It is difficult to express how incredible this gift was. There's no flashy image, no meme-worthy title to put on it. It is, simply, an amazingly generous donation that will give a child an opportunity to have a potentially life-changing experience.

I have spent over a decade volunteering for an organization called Camp Quest. Camp Quest is a network of week-long summer camp, run almost entirely by volunteers, that brings kids to a place where they can be accepted for who they are and what they believe, a place where they focus on philosophical discussion, the wonder of science, and critical thinking. In and around a whole lot of being outside, no screens allowed, and running around.

My Secret Santa made an incredible gift of one full campership (scholarship = school, campership = camp!) to Camp Quest North, the $624 it costs to send a child to a week of sleep-away, residential summer camp. Summer camp itself is special, but Camp Quest is more so.

I have had kids at Camp whose family had to have a planned lie to tell the people in their community about the church they went to, so they wouldn't be rejected by the community. Kids who were relentlessly bullied because they go to church. Kids who contacted the ACLU and sued their school to allow a Secular Student Alliance because the administration would allow Fellowship of Christian Athletes to be a school club but the non-religious group was "inappropriate for a learning environment."

Camp Quest is a refuge for those kids, who can connect to other children who can validate that they're not bad, wrong, or weird because they don't go to church or believe what everyone else in their town believes. I've watched them connect and stay connected over the years, giving each other support and simple friendship. I've had parents hug me, thanking me for giving their child a place to stretch their wings, challenge themselves, and try on a new aspect to their personality. It's the magic of camp that brings it all together.

And my reddit Secret Santa is making sure one more kid can go. I have no words to express the magnitude of this gift for that child. All I have is thank you, you wonderful, lovely person.