Jul 21, 2008 Posted | 0 comments

Urgent: A Quick Note From the Fresh Air Fund

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, [email protected], 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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