A job as a summer camp counselor opened doors for Christopher Rivera, but the state is pulling its financing for the program that made that job possible.
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Tue 9 Mar 2010
A job as a summer camp counselor opened doors for Christopher Rivera, but the state is pulling its financing for the program that made that job possible.
Tue 2 Mar 2010
Filed under: Camps and Camping, Parks and Other Recreation Areas, Historic Buildings and Sites, New York State — @ 3:35 am
The parks department is refunding camping reservation fees for 12 recreation areas on the list.
Sat 23 Jan 2010
Financial woes may force the sale of Camp Pouch, 140 acres where generations have learned to rough it.
Sat 28 Nov 2009
Filed under: Camps and Camping, Theater — @ 2:12 am
At Stagedoor Manor, a Catskills theater camp, young performers spend four days in rehearsal to ride the float and perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Sun 26 Jul 2009
Lake Delaware campers warm up after reveille.At Lake Delaware in the Catskills, campers get heavy doses of sports, military drill and church. Devoted alumni are returning for its centennial.
Thu 19 Mar 2009
Filed under: Camps and Camping, Young Men's Christian Assn, Economic Conditions and Trends — @ 2:49 am
An “honor code” payment system is intended to help wealthier families subsidize others in tough economic times.
Sat 20 Dec 2008
Filed under: Wagon Road Camp, New York Times Neediest Cases Fund, Camps and Camping, Children's Aid Society, Handicapped — @ 6:22 am
A teenage girl, born blind and with cerebral palsy, makes a journey from camper to counselor at a camp for disabled children in Chappaqua, N.Y.
Fri 15 Aug 2008
Summer camp alumni remember visceral childhood moments.
Sat 26 Jul 2008
Filed under: Camps and Camping, Children and Youth — @ 3:42 am
Sleep-away camps are having to spend time catering to increasingly high-maintenance parents, experts say.