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This border community has been bringing groups to the Canyon two or three times a year for 49 years running, driving dozens of kids in packed school buses 10 hours through the night.
23,920 people from a variety of backgrounds came through Foundation Camp in 2018.
Meet Vincent and Mary. After overcoming difficulty of their own, they now help others at their annual marriage retreats through the Foundation Camp program.
Our oldest operating program stewards some of our oldest and deepest relationships, like Flour Bluff Independent School District, who has been coming to the Canyon since the ‘50s.
In 2017, H. E. Butt Foundation Camp served more guests than ever before as a record 24,716 people experienced the Canyon through the program.
Houston nonprofit shows hope, determination, and grit amidst Hurricane Harvey's aftermath.
This winter, The H. E. Butt Foundation has expanded its annual Christmas Tribute program to help families and campers recently affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Dallas group hosts a special Foundation Camp for children of incarcerated mothers.
Described by one parent as “a day program on steroids” for special needs students who have aged out of public school, Austin Adventurers has participated in Foundation camping since 2012. The experience-rich, confidence-building outings are anticipated as much by camp volunteers and staff as by the campers themselves.
Two years ago, Cassi Salazar took on two major challenges at once. First, she gave birth to her second child, a girl named Athena. Second, on her first day back from maternity leave, she stepped into a new role as head of groundskeeping for the H. E. Butt Foundation.