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The Spaniel family in Leakey has adopted five children and fostered seven more.

A Band of Runners treks across the Canyon during their Foundation Camp retreat in November.

Conjunto Hall of Famer Bene Medina teaches accordion to campers at Girl Zone’s “Dare to be Powerful” summer camp.

The transformational experience of camp goes both ways.

If we’re not careful, we treat the people outside of our local neighborhood as something other than neighbors.

A study learns when congregants tell their pastors about mental health challenges.

To get all that Laity Lodge Youth Camp has to offer, campers go all in, rain or shine.

Photo gallery: Summer staff attends LLYC Outbound, a capstone trip to the Colorado Rockies. August 2019

Creating space for families from different backgrounds to be together in an unusual way.

Every veteran LLYC camper knows the experience that awaits them on the other side of that river drive. What’s more, they know it’s an experience meant just for them.

Hosting child-friendly forensic interviews is just one of the ways the new Real County Community Initiative is providing space to help local families.

This border community has been bringing groups to the Canyon two or three times a year for 49 years running, driving dozens of kids in packed school buses 10 hours through the night.