limited.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. We can’t wait for an amazing week at camp! 🥳

**Contact Information:**
Cat & Drew Holcomb - Directors
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (662) 315-4140

Respite

Foster families are NOT provided with extra funds or Christmas gifts for the foster children in their care by the state. In some areas of the state there are no outside organizations available to help meet these needs or for whatever reason foster parents are not made aware of local assistance available to them. Each wishlist in the comments represents a foster family that could use some extra support. We will be adding more wishlists over the next week. Counties that are represented (more being added) : Adams, Clarke, Harrison, Hinds, Jackson, Lafayette, Lamar, Lee, Lincoln, Marion, Rankin, Simpson, Wayne, Webster, Yazoo
*Be sure to have items shipped to the foster family when checking out*

Looking for a way to share some joy and Christmas spirit? We are looking for sponsors for over 200 children in foster home placements. We have a very short window of time, so please email [email protected] to get more information or to sign up to sponsor a child this Christmas.

Have you ever considered adoption? Check out the MS Heart Gallery at https://www.mdcps.ms.gov/heart-gallery for more information!