Starlight at Camp Bridges: An Intimate Evening with Ruby Bridges

Launched in 2025 in Northeastern North Carolina, Camp Bridges is a Ruby Bridges Foundation program that brings children together across regions and backgrounds to build confidence, leadership, and lasting connections. Through outdoor adventure, the arts, service, and reflection, campers learn to listen, lead, and bridge differences.

What began here on the Outer Banks is growing into a model for unity and youth leadership nationwide. Your presence at Starlight at Camp Bridges helps open more seats for local OBX youth and expand opportunities for campers from across the country.

Join Ruby Bridges and members of the Foundation’s Board for a candlelit holiday evening that celebrates the season of giving, highlights from Camp Bridges 2025, and a first look at what’s ahead for Summer 2026.

Featuring

• An eight-course dinner curated by Chef Wes Stepp
• Beer, wine, and signature cocktails by Kiiind Cocktails
• A silent auction with exclusive items and experiences
• Live music by The Jazzmen

5–6 PM Cocktail Hour & Silent Auction
6–8 PM Dinner (auction closes before the main course)
8–9 PM Closing Cocktail Hour & Music

Attire: Holiday Dress / Cocktail Attire

• Individual Ticket — One seat for the full evening experience.
• Corporate Sponsor — Includes four dinner tickets plus recognition on all event marketing materials and on-site signage. Perfect for companies and teams who want to celebrate together while investing in future campers.

Can’t attend? Consider making a tax-deductible gift to support Camp Bridges scholarships and programming. (Click .)

This season of giving, your ticket directly supports scholarships, staffing, and curriculum development, investments that will shape young leaders for years to come. Join us under the starlight for an intimate evening of purpose, community, and joy as we continue building bridges that last a lifetime.

Questions? Contact Miles Daniels at [email protected].

Ruby Bridges is a best-selling author, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and one of the most recognized figures in American history. At just six years old, she became a national symbol of courage when she integrated an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960, an act immortalized in Norman Rockwell’s 1964 painting The Problem We All Live With.

Over six decades later, Ruby continues to inspire through the Ruby Bridges Foundation, advancing empathy, education, and unity among young people across the nation. Her story has been told in books, films, and classrooms around the world, reminding us all that even the smallest child can be a powerful force for change.

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