Camp Leo — Summer Camp for the Blind on Hilton Head Island

This summer, blind and visually impaired children gather on Hilton Head Island for Camp Leo — a week of salt air, independence, and the kind of joy that only happens when you get to just be yourself.

Camp director Ben Snead runs a tight ship on one thing: Camp Leo is about having fun. No structured learning. No forced anything. Just camp.

We don't fundraise for Camp Leo. We just show up.

Each camper receives their own Stowaway Sample Set — a collection of travel-size bars, individually wrapped and hand-printed by Dolton. Each one is Brailled too — not because anyone has to read it, but because it's just there, the way it should be. Tucked into a craft handled gift bag and ready for whatever the week brings.

We've heard that the bars have a way of becoming their own little economy — people tend to swap scents with friends until everyone ends up with the ones they love best. Coastal for Citrus. Forest for Floral. The whole shoreline, negotiated.

Dolton attends Camp Leo. So does Danita. It's not a sponsorship. It's just home.

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Camp Leo, 2026

This video is the night we’re still carrying home with us. Every summer, Camp Leo for the Blind brings kids together on Hilton Head Island with sighted guides, canes, and courage — and this year, Blind Pirate Soap Co. was there for it, ladle in hand.

Over 100 of us sat down that night, joined by members of three Lions Clubs — Sun City-Okatie, Hilton Head Island Noon, and Bluffton — who came not just to eat, but to serve. We served together, and ate together — one family, at one very special place. Watch the line in the video. Watch the campers make their way through it with their guides and canes, taking their time, finding their place — and watch the Lions hold back at the rear the whole way through, letting every camper go first before they ever filled a plate of their own. That’s not the kind of dedication you have to explain. You just watch it happen.

We’re home now. Back at the soap pots, curing the next batch. But that night at Camp Leo is still sitting with us, and it will be for a long while yet.

Five generations at sea. One uncompromising standard. This year, one more camp full of kids who know exactly what it feels like to be served first.