Stories
I loved being with the kids and giving them a space to be themselves. Walking into the cabin at the end of the program day and hearing all of their stories was great.
Thank you so much for the campership that allowed our family to go to the A/U Ranches this summer. We initially planned to send our 8-year-old son, Brooks, to Youth Camp, but with the craziness of the year we were so grateful a day adventure option worked out. It was…
It was Nico’s sixth year at camp when he decided to join a program that was outside his comfort zone. He joined Conquerors – an intense, higher-level mountain program at Round-Up Ranch (for high school students). As a swimmer, he had always felt more comfortable doing water programs at the…
When first joining DiscoveryBound’s National Leadership Council (NLC), Mia wanted to be in the program because she is the only Sunday School student at her church. Known as shy, she sought out a way to learn how to be more outgoing and a servant leader. Prior to her engagement with…
“NLC was the program I never knew I needed,” says Michaela, a high school sophomore in DiscoveryBound’s National Leadership Council. “It was – and is – an experience that I carry with me at every point. It has forced me to grow, it has shaped me, and it has opened…
Amanda Loudon had gone to camp and was active in her local DiscoveryBound (DB) Outreach chapter, but it wasn’t until she attended her first National weekend event with DB Outreach in 2009 – Focus on Entertainment in Los Angeles – that she was hooked. “A wide-eyed 8th-grader, I was blown…
“My first summer at camp was after 6th grade, and, as many kids are at that age, I was feeling lost and unsure of myself,” says Chris Muller. “I was completely blown away by my first camp experience. A huge part of that was the incredible staff of counselors guiding…
After nine years participating in various mountaineering majors at the A/U Ranches, Katie had never gone caving at Youth Camp. “I’d been in a few caves before, and I just hadn’t enjoyed it – it was really scary for me,” she says. But Katie also knew that camp was a…
Before she joined the 2020T class in DiscoveryBound’s National Leadership Council (NLC), Lauren didn’t know what servant leadership meant. She hadn’t been away from the comforts of home, and her daily activities didn’t include reading the Christian Science Bible Lesson. Life was fine – but Lauren was looking for something…