Tour de OC exists to provide a fun family bikeathon to help support Royal Family Kids' Camp, a unique camp for abused and neglected children. We strive to encourage involvement in RFKC.

Our goal is to send 100 kids to camp. It costs $500.00 to send one kid to camp. We need to raise $50,000 above and beyond the cost to put on this event. This money goes directly to the camp for the kids from Orange County.

What does Royal Family Kids Camp offer to the kids in need?

• Positive memories for abused, neglected and abandoned children.
• Most of the campers have never celebrated their birthday. Many have never received a birthday card. An "Everybody's Birthday Party" with Birthday Boxes filled with small presents is celebrated at camp.
  
• They have a camp Grandma and Grandpa who provide all the hugs the kids want.
  
• Many of abused kids do not have any family pictures or pictures of themselves. Pictures are taken throughout the week and are made into a memory book which is given to each child at the end of the week.
  
• There is a 2 to 1 ratio of campers to counselors. All of the counselors and staff are screened and trained.

Who attends Royal Family Kids Camp?

• Most of the campers are in foster care.
• They are Kids who have been abused, neglected and abandoned.
  
• Camps are for kid's ages 7 to 11

Facts:

• This year Royal Family Kids Camps will have 126 Camps in 36 States with 5,000 campers
• Since 1985 there have been more than 10,000 kids at these one week summer camps.
  
• Royal Family Kids Camps are the nation's leading network of camps for abused, neglected and abandoned children.
  
• Annually, 3 million cases are reported in America of child abuse, neglect or abandonment.
  
• One of these victims dies every four hours due to that abuse.
  
• Wayne and Diane Tesch founded Royal Family Kids Camps in 1985. Wayne and Diane are highly respected, personal friends of many of the riders and event coordinators for Tour de OC.