Joe and Debbie Jo White
Since 1976, Kanakuk Kamps owners and K-2 Directors, Joe and Debbie Jo White, have shared a
deep passion for pointing kids to Christ through Christian sports camping. Together they
have seen Kanakuk grow into nine unique Kamps and have also founded Kids Across
America - for inner-city kids. Joe played football at S.M.U. where Debbie Jo
was a cheerleader. Joe then coached at Texas A&M before moving to Missouri in
1972. He has since written 19 books and speaks across the country for Men at the
Cross, After Dark, Pure Excitement and Focus on the Family radio. Dr. James Dobson
says, "Joe White knows more about teenagers than anyone in North America." Debbie
Jo trains the leadership team and the summer staff in a Precepts Bible study.
She leads and organizes our Kamps with both dignity and grace. Joe and Debbie Jo
have four children: Jamie Jo, Courtney, Brady, and Cooper; and eleven grandchildren:
Hays, Maggie, Dax, Gabby, Jack, Anthony, Lillyanne, Hayden, Tiki, Hannah, and Samuel.