Barefoot Republic Camp & Retreat Center

Our mission at Barefoot Republic is to facilitate Christ-centered relationships between individuals from diverse racial, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds through an equally diverse platform of artistic, athletic and team-building programs.

We strive to reflect God’s pursuit of His children through interests, passions, interpersonal relationships, and equipping students with tools for exploring and discovering God’s presence in their lives.

At Barefoot, we believe that every child deserves to have a life changing experience at camp. We believe that a child should not miss out on summer camp just because their family can't afford to pay. We scholarship 50% of our campers because we believe it is the right thing to do. We believe camp is THAT IMPORTANT. We believe Barefoot is important!

If you ever went to summer camp as a kid, think back to those memories. Think back to how fondly you remember your camp experience. Shouldn't every child have that opportunity?

Our staff thinks so too. As a staff, we intentionally seek out campers from multiple socio-economic levels & races so we can offer camp to ALL kids.

Barefoot believes that socio-economic diversity is just as important as racial diversity. We value all of our campers & we believe it is important for kids that come from affluent backgrounds & children from low to moderate levels to have the opportunity to meet kids from different economic classes.

Many camps from around the country save one week of their summer camp to serve low income kids & segregate them from the full paying campers. We feel that it is important for all campers to be together. Instead of doing a special week for low income levels, we intentionally recruit 50% full paying campers & 50% finical aid. We feel this is one way that we can start.