The Hoffman Horizons camp is located on a ranch near the border of North and South Dakota. It is owned by four siblings, Kim, Konnie, Rory, and Reed Hoffman. The Hoffmans were all born blind, but this has not stopped them from living full and productive lives.

Kim and Konnie attended the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Aberdeen, South Dakota, for nine years. After that, they completed their last three years of high school in their home town of Lemmon, South Dakota.
The girls always wanted to be teachers when they grew up, and as teens, they taught their younger brothers to read and write Braille before Rory and Reed were even in kindergarten.

Konnie and Kim went on to earn college degrees in elementary education and learning disabilities. Their experience in teaching children includes being a counselor at camps for blind children, teaching in public school classrooms, doing tutoring and piano lessons, as well as homeschooling their own and other people’s children.

Rory and Reed Hoffman are leading exciting lives as full-time musicians. Reed is a drummer and bass guitar player in Austin Texas, and Rory is a very successful multi-instrumentalist living in Nashville.
Rory has performed on the Grand Ole Opry several times, and has performed with many well-known artists. For more information on him, you can visit his fan page at fb.com/rorystory, or his website at roryhoffman.com.

The Hoffman siblings lost both of their parents in 2021 and 2022. But they want to keep their mom and dad’s memory alive by passing down what they learned from them to the next generation of blind children.
As the Hoffmans were growing up, their parents always encouraged and supported their children in all of their dreams and goals. They never stood in their way or told them something might be too difficult, but instead, they would let their kids learn by trying new things. Because of this, the Hoffmans have learned that it’s fine to experiment and do things in different ways, and how to use alternative techniques to accomplish whatever they set their minds to achieving.

The Hoffmans would love to turn their ranch into a place where blind children can come for a week of fun and learning. Right now, their goal is to take only small groups of three to five students at a time, so that they can really get to know each child’s personality, strengths, and weaknesses. Then they would like to use this knowledge to make a tailor-made experience for each child, which uniquely adapts to their individual interests, as well as assisting them in troublesome areas of learning that may have previously been beyond their comfort zone.

Upon arrival at camp, the students will be given a tour of the grounds, while learning about the Hoffmans’ story. The ranch where the four Hoffman children grew up is also where their father Roland was raised, while their mother Karol lived on a farm nearby. The ranch is ideally located for camping, with North Lemmon Lake less than five miles away, and where deer and other wildlife are found in abundance.

We look forward to seeing you at camp, and we feel confident that a week at Hoffman Horizons will be filled with great memories that will last a lifetime.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss our camp in greater detail, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’d love to talk to you.