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Summer Camp Kids in Accident Save Email Print
Posted: 11:32 AM Jun 30, 2008
Last Updated: 11:32 AM Jun 30, 2008
Reporter: Kristina Hamilton
Email Address: Kristina.Hamilton@wjhg.com


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Before we were even aware of the accident, Newschannel 7 learned all about this camp they were on their way to. The camp that those kids were supposed to attend, called Big Stuf, has a big goal to reach the world while still having fun.

1,500 students a week converge on Panama City Beach to take part in Big Stuf. Its vision plays host to students from 400 churches from 20 states.

They'll be at the Boardwalk Beach Resort, and before the summer ends an estimated 18,000 middle and high school students will make their way to the beach to learn leadership skills. They will also have the opportunity to grow closer in their faith.

Lanny Donoho, director of Big Stuf, says he started this camp to start a movement of students to change our culture. With trips to Africa and sponsoring underprivileged children in poverty, the goal seems to be accomplishing its mission.

Lanny Donoho said, "Discovering something that they didn't know and get excited about something that they weren't excited about before, and when they get excited about it some things begin to change. So we get letters from parents saying, ‘hey, what happened to my kid?’ They come back and all of a sudden the way they act at home and the way they act in the community is totally different, so we really see an impact here that's exploding and changing the whole country."

During the week the students at Big Stuf will hear the Daraja Children's Choir of Africa perform, and hear from speakers on all different topics of faith and leadership.

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