Leah Mesches
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Hi. I’m Leah Mesches, and I am the founder of the Champions Educational Foundation. I have worked in the camp world full-time since 2006, and found my home here at Camp Champions in 2009. But camp has always been a part of who I am. I attended day camp starting at 4 years old. I later spent my summers at a sleep-away camp as a camper, and then as a counselor and leadership member. I loved the experience. It helped me develop through a challenging phase of my life, and it also sustained me throughout the school year, even when things were great.
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We are very excited to announce that Camp Champions will sponsor a series of youth development seminars this November featuring renowned child psychologist Michael Thompson. Dr. Thompson is the author of New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys and is recognized as an international expert and speaker on children's social and emotional growth. Through his work, Dr. Thompson has also become an unapologetic admirer of summer camps!
Tags: Parents, homesick and happy, confidence, Alumni, 21st century skills, independence
Alumni, we know it's been a while since we last posted a yearbook and we don't want to make you wait any longer! And now we turn back to the beginning of the 80's...
Calling all Camp Champions Longhorn fans, or Champions who are not Longhorn fans but will be in Austin this Saturday,
Former campers from 1991, enjoy your yearbook!
Summer is getting closer. All of the talk about how camp is close must make you nostalgic! Think about a time when:
For all you children of the 80's here is another, never before published online, yearbook. Straight from the Camp Champions Vault!
For all you children of the eighties, not to worry, we did not forget about you! Hot off the retro-press, back to a time when: