Cedric Dew, executive director of the Jamaica YMCA, and Adam Weinstein New York section executive of the American Camp Association explains how the economy is impacting summer camp enrollment. And Eric Goldstein, chief executive at the Department of Education's Office of School Support Services talks about the seven million free meals the DOE will provide for out of school children this summer.
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Hi Ivey. In answer to your question, I always support the YMCA's Strong Kids Campaign, which helps provide camp and program scholarships to needy kids and families. I live in New York City, so I always support my local YMCA (the Vanderbilt YMCA), but you could support any branch close to where you live. Hope that helps!
There are a lot of fun inexpensive things for kids to do this summer at Craft stores such as SPACECRAFT. www.spacecraftbrooklyn.com. There is a fun event called free-wheelin Fridays. From 12-5, you can come in and donate craft supplies or money and you can craft for free. There are also inexpensive workshops and parties if you bring your own materials. The tie-Dye workshop is only $10 if you bring your own clothes to dye. So much fun .Check the website, sign up for the newsletter. There are also weekly kids classes as well as just wal kin crafts, that you can come in and do anytime.
2 short 2 b useful. continuation or useful web page pls
Great segment but too brief.
I would have loved to have heard options for the greater new york area and particularly long island.
In my town they have cut all children's summer services till next year due to budget constraints and I'd like to hear some alternatives for out here (Nassau) and I know of others in the same boat (and I am sure I am not the only one!).
Maybe another segment {just like uncommon economic indicators?)
Camp was such a wonderful part of my childhood, I can't imagine how hard it would be if that had been taken away from me.
Does anyone know of a camp scholarship fund where we might direct funds to help those who can't afford camp?
Camp? If their teenagers and legally old enough, send them off to work. Sure it’s a crappy economy right now. But remember there’s supposedly all those jobs out there for low wages that us Americans don’t want. Perfect jobs for a teenager. They’ll learn more from a summer job about real life then any summer camp out there.
When I was a kid on Long Island my family hosted several children as part of the Fresh Air Fund program. It's too late for this summer, but parents of NYC kids should look into this wonderful program. We still keep in contact with our kids and cherish the relationships we developed with them and their families.
I'm out of work- I applied for a camp scholarship to the camp for which we paid full-price the last three years.
They knocked off a third of the price.
Then I went begging to a some assorted relatives on my side and my wife's side and we managed to get the cash together.
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