Spread the word to families: here is a summer camp that is a wonderful opportunity for children and is free, including transportation to and from the conference center. Promise Camp is similar to Camp Good News in Navasota, but is held at the Quarterman Ranch Conference Center in Amarillo, July 12 - 16.

They will have a chartered bus that will stop in San Angelo, Big Spring, and Lubbock. They will make arrangements for children from the Midland, Abilene & Amarillo areas.

Check out their web site: www.promisecamp.org
Or you can contact Katy Hoskins, director, Promise CampRead more

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122725771&sc=emaf
January 21, 2010 By Laura Sullivan (THIS GREAT STORY AIRED ON NPR RADIO)

Leslie Chew spent his childhood working long days next to his father on the oil rigs of southern Texas. No school meant he never learned to read or write. Now in his early 40s, he's a handyman, often finding a place to sleep in the back of his old station wagon.
But he got by — until one night in December 2008 when the station wagon got cold, and he changed the course of his life.Read more