Annette used to feel that carefree spirit as a young girl camping with her sisters. That seems like a lifetime ago. After eleven years of married life, she and her four young daughters lost their father/husband to a domestic violence conviction. Piecing their new life together was anything but carefree. Fun times used to be few and far between, until she got her confidence back and deliberately tried to create a better life for all of them. After a stint of homelessness, Annette became a full-time student, provider, and single parent for her girls. >>more

Country Fair Week at Rowdy Ridge

Adela is every woman. Like many other single parents, she has struggled with worries, sadness, abuse, and economic hardships. She found a program called Hope Street in the city, which helped her to find exits from her desperate situation. Her life changed little by little, and eight years ago they invited her and her four children to the camp Rowdy Ridge for a pit stop. >>more

Medieval Week at Rowdy Ridge Gang Camp

Once upon a time, two long years ago, there was a family who spent many happy time at the beach or camping together. Then, as quick as a thief in the night, they were torn apart by domestic abuse and furthermore the court system. Patricia put a restraining order against her husband; but in an unkind twist of fate, a ruling left her at home without her three children. >>more