The Jenna & Buddies host shared that her mother, former First Woman Laura Bush, was a drama counselor at Camp Mystic, the place not less than 27 ladies and counselors died, as of July 7, following the devastating flooding on the Guadalupe River.
“My mother was a counselor there, but in addition so a lot of my mates had been raised at this camp,” Jenna mentioned on Today, July 7. “Texas camps are establishments, as you simply heard, the place many members of the family—generations—this camp was 100 years previous. Grandmothers, moms, children have all gone there.”
Jenna, who shared that a lot of her mates and their children had been there final week, praised the neighborhood for coming collectively amid the tragedy.
“The tales that I heard over the past couple days had been lovely and heartbreaking,” she mentioned. “Texas has a sort of resilience the place they’re beneficiant individuals, the place individuals need to attain out and assist.”
“Texas camps are actually particular since you’re desirous about 90-degree climate, no air-con,” the 43-year-old—who attended the close by Camp Longhorn throughout her childhood—defined. “My children are at camp in Texas, and my husband mentioned, ‘Why are we sending our children to Texas, to camp? It is sizzling!’ And it is due to the love that is there.”