Education & Awards

EDUCATION & AWARDS

"PUT SOMETHING BACK, GRADUATES URGED" ....Randy Camp, at age 18, wrote this 'LETTER TO THE EDITOR' in June 1979, and it was published (June 5, 1979) in the Fredericksburg Free Lance- Star:

To The Editor: I am a senior at Spotsylvania High School and will be graduating in a couple of weeks. This year many seniors from our area high schools will be going away to colleges and trade schools to become professionals in the business world and other fields. I hope that many of us will return to this area to put our skills and special training to work. We must not forget where we come from or those who helped us to get where we are (or will be). I can't speak for every senior, but I have taken something very valuable from this area, and I feel that I must put something back to show my appreciation. I am speaking of education. I have learned that a person should give if he or she has received. I hope that the class of '79 will join me in the future to reimburse our hometown. - RANDOLPH CAMP, Spotsylvania

RANDY'S TV SCRIPTS - CHILDREN'S SERIES

1. Harry's Field (May 2014, Registered with Writers Guild of America, East, Reg#R30871)

2. Time Out Time In (May 2014, Registered with WGA, East)

RCstories' Children's TV Series

HARRY'S FIELD is an animated, children's fantasy TV series. The series centers around a magical flying school bus named Eagle Wing, which transports kids from urban areas to an enchanted, colorful place called Harry's Field, where they learn about nature and our environment from a variety of jovial, talking animals and plants. TIME OUT TIME IN is another very lively and engaging animated, children's fantasy TV series created by Randolph Randy Camp. In a very entertaining and colorful manner (without being preachy), the series encourages young kids to use their imagination while simultaneously teaching them about life's virtues, such as the importance of being polite and kind to others. All works registered with the Writers Guild of America, East. Learn more at http://www.goodreads.com/randolphcamp

RIDING BIKES
Some of my fondest memories of my childhood was the long bike rides along dirt roads and single-lane blacktops with my brothers, cousins and other neighborhood kids. Of course, our family couldn’t afford to buy brand new bicycles for us so most often we would go to the local landfill and look for assorted bicycle parts and then we would try our best to piece together a whole bike. On these bike rides I’d always enjoyed seeing a part of Spotsylvania County that I’d never visited before…sometimes it might’ve been just a particular road in which I’d never traveled before that made these bike trips so memorable. The idea of exploring and briefly escaping was absolutely fascinating to me, especially as a child. Looking back, it seems as though I was always, in some type of manner, trying to escape my immediate surroundings. As a kid and even as a teenager, I certainly remember sitting on the bank of the Rappahannock River and just watching the water flow away. I would sometimes sit there for hours just gazing at the flowing water, and I would wonder and think about where the water was actually going to…and as I got older, I also began to wonder about my own life…wondering where my life would take me. When I began to jot down notes, write out poems or short stories as a young boy, it seems as though I really became obsessed with the Rappahannock River….for this was the period of my life when I would often think about where my words and stories might eventually take me…just like the flowing water of the Rappahannock…where is it going?…where will it end up? — Randolph Randy Camp
More at http://www.goodreads.com/randolphcamp

One summer. Seven hearts. 29 Dimes. It wasn’t your typical LA summer. No one could’ve predicted what happened that day in Silver Lake. It was a summer of passion, confusion, and growth.

One hot, crazy summer.

Seven hungry hearts.

29 Dimes.

Award-winning, prolific writer Randolph Randy Camp creates a moving, tender love story amid a wild, crazy summer as Teki, Ronnie, Pepe, Brittany, Kalib, Tip, and Valerie each will have an experience that will forever shape and change their young lives.

Valerie has the kind of natural beauty that belongs on magazine covers. All the guys in Silver Lake dream about her. One guy will get lucky this summer and win her heart.

A gifted storyteller, Randolph Randy Camp offers the reader a realistic glimpse of the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake. If you still believe that love can happen to the most unlikely people and love still can be found in the most unusual place, then Randolph Randy Camp’s ’29 Dimes: A Love Story’ is certainly a must-read for you.

One Summer. Seven Hearts. 29 Dimes.

RANDY ATTENDED ERIE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (NY) & UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE

During 1980 and 1981, Randy attended the Overseas Division of University of Maryland University College at Kadena Air Force, Okinawa Japan. Randy attended Undergraduate Studies, which included classes in WRITING, SOCIALOGY, NUTRITION, and HUMAN GENETICS. In 2012 and 2013, Randy attended Erie Community College in Buffalo, New York acquiring an Associate of Science Degree in the field of Mental Health Studies and Substance Abuse Counseling.

RANDY ATTENDED SPOTSYLVANIA HIGH SCHOOL, VIRGINIA

RANDY & THE I HAVE A DREAM FOUNDATION

While living in Los Angeles, California, Randy volunteered with the 'I HAVE A DREAM' FOUNDATION - LOS ANGELES, an organization that helps underprivileged children by providing long-term academic enhancement, mentoring, and cultural enrichment. Upon graduation, all "Dreamers" are provided with financial assistance to attend college or vocational school. During 2003 and 2004, Randy raised over $2,900 (with the help and support of sponsors) for the 'I HAVE A DREAM' FOUNDATION by running in the 2003 and 2004 Los Angeles Marathon. Randy was quoted as saying "Every ache and pain has been worth it. A little bit of time can make a big difference. Knowing I had a part in keeping a kid positive makes me feel really good."

RANDY's WET MATCHES & THEN THE RAIN ARE PRIZE WINNERS

Randy's screenplays 'WET MATCHES' & '...THEN THE RAIN' are both Quarter-Finals Winners of the WRITERS NETWORK 14th Annual FICTION & SCREENPLAY COMPETITION. NOTE: Randy's uplifting story 'WET MATCHES' is now a published paperback novel, which is available on Amazon.

AUTHOR RANDY CAMP IS A FICTION COMPETITION QUARTER-FINALS WINNER

ALL OF RANDY'S NOVELS, STORIES & SONGS ARE REGISTERED AND COPYRIGHTED BY THE US COPYRIGHT OFFICE, WASHIGHTON DC : .... Titles include: 'NEW K.A.N.S.A.S." (2001, PAu002651984), "WET MATCHES" (1993, PAu001794275), "THE LEGEND OF THREE TREES" (2005, PAu002992813), plus many more.... *NOTE: Randy's award-winning inspiring story 'WET MATCHES: A NOVEL' is now available on Amazon in paperback and ebook.

Learn more at http://rcstories1.wordpress.com/ & http://rcstories-rcstories.blogspot.com/

'VEHICLES'
You pick me up…take me around
You use me up when you’re feelin’ down
Just like vehicles goin’ around and around
Just like vehicles in my town
You only need me when you’re down
Next time when you’re passin’ by
I’ll remember you…and the smile and the lie
‘Cause you’re just another vehicle goin’ by and by
Yeah, just another vehicle goin’ by and by
You hold me… You kiss me
You give me a ride
Maybe some day…maybe some way
We may collide.
"Vehicles" was written by Randolph Randy Camp specifically for the character ‘Teki’ in his novel ‘29 Dimes: A Love Story’

'Vehicles' is about people who pretend to love and care about you only to get to where they're going. In '29 Dimes', the character Teki is confronting this issue with her brother Vince and somewhat with her classmate Kalib. - R. Camp
https://www.amazon.com/author/randolphcamp
NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.

Dissatisfied with the way the adults are running the nation, a well-organized, underground society of intelligent kids demand the right to vote and to be given their own statehood or else. (The kids believe that voting should be based upon a person’s IQ, not their age.
Synopsis: ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ (Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary): Discouraged with his lack of ability to control his own destiny fueled by his parents’ divorce and already fed up with the way the adults are running the country, a twelve year old boy forms a society to give children the Right to Vote and attempts to establish their own State in which to do it. All hell breaks when the U.S. Government starts to hunt down the leader and his underground network. In the meantime, the secretive children’s society is growing to an unbelievable size and there’s no stopping them now! TAGLINE: “Don’t underestimate the power of kids”
Although I’d originally wrote ‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ as a live action feature, it could also work as an ANIMATED feature-length movie as well. (The ‘Kansas’ in NEW K.A.N.S.A.S. stands for Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary)
U.S. Copyright: PAu002651984 (Original Screenplay Draft/ Author: Randolph Camp)
Learn more at AUTHORS DEN http://www.authorsden.com/randolphrcamp and WRITERS NET http://www.writers.net/writers/81919

‘NEW K.A.N.S.A.S.’ (Kids’ Alliance National Society And Sanctuary

ANOTHER SATURDAY NIGHT
Title: ‘Darlene’
Logline: The owner of an upscale match-making agency breaks her own policies to help two young kids reunite their parents.
DARLENE is a romantic comedy with an urban flare. Tired of spending Saturday nights alone, Cheryl, a single mother of two, hires a professional match-making service to help her find a man. To better her chances of finding someone, Cheryl creates a phony persona (Darlene) while working with the agency.
DARLENE: US Copyright Office Reg# PAu-002-449-813, Author: Randolph R. Camp
A Personal note from the author: “This was my very first attempt at writing a romantic comedy. I wrote DARLENE as a tribute to all of the single parents who sometimes spend their Saturday nights alone.” – R.Camp
Learn more at http://www.goodreads.com/randolphcamp

One summer. Seven hearts. 29 Dimes. It wasn’t your typical LA summer. No one could’ve predicted what happened that day in Silver Lake. It was a summer of passion, confusion, and growth.
                                                     One hot, crazy summer.
                                                      Seven hungry hearts.
                                                     29 Dimes.
Award-winning, prolific writer Randolph Randy Camp creates a moving, tender love story amid a wild, crazy summer as Teki, Ronnie, Pepe, Brittany, Kalib, Tip, and Valerie each will have an experience that will forever shape and change their young lives.
Valerie has the kind of natural beauty that belongs on magazine covers. All the guys in Silver Lake dream about her. One guy will get lucky this summer and win her heart.
A gifted storyteller, Randolph Randy Camp offers the reader a realistic glimpse of the Los Angeles community of Silver Lake. If you still believe that love can happen to the most unlikely people and love still can be found in the most unusual place, then Randolph Randy Camp’s ’29 Dimes: A Love Story’ is certainly a must-read for you.
                                       One Summer. Seven Hearts. 29 Dimes.

RANDY : Country Boy Author with a 1000 Stories To Tell

Randy was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on March 12, 1961. Randy now resides in Buffalo, New York. He has five daughters, Natasha, Melinda, Randie, Ranielle, Goddaughter Christina and one son Joshua. Two of Randy's favorite quotes are "DON'T LET OTHERS DEFINE YOU - YOU DEFINE YOURSELF!" and " DON'T BE AFRAID TO DREAM BIG!"

Find out more about Randy and his published novels at https://www.amazon.com/author/randolphcamp

On January 15, 2012, at the Calvary CME Church in Buffalo, New York, author and Air Force veteran Randy Camp received The 'Martin Luther King,Jr.- inspired' President's Volunteer Service Award and Appreciation Letter for his positive message within his recently published book 'Wet Matches: A Novel' and his Outstanding Community Spirit. This special ceremony was facilitated and conducted by the Gamma Phi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. In the spirit of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this very historic event celebrated and Honored Military Veterans who have served their community and country well. The following are excerpts from The President's Volunteer Service Award Letter presented to Randy...

THE WHITE HOUSE - Washington - January 15, 2012

Mr. Randolph R. Camp

Congratulations on receiving the President's Volunteer Service Award, and thank you for helping to address the most pressing needs in your community and our country....Thank you for your devotion to service and for doing all you can to shape a better tomorrow for our great Nation.

Barack Obama