At Camp Optimist, campers will have an individualized program that caters to their specific needs and provide input into ...

A heroic Royal Marine who ‘refused to die’ after suffering more than 400 separate injuries in an Afghan explosion completed a ...

The State of Texas begins the process to roll out drastic new safety measures at summer camps. Debate continues over the details of the new rules. Some camps warn they will close, while families who ...

Texas camp owners on Friday urged the state health agency to give them more time and flexibility on costly new safety requirements, saying they could be forced to close by next summer. “We support the ...

SPICELAND, Ind. — A 50-year tradition is coming to an end as the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana recently announced the closure and sale of Camp Ada. Located south of New Castle, Camp Ada consists of ...

KERR COUNTY, Texas — The family of 8-year-old Cile Steward shared a letter they sent to Camp Mystic after the summer camp announced plans to reopen only a few months after 27 young campers and ...

Cile Steward, 8, has been missing since the floods hit the camp on July 4. Less than three months after devastating floods tragically killed 27 people at Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, the camp ...

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. When Guy, a 15-year-old ...

Campers’ belongings sit outside one of Camp Mystic’s cabins near the Guadalupe River, July 7, 2025, in Hunt, Texas, after a flash flood swept through the area. The owners of Camp Mystic say they plan ...

“For my family, these months have felt like an eternity. For the camp, it seems like nothing more than a brief pause before business as usual,” one parent said Gofundme; RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty ...

Camp Mystic plans to reopen next summer near the site where 27 girls and counselors died in a July flood. The campers and counselors were swept to their deaths when fast-rising floodwaters of the ...

A red heart with “Mystic” sign is seen by the Guadalupe River, the other side of Camp Mystic, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, in Hunt. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer KERRVILLE, Texas — Camp Mystic plans ...