Since 1995, Southern Nevada foster children have been reunited with their siblings annually at Camp To Belong. This year brothers and sisters will once again come together to partake in a week of fun and memories.

Camp To Belong was founded in Las Vegas by Lynn Price, herself a former youth-in-care. She later moved to Colorado and the program went with her. Camp To Belong continued to serve youth in our local foster care system but with state lines and cost barriers, so few children from Clark County were able to participate. In 2005, Las Vegas residents Cristine Lindholm and Betsey Husted attended Price's flagship camp session in Colorado as volunteer counselors. Collectively they decided it was time to bring the program back to Nevada. Their leadership efforts included a campsite search, the recruitment of volunteer camp counselors and a fundraising campaign.

Child Focus agreed to become the Camp To Belong Nevada member camp operator in 2008, which marked the third consecutive year of Camp To Belong Nevada. With the membership agreement, Lindholm will remain the local Camp To Belong Planning Committee Chair. Additionally she now serves Child Focus as a Board Director and Sibling Connection Committee Chair. She also serves Camp to Belong International as Board Vice-Chair.

Child Focus is a non-profit agency providing many vital supportive services and resources which enrich the lives of children living in foster care in Southern Nevada. The goal of the organization is to work within the system to become a powerful voice for change. Current programs and services include Sibling Preservation (including Camp To Belong Nevada), Academic Success, Birthday Wishes and Step-Up.

For more information or inquiries about Camp To Belong Nevada and to learn how you can help, please contact Jeff Grandy at Child Focus at 702.436.1624, email jeff@childfocusnv.org or visit www.childfocusnv.org.