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Next week foster kids from across the state will meet at the National Guard Training Facility at Camp Blanding to learn leadership skills, healthy eating habits and most importantly to play.

Former FSU football star and Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle is hosting the camp in conjunction with the Department of Children and Families. DCF Secretary George Sheldon threw around a football this morning with Austin, a 14-year old who is heading to the camp next week. Sheldon says foster kids don’t want to be treated any differently than their peers; they just want a chance to be kids.

“What I hear from young people like Austin, more and more is, I want to be normal. I want to do normal things, and that’s what this camp is about…. But its also about providing some leadership opportunities,” said Sheldon.

100 kids are going to the camp. They’re councilors will include Myron Rolle as well as other NFL players and cheerleaders… and some adults who have aged out of the foster care system, graduated from college and started their careers.