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  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Amber Blaskoski of St. Charles fishes with a camper at the Wisconsin camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Jan Krueger of Batavia sings with campers during their chapel time at the camp in Wisconsin. Jan and her late husband Bill founded the Geneva Royal Family Kids Camp 10 years ago. The camp is for kids ages 7 to 11 who are in DCFS system. The Geneva group has also started camps for middle school and high school aged kids that have aged out of the earlier camps. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp director Carol Weber of St. Charles sings with one of the campers during breakfast club at the camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Tom Ward shares a quiet moment with his camper during the camp fire that ends each day at camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselors and campers at the camp fire that ends each day. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp volunteer Danny Sarros of Geneva leads campers and counselors in camp songs during the campfire time that ends the day. Campers and counselors talk about where they saw God in action at camp during the day. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselors and campers at the camp fire that ends each day at camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  A camper at Royal Family Kids Camp fishes during a quiet moment at camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Andy Morado helps his camper build an airplane in the wood shop at the camp in Wisconsin. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  A Royal Family Kids Camp camper tries to put a smile on counselor Andy Kruse’s face during camp. Andy is from Batavia. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Sarah Walker of Geneva leads campers in a potato sack race as part of a camp luau. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselors Phil Leidig, left, of Geneva and George Silfugarian of Sugar Grove with a camper at the Wisconsin camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  A camper uses her bible to follow along with the lesson at Royal Family Kids Camp in Wisconsin. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp councilor Chuck Wartman of St. Charles works with a camper at the RFKC camp in Wisconsin. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Mike du Vair listens to a story being told to him by his camper. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Jim Bates helps a camper fish at the Wisconsin camp. Fishing is one of the most popular things the campers do during their week at camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Elia Perrelli of Elburn gives a pedicure to a camper during “Spa Day” at the camp. Girls were treated to cookies and lemonade while getting manicures and pedicures from camp councilors and other volunteers. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Karen Farley of Geneva leads a group of girls to one of the afternoon activities at the camp in Wisconsin. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselors and campers share a special bond that can last for years as the campers move to the middle school and high school camps that were formed by the Royal Family Kids Camp Geneva group. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp volunteer Danny Sarros of Geneva leads campers and counselors in camp songs during the campfire time that ends the day. Campers and counselors talk about where they saw God in action at camp during the day. Also known as “Dockman Danny”, he works the waterfront during the day making sure all of the fisherman have worms on their hooks and pictures of the fish they catch. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp campers fish along the lake at their camp in Wisconsin. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp campers, who are currently in or were at one point in the Department of Children and Family Services, get a week of positive memories at camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp counselor Mike Douglass of Geneva on the kick ball field with a camper. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Chris Anthony of St. Charles leads the chapel time for the kids at Royal Family Kids Camp. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
  Royal Family Kids Camp Counselor Amy Wildman of Geneva comforts a camper as she walks with him at the camp in Wisconsin. Jeff Knox/jknox@dailyherald.com
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