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Summer Camp Program
Camp details:
- Eligibility: Children 5 years (completed Kindergarten) to 12 years old
- Dates for 2010: July 6 - Aug 20
- Time: 8:30 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
- Location: Hagedorn Family Resource Center, 120 Greenwich Street, Hempstead, NY
- No transportation provided, parents need to drop off and pick up.
- Fees: We accept subsidy through the Department of Social Services. For families who are paying privately, the tuition is based on a sliding scale. Tuition-paying families must make an appointment with the Camp Director at (516)483-3776 x401 and bring 2 recent paystubs from all income-earning members in family.
To enroll your child, call 483-3776 x 427 or email ezames@familyandchidrens.org
Donate Now to Keep a Child Safe this Summer
Take a moment to view our new video and see for yourself how important a carefree summer is to our littlest clients.
Every summer since 1968, Family and Children's Association’s Summer Camp Program has provided children with a respite from the troubled lives they face at home. Each summer, more than 100 children are given the opportunity to enjoy something they might not enjoy all year - their childhood!
Through individual donations and major support from King Kullen Grocery Co., Inc. and Newsday Charities Kids Campaign, the Family and Children's Summer Camp Program places children in carefully chosen accredited sleep-away and day camps throughout New York and New Jersey.
Your gift to the Camp Program can make a difference in young lives by giving these children an opportunity to build memories that last a lifetime. With your help, Family and Children's Association can continue to provide a summer camping experience for disadvantaged children - at the Hagedorn Family Resource Center in Hempstead, many of whom might not otherwise get this opportunity.
To sponsor a child, call Resource Development (516)746-0350 x336 or click here and select "summer camp" from the dropdown menu.
How your donation can help:
Sponsorships:
$10,000: Create a Summer Camp Scholarship Fund in your name - or that of a loved one - and send a child to camp every year for ten years
$5,000: Fund a weekly field trip for the entire summer
$1,800: Fund a sports program for the entire summer
$700: Sponsor one child for the Summer Camp season
$100: Sponsor one child for one week of camp
$25: Sponsor one child for one day of camp
Give the gift of summer by contributing to the Family and Children's/Camp Program and help turn children's dreams of summer into reality. Research shows that young people from economically distressed areas can experience a "learning loss" over summer recess. At the Summer of Promise, our goal was to prevent such a loss by challenging our campers to continue to learn as they had fun. At camp, our young people experienced a summer of sports and field trips combined with instruction in the arts, science, mathematics, and creative writing.
Katarina is one such camper. Once confident and outgoing, by the time she was in the fifth grade she was struggling. She had few friends in or out of school and hardly maintained eye contact with adults. When asked about her concerns she would say she was afraid of gangs in the neighborhood or at school. Her mother was in cancer treatment. The family was struggling financially and with three growing children, too often, there was little time or attention left for Katarina. But the Summer of Promise helped. It offered Katarina a chance to interact with other kids her age, play sports and spend time with positive role models who cared. Katarina was encouraged to speak out more and, over time, she became increasingly more comfortable. She was one of the youth who interviewed a senior citizen for a community cookbook project and was thrilled to visit the Museum of Natural History and the New York Aquarium. Katarina spent her summer learning about respect, sportsmanship, healthy competition and cooperation. As a result, her confidence grew as she discovered her unique talents and abilities.
To Volunteer at the Summer Camp Program,
please call,
Volunteer Services 516 746–0350 x370 or x 372
VolunteerServices@familyandchildrens.org
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We protect and strengthen children, youth, adults, families, seniors and communities."
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