Object Lesson

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Dot to Dot

RABBIT

RABBIT

Camp or

ClubA child who has active,

engaged, attentive parental figures offering advice, encouragement

and guidance

(someone guiding them from dot to dot)

Table Talk

Think back to your childhood… who helped you connect the dots as you grew up? Who helped you make life choices?

Have you always known what dot to follow next? If not, who did you ask for help?

Who are some of the people that get to “help with the dots” in our Camper/Club Kid’s lives?

Loving the Camp/Club Rabbit

Our goal is to celebrate the healthy connections and adults they have in their lives and be one more part of reinforcing what healthy

relationships look like.

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FLOWER

FLOWER

Camp or

ClubA child whose parents have

been disrupted from parenting, but who still has

active role models engaging in their life,

stepping into some of the gaps.

Table Talk

Think back to your childhood… did you have any “missing numbers”? (i.e., alcoholic parent, latch key kid, emotionally absent parent, etc…)

Who in your life stepped into those gaps?

Loving the Camp/Club Flower

Our goal is to stand in the gap along with other family members and caregivers as one more healthy voice while parents seek help / get

healthy. Mentoring is ideal for a flower.

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Dot to Dot

DUCK

DUCK

Camp or

Club

A child who has had poor examples, shown “wrong numbers” and has a messy path as they try to navigate adult-topics

with a child’s heart and mind.

Ready and even eager to follow patterns set by others. This child may not have any healthy examples or role models, and may

bear the responsibility to help raise younger children.

Mentoring is needed for a Duck, but the relationship may be more challenging.

Table Talk

What are some of the “wrong numbers” we see in kids at Camp/Club? (i.e., sexuality at a young age, acting in a parent role)?

What are some of the challenges for us as a staff when we encounter that? (i.e., overly sexually charged child)?

What are some of the “healthy numbers” we can model for them at Camp/Club? (i.e., healthy boundaries)?

What are some of the challenges for the kids experiencing Camp for the first time (i.e.: a meal schedule, or a schedule at all)?

Loving the Camp/Club Duck

If their #8 is “to cut” sometimes we show them number 8 is “to hug.”

Be a safe, steadfast example. Just be there.

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STARFISH

STARFISH

Camp or

Club

A child without a compass, who is largely on their own, doesn’t believe they are valuable or

precious.

This Mentor needs to be steadfast and willing to go the long-haul with likelihood of NO feedback or reciprocation from

the child.

Table Talk

Think back to your childhood… how would it be to have no numbers? Zero guidance?

What are some examples of kids you’ve seen at Camp/Club with no guidance?

What are some tangible ways at Camp/Club we can help lead to THE NEXT DOT?

Loving the Camp/Club Starfish

Emphasis that it’s not our job to see their whole picture or figure it all out, God knows it and sees it. We can pray for them, love them unconditionally and remain faithful. Our consistency and love may

just help get them one dot closer to their true, original design.

NUMBERS Represent person who is guiding to the next DOT

1. God has a design for EVERY SINGLE CHILD WE MEET.2. God’s image is inside them no matter what “Image” they

bring to Camp/Club.3. This is NOT about us creating a “pretty picture,” nor to say

that every child’s path is pre-set and we just have to help them “figure it out.”

4. This IS to say that God has a plan, a design, for each child He brings to Camp/Club.

5. This IS about having HELP to choose the right dots, not about controlling which dot a child will chose.

6. WE GET TO MEET THEM AT WHATEVER DOT THEY ARE ON, EVEN IF OFF THE GRID, AND HELP SHOW THEM ONE STEP CLOSER TO GOD’S DESIGN FOR THEIR LIVES.

7. We have the PRIVILEGE of walking alongside the children as their stories unfold and their images become clearer.

WE DON’T SAVE THEM… WE SHOW THEM ANOTHER WAY

DOTSRepresent choices and life milestones

The Royal Family KIDS Dot to Dot

OUR MISSION

LAUNCH MORE CAMPS & CLUBS

BRING EVERY FOSTER CHILD TO CAMP & CLUB

SPEAK IN MORE CHURCHES / CONFERENCES

GET IN FRONT OF MORE ADVOCATES

INCREASE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT/MARKETING

ENSURE SCALABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY

KEEP THE ‘GOOD’ – DROP EVERYTHING ELSE

AGREE WE WANT TO MOVE UPWARD

Our mission… is to see EVERY FOSTER CHILD, age 6-12, experience a life-changing camp, club and mentor.