Ben Ashby, Camp Director - Ben Ashby is a middle school Spanish teacher at Zeeland Public Schools. He also taught elementary Spanish for 6 years. He attended South Christian High School in Grand Rapids, MI and is a graduate of Calvin College. In his experience working as a teacher, coach, and camp counselor, he has worked with children of all ages. Ben splits his time between the Zeeland and Grand Rapids locations and is excited about sharing the love of God with the campers this summer through all of the fun activities that Kids Rock has planned. His wife Sarah was a 2nd grade teacher at Holland Christian for four years. They live in Zeeland, MI with their four boys (Eli, Isaac, Jacob & Jonah) who keep them very busy!
Sarah Ashby, Camp Administration - Sarah Ashby taught second grade at Holland Christian for four years at South Side Elementary. She was also the director of a summer camp in her home town in New Jersey. Sarah stays extremely busy as a stay at home mom, and enjoys walking, gardening, being active, and spending time with friends and family. Sarah is involved with camp planning, organization, and other administrative tasks.
Sheri Thomassen, Camp Administration - Sheri is the Operations Coordinator at Community Church in Zeeland, and in her spare time enjoys caring for their animals - a blind dog named Toby, Barbie - a beautiful blonde mini-horse, and two feisty female goats named Thelma & Louise, in addition to making sure Kids Rock parents have a great summer by helping with registrations and camp rosters. Sheri is married to Greg; they have 5 very cool grown children, and 3 super cool grandchildren.