From Georgia-
Episcopal churches raise funds to give kids free chance at summer camp experience.
In most ways, Kamp PHUN is like any other summer camp for kids, complete with first day jitters, arts and crafts, swimming games, nighttime ghost stories, nature hikes and new best friends.
But if these campers dig a little deeper, they'll discover something that makes them special.
They're all the children of people currently or formerly incarcerated.
"We don't tell them why they're invited to this camp, but they figure it out," said the Rev. Cheryl Parris, pastor of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and camp director. "The basic idea is just to provide the kids with a week of fun."
Kamp PHUN, which stands for Peace, Hope, Unity, Now, is the 3-year-old project of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. The church offers up its Honey Creek retreat center in rural Camden County for one week each summer to 20 to 40 children of incarcerated parents from across the state.
More here-
http://savannahnow.com/accent/2010-07-17/kids-inmates-focus-special-camp
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