Camper Info

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.

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

  • A licensed camp Doctor and a licensed social worker included in our staff.

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

  • We do not Proselytize, that is to force, pressure or coerce our beliefs on others. No Communion, No Water Baptism, No Altar Calls, No Laying on of hands, No Casting out of demons, No Speaking in tongues, No Anointing with oil are allowed at our camps.


Make Moments Matter

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Keep Moving Forward

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Treat People Royally

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Make Moments Matter ✳︎ Keep Moving Forward ✳︎ Treat People Royally ✳︎

What can the camper expect?

Camp days are busy, and full of traditional fun camp activities such as swimming, fishing, hiking, field games, woodworking, crafts, campfires, singing, skits and stories. We are also sure to include more quiet activities like brick building, painting, reading circle, etc. for those who are more sensory sensitive. Campers spend all their time with their counselor and one buddy camper (2:1 ratio), along with the counselor’s buddy and his/her two campers. It’s a team! And the campers are never alone or one-on-one with anyone – children or adults. It is a safe and loving place with good food, good fun, and sunshine!

What can the care giver expect?

We aim to work with the foster parents or care givers, as well as social workers, throughout the application process to make sure we can collect all the important details about the campers – their health history, their needs, their triggers and what works best to care for them. Our counselors receive these notes before camp and are trained in TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) and trauma informed care. We hope that this week at camp can be a week of reprieve and rejuvenation for the care givers.

Once applications open in March, you will have the opportunity to fill out a complete application. We will then touch base with you as camp nears to make sure you know what your camper should pack and to answer any questions.

What can the social worker expect?

  • CAMP RULES – 1. Two-Deep Rule (never alone), 2. Private beds (even bunk beds are not shared), 3. Safe personal touch (no lap sitting, piggybacks or frontal hugs), 4. Strict Photo Policy - No publishing of camper’s faces, 5. No exchanging personal contact information with volunteers or other campers, 6. Medications are locked up or stored safely, 7. Name tags are always worn by campers and staff to identify safety.

  • Royal Family Kids Camp is a community camp for community kids where we share the love of God by how we live and act around the campers. We do share stories from the Bible, and present the campers with a Bible (per our national standards), we also pray before meals, and sing songs focused on God’s goodness, power, and love.

  • We are highly trauma informed and teach lessons of identity, self worth and resiliency.

“RFK New Mexico,

As foster parents to eight incredible children, many of whom have come into our home carrying the weight of significant trauma and difficult life experiences, my wife and I have learned to recognize the rare places and people who truly make a difference in their healing. RFK Camp is one of those places. From the very first time our children attended RFK Camp, we saw something special. This is not just a camp where kids go to have fun for a few days. It is a place where they are genuinely seen, valued, and nurtured by adults who understand how to meet them exactly where they are. What has touched us the most is how deeply RFK Camp impacts them emotionally. When they return home, they don’t just talk about the activities—they talk about the people. They miss the counselors, the friends they made, and the way they felt while they were there. They keep their letters, pictures, crafts, and little mementos from camp like treasured keepsakes, reminders of a place where they felt safe, happy, and important. For children who have experienced instability, trauma, and loss, RFK Camp has been more than a positive experience. It has been a meaningful part of their healing. The impact this has had on their self-esteem and self-confidence has been nothing short of incredible.

Sincerely, E&M”