{"id":48560,"date":"2025-07-08T11:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48560\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:33:28","slug":"fort-worth-children-with-ties-to-camp-mystic-raise-5k-for-texas-flood-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/48560\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth children with ties to Camp Mystic raise $5K for Texas flood relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two Fort Worth children raised more than $5,000 in one day for Camp Mystic after the camp in Central Texas was devastated by flash flooding over the Fourth of July weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Corrigan and Cannon Camp, 9-year-old twins who live on the outskirts of the Tanglewood neighborhood, sold lemonade and cookies outside their home on Sunday after learning that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campmystic.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:all-girls Christian summer camp;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">all-girls Christian summer camp<\/a> \u2014 which Corrigan attended just weeks earlier \u2014 was reeling from the natural disaster. The camp, located alongside the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/state\/texas\/article310015065.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:grieving the loss;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">grieving the loss<\/a> of 27 children and counselors after the river\u2019s water level rose by about 25 feet in less than an hour on Friday. Across the state, the weekend floods claimed the lives of at least 104 people, officials said Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cannon had attended the nearby boys camp known as Camp La Junta, which also took a hit from the floodwaters. Everyone at the boys camp was safe and accounted for, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both Cannon and Corrigan returned home from their two-week trips at the camps on June 16 and June 13, respectively. When they heard about the bad news, Cannon asked what the Camp family could do to help and proposed a lemonade stand, said his mother, Lisa Camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Sunday, after about six hours outside, the generosity from neighbors and community members poured in. Lisa Camp estimated at least 80 people came by in person, in addition to those who sent her money over Venmo, a money sharing app, after a neighbor had posted online about the stand.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Binney Gilpin, 8; Corrigan Camp, 9; and Elizabeth Arnold, 8, pose in front of a cabin at Camp Mystic in June 2025.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1279\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/05b262743f0e50c6fde836bdfc8caedd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Binney Gilpin, 8; Corrigan Camp, 9; and Elizabeth Arnold, 8, pose in front of a cabin at Camp Mystic in June 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Tanglewood community really showed up,\u201d Lisa Camp said. \u201cIt was just incredible. Everybody was so friendly and wanted to talk and to share how they were affected and just kind of grieve together, even though we\u2019re strangers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Corrigan and Cannon sold the lemonade and the cookies for $1 each, but every customer paid more than that, according to their mother. They used an oatmeal-chocolate recipe from Tweety Eastland, one of Camp Mystic\u2019s co-owners and co-directors, whose \u201cTweety cookies\u201d were a well-sought treat at the camp. Tweety\u2019s husband, Dick, died in an attempt to save campers, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepPfluger\/status\/1941651355812118659\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:U.S. Rep. August Pfluger;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">U.S. Rep. August Pfluger<\/a>. His congressional district is just north of the impacted area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the homepage of Camp Mystic\u2019s website, a message notes that staff are in contact with local and state authorities who are \u201ctirelessly deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Corrigan and Cannon Camp, 9-year-old twins from Fort Worth, pose with Tweety Eastland, one of Camp Mystic\u2019s co-owners and co-directors, in June 2025. Cannon attended the nearby Camp La Junta.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1706\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/9b6dc06fead712809e66d75815f4971e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Corrigan and Cannon Camp, 9-year-old twins from Fort Worth, pose with Tweety Eastland, one of Camp Mystic\u2019s co-owners and co-directors, in June 2025. Cannon attended the nearby Camp La Junta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOur hearts are broken alongside our families that are enduring this unimaginable tragedy. We are praying for them constantly,\u201d the message reads. \u201cWe are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support from (the) community, first responders, and officials at every level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lisa Camp said the family is waiting to hear from Camp Mystic staff on the best place to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/state\/texas\/article310144980.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:donate the money;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">donate the money <\/a>where it can make the most difference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Corrigan and Cannon plan to have another lemonade stand this upcoming weekend that\u2019s focused on helping Camp La Junta with its recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cOur hearts are shattered for all of the families of the children who are lost and missing, and also the children who just had that experience and trauma,\u201d Lisa Camp said. \u201cI\u2019m humbled by my children\u2019s reaction and eagerness to help others. I feel like I saw God working through them, and nothing could make a mom more proud.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two Fort Worth children raised more than $5,000 in one day for Camp Mystic after the camp in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":48561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,37124,37119,31674,37121,37123,7371,7372,37120,37122,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-48560","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-camp-family","10":"tag-camp-la-junta","11":"tag-camp-mystic","12":"tag-cannon-camp","13":"tag-christian-summer-camp","14":"tag-fort-worth","15":"tag-fortworth","16":"tag-lemonade-stand","17":"tag-lisa-camp","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114817401505513089","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}