Colossal cleanup effort allows summer camp to reopen after Texas floods

Volunteers work to clear the area around the Guadalupe River near Camp Camp after catastrophic floods in Center Point, Texas on 11 July. Photograph: Sergio Flores/Reuters

Just days after the devastating Texas floods killed 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, another summer camp has reopened its doors 30 miles downstream. A colossal cleanup effort from the surrounding community enabled Camp Camp, a residential program serving youth with disabilities, to welcome visitors again this summer.

“Our campers will be able to enjoy our riverfront activities much sooner now,” said Ken Kaiser, the director of facility operations for the camp. “In the midst of heartache, we got to see the best of humanity through these volunteers who came from all over Texas and beyond.”