Our RFK Colorado Springs Team
RFK COLORADO SPRINGS DIRECTOR
MELISSA has been the RFK Colorado Springs Director since 2017 and a part of the Royal Family KIDS Leadership team since going to Director Training in 2011. She and three teammates started RFK Colorado Springs in the summer of 2012.
In 2014, RFK Mentoring Club was added to our programs, allowing us to pair Little Campers to be mentored by adults who volunteered for the week of Camp. She has also worked with the National Office (now For The Children) to write + design the curriculum for Camp.
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She and her husband, Justin, live in Colorado Springs and love spending time in the Cathedral of the Outdoors, hosting dinners and gatherings for family and friends, and fixing up their 1960s home.
LEADERSHIP
TEAM
MATT Assistant Director & Banquet Chairman
CHARISSA Child Placement Coordinator
BOB Dean of Men & Camp Grandpa
ENNE Dean of Women & Camp Grandma
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MARISA Mentoring Club Director
KATIE Mentoring Club Assistant Director
This leadership team meets all year long to plan Camp, recruit volunteers, conduct a two-day training, raise funds to send 64+ El Paso County foster children and 90+ adults to Camp...and one million other unseen things to bring Royal Family KIDS Camp & Mentoring Club to life.
MENTORING CLUB DIRECTOR
MARISA has been a part of the Royal Family KIDS Camp team since serving at Camp as a Big Camper since 2021. She recently took over as Mentoring Club Director along with her sister, KATIE, who serves as Assistant Director.
Kids who attend Camp as Little Campers are eligible to apply for Mentoring Club each schoolyear following the weeklong Royal Family KIDS Camp.
VOLUNTEERS
ADULTS (18 and older) from El Paso County / Colorado Springs volunteer a week of their time as Full-Week team members to serve as a Big Camper (Camp Counselor) or Support Staff (music, Bible, drama, arts & crafts, outdoor rec/coach, AV/tech, Grandpa & Grandma, etc.)​
We also have dozens of adults that serve on ONE-DAY TEAMS to run the Girls' Tea Party, the Boys' Knighting Ceremony & Feast, and the Birthday Party!
COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS
NEW LIFE CHURCH Gathered a team to start RFK Colorado Springs. We are a DBA under the New Life Church 501(c)(3) non-profit status. Our DBA is Royal Family KIDS.
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NEW LIFE DOWNTOWN We partner closest with the NLD Congregation. Many of our volunteers attend here.
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FOR THE CHILDREN This is the parent organization, formerly Royal Family KIDS. They provide our curriculum, Camp & Mentoring Club materials, and support each Camp & Mentoring Club program in the U.S. and globally.
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DHS) Child Protective Services here in El Paso County works with us to connect foster parents to RFK, sends caseworkers or other DHS staff to help as Support Staff throughout the week, and champions our efforts to bring hope, healing, and LOVE to El Paso County foster children.
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