A few days ago, we met with our Camp Spark community leaders from across our LATAM camps. These leaders came from Guatemala, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Honduras, and Panama. We may have been separated by borders and time zones, but everyone came into the meeting with one shared excitement: to share how they have impacted their communities through Camp Spark. After Austin and I, the Camp Spark presidents, finished sharing the impact of our Orange County, Califor

What happens when a kid discovers a sport for the very first time. normally don't get speechless when hearing stories for the first time, but hearing this story, I truly didn't have words. A week after one of our Camp Spark Philippines chapters finished a camp, I was catching up with our chapter leader to see how things went. It started off normal — how kids made new friends and bonded over basketball — but then it took a twist. Two Indigenous kids had joined the camp. These

Every Camp Spark ends the same way. The balls get put away. The cones are stacked. The last Otter Pops disappear before they have a chance to melt. Empty chip bags somehow end up everywhere, and we're all covered in sweat after an hour of running around with kids who somehow have endless energy. But that's not the part I look forward to. The best part is what happens during those last five minutes. Parents start walking onto the field to pick up their kids, and suddenly it's