Every summer, at the University of Texas Dallas, kids come together for what sweeps like a typical summer camp.
Except, the kids here share the same remarkable bond.
"I like coming to this camp," said 7-year-old Chyna Hale.
"We all struggle but it's going to be ok," said 13-year-old Sakia Baker.
In Dallas, nearly 1,000 kids are homeless. And 23 years ago, a camp called Kids University started as a way to bring those kids together.
9-year-old Israel Johnson wants to be president one day, but says sometimes it seems impossible.
"It shouldn't be like this," he said.
For many of the campers, this is first chance to just be a kid.
But, most importantly, is how much these adults, quite literally, embrace them.
"They give you however many hugs you want," said 13-year-old Sakia Baker. "They make you feel good when you're down."
"It only takes one person to believe and say you can do this," said Kelly Wierzbinski, founder of the camp.
The kids call Wierzbinski Ms. Kit Kat.
She helped start the camp to encourage the kids to dream big.
"This camp gives that hope, that dream. It makes it come alive," Wierzbinski said.
Ms. Kit Kat and the other volunteers spend the week helping them see their full potential.
In fact, they believe in these kids so much, they almost become family.
"They made me happy, they made me feel in a way I've never felt before," Baker said.
Baker says this camp has given her confidence and many, new, lifelong friends.
Some kids even plan to take those friends with them.
"I'm gonna take pictures of them and carry them everywhere I go," Hale said.
"They deserve to be loved, deserve to feel special and deserve a chance in this world," said Wierzbinski.
And that's what these kids want for all of us: to stop drawing a line in the sand and realize that, yes, we may be different, but we all belong just the same.