In short, the Fresh Air Fund needs to place about 200 children with host families for August. Host families need to be screened – this takes a little bit of time – and August is approaching quickly. From the FAF website:
The Fresh Air Fund has provided free summer vacations to New York City children from disadvantaged communities since 1877.
They’re modest at the FAF – they could have touted that FAF has provided summer opportunities to 1.7 million kids since 1877.
If you or someone you know would like to be a host, check out the information page:
- Please host a child or help us get the word out that we need folks who can welcome a child from the city into their homes next month
- One last thing that is actually very important. We are looking for families who want to extend an invitation to a 9-12 year old. We really need more families who want older children and boys
- Please Email Angie, angie@freshair.org, immediately and she’ll speed you through the process!
- Or, you can call us at 1-800-367-0003 (212.897.8900) — ask for Angie
My first real job after leaving high school was doing a little welding and woodworking instruction in rural California. As the evening sessions came to a close, we’d clean up the shop and hit the lights on the way out – and that’s when, more than once, I heard a kid from Los Angeles remark that he’d never seen stars in the sky like that before.
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