At Camp OTX, we are all about family. In 1985, with the purchase of Incomparable Camp Ozark, Sam and Susan Torn initiated our family’s involvement in, and passion for, making a real difference in children’s lives through the summer camp experience. For the past four decades, the entire Torn family has been serving camp families with one goal, one mission in mind-to provide a premier camp environment and experience for kids, through a commitment to excellence in all That we do, while seeking to establish and deepen relationships with Jesus Christ.
We are committed to always enhancing, always investing, and always adding new and additional ways to do just that. The establishment of Camp OTX is the natural extension of our family’s desire to enrich the lives of kids and families. For three generations, members of the Torn family have grown up at Camp Ozark, serving as campers, summer staff members, directors, and owners.
Everything we have learned in nearly 40 years is being poured into the Camp OTX experience. We know that after everything is said and done, what matters is the individual experience of each and every child. That’s what matters to us, the Torn family.
We welcome you with all of our heart to Summer 2025 at Camp OTX. We want to come alongside you every step of the way to help make this experience truly amazing.
We, as a family, are involved in every decision, every facet of every day at Camp OTX. That was our commitment in 1985 when we embarked on this journey at Camp Ozark. That is our commitment today, tomorrow, and every day as we continue on this journey together. We hope you enjoy our 2025 Planning Guide and look forward to seeing you really soon at Camp OTX, where this Texas tradition continues.
Amazing Race
Duck Call Design
Newspaper
Pickleball
Skeet Shooting
Swim Lessons
Woodburning
You Decide
General Public Registration for Summer 2026 Opens*
Designate your camper’s Morning Activity preferences on myOTX as soon as possible.
Sports Jersey Or Favorite
Team Gear, Eye Black, Get Your Game Face On!
Cowboy Hat, Plaid Shirt, Denim Shorts, Bandana, Yee-haw!
Bright Swimsuits, Fun & Loud Colors Ready To Splash Around In!
Red & Green, Santa Hat,
Christmas Vest,
Ho Ho Ho!
Tie-Dye Clothes, ’70s Disco,
Groovy Wigs, Or Shades!
Best Character Outfit,
Favorite Super Hero Gear
Mickey Ears!
USA Gear, Denim, Stars & Stripes, Let Freedom Ring!
Mix & Match From All Your Favorite OTX Events!
At Camp OTX, we value your feedback and seek to constantly improve the OTX experience for our Camp OTX families. To that end, we have re-evaluated our registration policies to align with the strong demand for the OTX experience. Our aim is to provide a fair and sensible approach to registration and enrollment for future camp sessions. Our goal is to give current camp families and waitlisted families a fair opportunity to register for future sessions while also allowing new camp families to experience Camp OTX.
While early registration has always been available to current camp families, we have improved the registration process so that camp families don’t miss this opportunity. Several camp families have opted out of early registration and later found themselves on a waitlist. While we cannot say specifically when a session will fill up, we know that generally sessions fill faster and faster each and every year. Taking advantage of early registration will help to alleviate the frustration of waiting too late.
We ask that all camp families pay close attention to Camp OTX correspondence and messaging throughout the year. We seek to communicate registration updates through multiple channels including email, text, mail, social media and website updates. Please pay close attention to all messaging from Camp OTX as we endeavor to keep our camp families fully informed of deadlines and registration updates.
Unfortunately, Camp OTX bunks are limited. While we would like every child to experience Camp OTX, the reality is we are limited by our current capacity. Waitlists are now common and some can be very lengthy. While we cannot accommodate all camp families, our promise to you is to do our best to communicate clearly and keep our valued camp families informed as best we can.
Please read the below information carefully.
Camp OTX offers 14-day and 7-day sessions. Waitlists are common for most, if not all sessions. All applications are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Therefore, we encourage parents to enroll their campers as soon as possible.
For specifics regarding application policies and procedures, please see the “Agreements” section of your myOTX dashboard. For questions regarding session availability, please contact our office at 830-850-0033.
JANUARY 5, 2024: Early Registration – available for families (family units defined below) who have registered for Summer 2024 and paid tuition in full. *Early registration is not a new policy. This has always been in place.
March 1, 2024: Priority Registration – available for any families who have registered for Summer 2024
May 1, 2024: General Public Registration
* The registration fee is required for each camper and for each session. Of that total registration fee, for the two-week sessions, $300 is a deposit and $100 is a non-refundable reservation fee. For the one-week sessions, $200 is a deposit and $100 is a non-refundable reservation fee. The deposit of $300/$200 is fully refundable/transferable up to September 15, 2024. After September 15, 2024, the $300/$200 deposit is non-refundable/transferable. The non-refundable reservation fee of $100 is immediately non-refundable and non-transferable once your camper is enrolled in a session (not waitlisted). Any cancellation, at any time, will result in forfeiture of the $100 non-refundable reservation fee. The registration fee does not guarantee a camper’s acceptance and enrollment in a camp session. A camper’s final acceptance and enrollment in a camp session is contingent upon receipt of the registration fee, full and timely payments of all tuition and fees, and receipt and review of registration materials and signed forms as outlined in the Camper Policy Agreement.
** Note: Full tuition for Summer 2025 will be due to Camp OTX on March 1, 2025.
Tuition for each 14-day camp session (pricing available after September 1st). Refer to 2025 Fees FAQ for deposit requirement and important dates.
Tuition for each 7-day camp session (pricing available after September 1st). Refer to 2025 Fees FAQ for deposit requirement and important dates
Tuition for each 14-day camp session $3,795.
Tuition for each 7-day camp session $2,295.
ONE-WEEK SESSIONS
The tuition for one-week sessions includes a registration fee of $300.00 which must accompany all applications for each session. For one-week sessions, of that total registration fee, $200.00 is a deposit and $100 is a non-refundable reservation fee. The deposit of $200.00 is fully refundable/transferable up to September 15, 2024. After September 15, 2024, the $200.00 deposit is non-refundable/transferable. The non-refundable reservation fee of $100.00 is immediately non-refundable and non-transferable once your camper is enrolled in a session (not waitlisted). Any cancellation, at any time, will result in forfeiture of the $100 non-refundable reservation fee.
TWO-WEEK SESSIONS
The tuition for two-week sessions includes a registration fee of $400.00 which must accompany all applications for each session. For two-week sessions, of that total registration fee, $300.00 is a deposit and $100 is a non-refundable reservation fee. The deposit of $300.00 is fully refundable/transferable up to September 15, 2024. After September 15, 2024, the $300.00 deposit is non-refundable/transferable. The non-refundable reservation fee of $100.00 is immediately non-refundable and non-transferable once your camper is enrolled in a session (not waitlisted). Any cancellation, at any time, will result in forfeiture of the $100 non-refundable reservation fee.
Tuition is all inclusive – all camp activities, camp shirt and a pair of camp shorts, equipment and supplies, color photo of cabin group, and regular arts and crafts activities.
Final payment is due no later than March 1, 2025.
No additional funds are requested except for personal items – stamps, souvenirs, toothpaste, extra craft activities, etc., all of which are available at the camp stores. ($300.00 is suggested for a 14-day session and $150.00 for a 7-day session.)
No discounts are allowed for late arrivals or early departures.
Boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 17 are eligible for enrollment. All applications are accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Wait lists are common for all sessions. Acceptance requires a fully completed application and accompanied by the deposit and reservation fee ($300 for one week sessions and $400 for two week sessions).
The registration fee does not guarantee a camper’s acceptance and enrollment in a camp session. A camper’s final acceptance and enrollment in a camp session is contingent upon receipt of the registration fee, fully and timely payments of all tuition and fees, and receipt and review of registration materials and signed forms as outlined in the Camper Policy Agreement.
Camp OTX offers installment payment plans only through My OTX until December 31, 2024. Installment payment plans are an easy way to budget and pay camp tuition. Enrolling in an installment plan online offers convenience and flexibility. All registered campers must be paid in full at the date of the last installment as a condition of final enrollment. Deposits are fully refundable (less a $100 reservation fee) up and until September 15, 2024. Cancellations must be made by April 1, 2025 in order to receive a refund (less registration fee).
Families may register their campers for 2025, pay the required deposits, and complete the required application online by clicking on the “Register” graphic found throughout this website after the open registration dates listed under 2025 registration.
When registering their campers, families will create an online “My OTX” account, which will allow families to manage their camper information, make payments, save Store items and Summer Photos for future purchase, and much more.
If a family already has a My OTX account, they may register for 2025 through their dashboard on their account.
All campers are required to purchase low-cost, no-fault, major medical insurance. The fee for this coverage is minimal, but purchase is a requirement for enrollment at Camp OTX.
Camp OTX is pleased to present camp families with optional travel insurance through a 3rd party provider. Plan and purchase details can be found by logging into your My OTX account once registered.
Camp OTX offers unique one and two week session programming. Many campers want to experience even more camp! Campers may enroll in three or more consecutive weeks of camping. However, Camp OTX does not make accommodations for residency between sessions. Camp families must check-out their campers at the close of a session. Campers will be able to check back in as normal the next Opening Day. Camp OTX will coordinate luggage and cabin changes between sessions as requested.
Should a camper, enrolled in multiple sessions, cancel one of the sessions after September 15, 2024, the deposit for that session is non-refundable/transferable.
Upon acceptance of a camper’s application, he or she is placed in the proper grouping and cabin according to age, development, school grade and session. Every effort is made to place campers according to their cabin preference, but final placement is at the sole discretion of the Cabin Placement Coordinator. All requests must be submitted in writing via the MyOTX dashboard and must be made by both campers two weeks prior to the start of the campers’ session.
Requested cabin mates must be no more than 12 months apart in age. No more than four campers from the same school or social group will be placed in the same cabin. Cross-session requests (when one-week and two-week campers request each other) are not accommodated.
Also, please understand that clear communication with a requested cabin mate is very important. We recommend that all parents involved openly communicate with one another so that all campers may have the best possible start to their Camp OTX experience. To best serve our camp families, the Cabin Placement Coordinator may disclose cabin placement information in order to answer cabin placement questions.
One of our core values at Camp OTX is Friendship-learning how to be a friend, make a friend and keep a friend. Making new friends is a rich component of the cabin experience and many of our campers choose to not make requests for this reason. We encourage campers to attend without concern for cabin requests, but we will make every effort to accommodate cabin requests in compliance with our cabin placement policies.
Upon acceptance of a camper’s application, he or she is assigned to one of two teams, the mighty Red Team or the powerful Blue Team. Team assignments are completely random unless the camper has a parent or sibling who is already a member of either team. A camper is automatically assigned to the team of the parent or sibling.
NO TEAM REQUESTS ARE PERMITTED OR CONSIDERED WHEN ASSIGNING TEAMS.
Once a camper is assigned to a team, he or she is a member of that team for life. Several factors are considered when assigning teams in order to make War Parties (age specific teams) as balanced as possible.
Waitlists are common for all camp sessions. Getting into a session from a waitlist is dependent on session switches and cancellations which change from year to year. Waitlisted families would be contacted immediately if a spot for their camper becomes available. If your camper ends up not getting into the session, or you decide to make alternate plans, and you are not enrolled in an alternate session – you would receive your deposit back less a $50 reservation fee.
The tuition for one week sessions includes a $300.00 registration fee per session. Of that total registration fee, $200.00 is a deposit and $100 is a non-refundable reservation fee. The deposit of $200.00 is fully refundable/transferable up to September 15, 2024. After September 15, 2024, the $200.00 deposit is non-refundable/transferable. The non-refundable reservation fee of $100.00 is immediately non-refundable and non-transferable once your camper is enrolled in a session (not waitlisted). Any cancellation, at any time, will result in forfeiture of the $100 non-refundable reservation fee.
The tuition for two week sessions includes a $400.00 registration fee per session. Of that total registration fee, $300.00 is a deposit and $100 is a non-refundable reservation fee. The deposit of $300.00 is fully refundable/transferable up to September 15, 2024. After September 15, 2024, the $300.00 deposit is non-refundable/transferable. The non-refundable reservation fee of $100.00 is immediately non-refundable and non-transferable once your camper is enrolled in a session (not waitlisted). Any cancellation, at any time, will result in forfeiture of the $100 non-refundable reservation fee.
Final payment is due no later than March 1, 2025.
If your cancellation is made prior to April 1st, 2025, you are not liable for the remainder of the tuition. All cancellations made after April 1st, 2025, result in a forfeiture of tuition.
9/15/2024 – 2025 Deposit refundable or transferable through this date
1/5/2025 – 2026 Early Registration opens
2/1/2025 – 2025 My OTX dashboard opens
3/1/2025 – 2025 Tuition due
2026 Priority Registration opens
5/1/2025 – 2025 Health Forms and Medications due
Morning Activity Preference Selections Due
Cabin Request Due
2026 General Public Registration opens
Two weeks prior to session – Detailed travel itineraries are available on the My OTX dashboard
Many psychologists believe that the single most important character trait a well-adjusted person can possess is a positive, healthy self-esteem. A healthy self-esteem involves a positive sense of self-worth. Self-esteem also includes a healthy self-image and a feeling of being “valuable” to others. Many kids today suffer from a poor self-esteem. They don’t like themselves. They don’t feel good about themselves. They don’t know if anyone likes them. Unfortunately, this is often reinforced at school, in sports and even in the home.
Many of the ills of society – drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, gang violence, failed marriages, etc. – can be attributed in large part to a lack of a healthy self-esteem on the part of the individual. At OTX we believe that a positive self-esteem is brought about by genuine affirmation, consistently and sincerely given, and by recognition of the uniqueness of each individual and the worth that is inherent in that uniqueness. Our goal is to increase self-esteem in kids by constant affirmation as to their inherent worth.
Self-confidence may be contrasted with self-esteem in that self-esteem is feeling positive about who you are, while self-confidence is feeling positive about what you do. The biggest hindrance to self-confidence is a fear of failure, which leads to a refusal to even try.
At OTX, we do not believe that self-confidence means knowing you are the best at something; rather self-confidence flows from knowing you can overcome any fear of failure, and from having the courage to try, to give maximum effort, to participate without regard to the potential, often self-inflicted, pitfalls of failure. Self-confidence means understanding that victory is in the journey, not the often uncontrollable result. Therefore, at OTX we want to instill self-confidence by encouraging our campers to try new things and validating their efforts, as well as encouraging our campers to find their passions and pursue them whole-heartedly. We want our campers to understand that failure is found only in the failure to try, the failure to dream, the failure to look beyond the possible and the pre-set limitations of others or society.
Personal integrity is perhaps the single most endangered value that exists in American society. Society teaches us that expediency is more valuable than integrity, that the end always justifies the means. The true character of each of us is found in our integrity – or lack thereof. Integrity means doing the right thing, regardless of the consequence. It is honesty and moral soundness. It includes truthfulness, honesty, respect for others, commitment and work ethic. The way this is best communicated at OTX is when our summer staff members, model these very attributes to our campers and when they, in a loving, respectful manner, require it of them.
At OTX, personal integrity will be tested every day. We know this because in life integrity is tested every day. We want kids and staff to be conscious of developing a worthy personal integrity.
If you look at today’s sports world, you will see that a defining metamorphosis has occurred in the realm of team sports. It is no longer about the success of the group; it is about the success of the individual. Teams are used simply as a means to an end on the part of the individual. This same attitude permeates much of society and can lead to a breakdown of the family, a marriage, businesses and any of the other myriad groups in society that depend on the ability of individuals to act collectively for the common good.
At OTX, we want the concept of the benefit of the group, over the benefit of the individual, to be modeled and taught. We want kids to understand that it is really true that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, that it is the responsibility of the gifted to assist those not as gifted, that it is the responsibility of the individual to develop a greater concern for others than himself, and that ultimately the ability to create success in a group leads to greater success in life. This value will best be taught in the cabin, but also in team competition and other areas of camp as well.
Friendship is rapidly being replaced in society by “acquaintanceship.” Due to the internet, texting and especially social networking, where friends are made and lost with the simple click of a mouse, the art and value of true friendship is being lost in modern society.
At OTX, we want the kids to learn that friendship takes initiative, effort, investment, transparency, forgiveness and time. We want kids to leave OTX with new friends. We want them to strengthen previously existing acquaintanceship. We want them to observe the initiative, effort, investment, transparency, forgiveness and time that our staff chooses to give to each of them. We want them to learn there is value in friendship.
An independent child is an empowered child. Self-reliance, critical thinking and social confidence are all important results of a healthy sense of independence. Independent children have an easier time making friends, confronting challenges and staying positive.
At OTX, we know campers flourish and grow in confidence when allowed to exert some independence. Of course this means different things for a 6 year old and a 14 year old, but we encourage all campers to explore what it means to make choices on their own. Perhaps this is as simple as allowing a camper to set their own course during Mish Mash, to choose what to do with this 2 hours of free time. Or maybe it involves making a decision about changing their schedule. Maybe it is about learning to make their bed without being told, or making a choice to help a friend. Regardless of the way it happens, we love it when we see campers growing in their independence, when they spread their wings and try new things. Our goal is to provide a safe environment where kids can make choices, grow in independence, and discover they are capable of much more than they previously thought.
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