Summer 2011: Making A Difference in a Child’s Life – Fresh Air Fund Needs You
by Sue Scheff on May 12, 2011
Become a Fresh Air Fund Family this Summer.
If you or someone you know is able to host, please sign up now. In 2010, The Fresh Air Fund’s Volunteer Host Family program, called Friendly Town, gave close to 5,000 New York City boys and girls, ages six to 18, free summer experiences in the country and the suburbs. Volunteer host families shared their friendship and homes up to two weeks or more in 13 Northeastern states from Virginia to Maine and Canada.
Thanks to host families who open up their homes for a few weeks each summer, children growing up in New York City’s toughest neighborhoods have experienced the joys of Fresh Air experiences.
Although you are giving a so much to a child, what you give to yourself and your family is priceless. Giving is about feeling good and when you pay it forward, it does come back to you.
Friendly Town host families are volunteers who live in the suburbs or small town communities. Host families range in size, ethnicity and background, but share the desire to open their hearts and homes to give city children an experience they will never forget. Hosts say the Fresh Air experience is as enriching for their own families, as it is for the inner-city children.
There are no financial requirements for hosting a child. Volunteers may request the age-group and gender of the Fresh Air youngster they would like to host.
Stories about real Fresh Air host families and their New York City visitors are just a click away!
Click here to learn more about becoming a host or call (800) 367-0003!
Follow on Twitter at @FreshAirFund and join them on Facebook.
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Summer is almost here: How you can make a difference in a child’s life?
by Sue Scheff on Mar 16, 2011
The time is NOW! Yes, many people are struggling with today’s economy, but one way to feel fulfilled is to give a piece of yourself and your family to a child that has none. You don’t have to have a million dollars to give a child a fun summer. Just being there, playing ball, swimming or any other family activity is what many children crave.
If you or someone you know is able to host, please sign up now. In 2010, The Fresh Air Fund’s Volunteer Host Family program, called Friendly Town, gave close to 5,000 New York City boys and girls, ages six to 18, free summer experiences in the country and the suburbs. Volunteer host families shared their friendship and homes up to two weeks or more in 13 Northeastern states from Virginia to Maine and Canada.
Thanks to host families who open up their homes for a few weeks each summer, children growing up in New York City’s toughest neighborhoods have experienced the joys of Fresh Air experiences.
More than 65% of all children are reinvited to stay with their host family, year after year.
“It is rewarding to see the smile on our Fresh Air child’s face as she enjoys the simple things we take for granted…”
Friendly Town host families are volunteers who live in the suburbs or small town communities. Host families range in size, ethnicity and background, but share the desire to open their hearts and homes to give city children an experience they will never forget.
Hosts say the Fresh Air experience is as enriching for their own families, as it is for the inner-city children. There are no financial requirements for hosting a child. Volunteers may request the age-group and gender of the Fresh Air youngster they would like to host. Stories about real Fresh Air host families and their New York City visitors are just a click away!
Click here to learn more about becoming a host or call (800) 367-0003!
Fresh Air children are boys and girls, six to 18 years old, who live in New York City. Children on first-time visits are six to 12 years old and stay for either one or two weeks. Youngsters who are re-invited by the same family may continue with The Fund through age 18, and many enjoy longer summertime visits, year after year. A visit to the home of a warm and loving volunteer host family can make all the difference in the world to an inner-city child. All it takes to create lifelong memories is laughing in the sunshine and making new friends.
The majority of Fresh Air children are from low-income communities. These are often families without the resources to send their children on summer vacations. Most inner-city youngsters grow up in towering apartment buildings without large, open, outdoor play spaces. Concrete playgrounds cannot replace the freedom of running barefoot through the grass or riding bikes down country lanes.
Fresh Air children are registered by more than 90 participating social service and community organizations located in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the five boroughs of New York City. These community-based agencies are in close contact with children in need of summer experiences in rural and suburban areas. Each agency is responsible for registering children for the program.
What do Fresh Air children enjoy?
- Playing in the backyard
- Laughing in the sunshine
- Catching fireflies
- Riding bicycles
- Learning to swim
- Running barefoot through the grass
- Gazing at the stars on moonlit nights
- Building sandcastles
- Making new friends
- Simple pleasures of life away from the inner-city
The Fresh Air Fund at the Five Boro Bike Tour
Join The Fresh Air Fund at the Five Boro Bike Tour on May 1st! The largest recreational cycling event in America, the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour, leads bikers on a 42-mile fun course through the city and you can be a part of it! The Fund provides guaranteed entry into the event in exchange for a fundraising minimum. What better way to bike through an amazing route while knowing that the money you raise will help children from low-income communities who live throughout the city. Along the way, bikers will enjoy entertainment, rider photos, bike repair, medical support and the company of thousands of well-wishers! Click here for more information about the race! If you have questions or are interested in participating, please call Kate Brinkerhoff at (212) 897-8890 or email kbrinkerhoff@freshair.org.
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Sue Scheff: Summer Break, Summer Learning
by Sue Scheff on Jun 08, 2010
It is summer already – whether you have family vacations planned, summer school, summer camp or other activities planned – it is definitely down time for many teens, kids and teachers.
Summer Break Can Mean a Break in Learning
Source: Connect with Kids
“Teachers are spending easily up to six weeks trying to review what had happened in previous years.”
– David Payne, former principal
Summer vacation. While our kids love the break, it also creates a break in learning. Studies report that, on average, students lose about 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in math computation alone.
But, not all kids will fall behind when they go to school next fall.
For the Lucero boys, learning is year-round. When the school year ends, their father uses next year’s text to teach them math lessons at home.
“And he’d give us like maybe three-page tests on those, with like maybe 75 questions,” says Orlando, 16.
And during the summer, their mother gives them assigned reading and asks them to give written or oral book reports.
“It can be a hassle sometimes, but during school, it pays off on tests and everything,” 14-year-old Vidal says.
These boys won’t fall behind this summer, but many of their classmates and other students around the country will.
According to a study from Johns Hopkins University, many kids forget some of what they’ve learned, and by the end of summer, they lose, “over two and one-half months of grade-level equivalency in mathematics,” says Fran Chamberlain, director of an after-school program called KidzLit.
“Teachers are spending easily up to six weeks trying to review what had happened in previous years,” says David Payne, a former principal.
Payne, now the CEO of an after-school program called the Extreme Learning Center, says reading skills also lag. He tells parents to actually go to school and talk to their children’s teacher before the end of classes. Ask the teacher what skills could your children benefit from practicing this summer, and find out what books might they read now that could keep them sharp and help them prepare for next year.
“A parent who knows that their child might be interested in a certain topic but reading a different grade level than the rest of the class can go find a book and engage their student over the summer and make great progress,” Payne says.
He also says that the key is to make learning fun, especially during the summer. The Lucero boys, for example, write out math problems on the dining room table … with shaving cream!
Their father, Frank Lucero, came up with that idea.
“I’ll take a look at the books, I’ll read through the chapters, pick out the particular problems and actually spend some time in analyzing how am I going to make this fun for the boys? What are we going to do this time? How do I keep it different?” he says.
This summer, the boys will have time for basketball and skateboarding, but only when the homework is done. Come fall, Orlando and Vidal will be ready.
“Everyone’s asking me, like, how do you do this, how do you do that? Like on the bus. And they practically have to relearn it all over again,” Vidal says.
What Parents Need To Know
As a parent, it is important for you to help your child retain the knowledge he or she has learned each year. Whether homework is assigned during the school year or as a “summer bridge” between grades, you can help your child get it done. In fact, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) says parents can help their children academically, even if homework is not assigned. The AFT describes home as “a child’s first school.” The organization recommends spending a little time each day on reading, writing and math activities.
Parents can use some vacation time to help kids keep their math and reading skills sharp. Consider these strategies:
- Have your child do math problems at his/her level a couple of times a week. Workbooks and online resources can be a guide.
- Help your child realize how math is used everyday. Have kids help in the kitchen and double or halve a recipe, or grocery shop together and calculate expenses.
- Playing family games is a great way to practice math skills. Some fun family games include Mancala, Chess, Mastermind, Othelo, Monopoly, Cards (500 Rummy, Spades, Pinochle), Cribbage and Racko.
- Organize a book club for kids. It’s a great way to foster a love of reading and get kids talking about books. Depending on their age, kids can organize their own or have their parents join in.
- Plant a garden. Kids who tend a garden will learn about dirt, seeds and seedlings, where food comes from and more. Plus it’s good exercise.
- Get theatrical. Gather a group of kids together to perform a play. They can write their own script, act out a story they have read or memorize a play. Family and friends make a great, supportive audience!
Resources
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Sue Scheff: Special Needs Camps
by Sue Scheff on May 27, 2010
As summer is almost here, many parents have already made plans for their children and camps choices. However when you have a child with special needs, it can be a bit more challenging. Although many parents want to keep them home, some experts believe it is beneficial for them to have social time. Take a moment to read this informational article from Connect with Kids, it offers some great advice and tips for special needs camps and summer programs.
Source: Connect with Kids
“I look forward to it all year long. I keep in touch with the people I meet there – it’s probably the best thing I do all summer.”
– Justin, a diabetic camper
If your child is disabled or has an incurable illness, you may think the best place for him or her this summer is at home with you. But some experts disagree.
Fourteen-year-old Justin and 15-year-old Katherine have diabetes, but their illness doesn’t keep them from looking forward to summer camp.
“From the moment I leave, I’m looking forward to next year,” Katherine says. “It’s such a great experience, and it’s just so much fun.”
They play games, go canoeing and perform in talent shows just like other kids. And that’s the point, experts say.
“There is nothing like for a child with cancer or a child with diabetes to get out of the car or get off the bus and come into this group and realize, ‘everyone is in the same boat as me, and I don’t feel different anymore,’” says Dorothy Jordan, who founded Camp Sunshine, a camp for kids with cancer.
She says children with disabilities get as much – and maybe even more – out of camp as non-disabled kids. They don’t just have fun; they make friends who understand their problems.
“When I was first diagnosed, I couldn’t get over the shock that I was going to have to get two shots a day and have to prick my finger four times a day. I was just stunned and like, ‘who else has this?’” Justin explains.
Attending Camp Kudzu, a camp for kids with diabetes, helps Justin meet others who have the same disease.
Justin and Katherine are so excited about camp that they’re training to bike ride 70 miles – from home all the way to camp – to raise money for camp scholarships.
“He said my dream is that every child with diabetes should have the chance to go regardless of their ability to pay, and I want to do something to raise money,” says Avril Beckford Rowley, Justin’s mother.
Still, experts recommend that before you send your disabled child to camp, you should first ask some important questions: Is the camp accredited? Are the counselors prepared for medical trouble? Is the nursing staff equipped for your child’s challenge?
“You ask all the right questions, and if you can get the right answers, and you can have confidence in the program, it’s absolutely the right thing to do,” Jordan says.
What Parents Need To Know
According to the Disabilities Statistics Center, an estimated 4 million children and adolescents, or 6.1% of the U.S. population under 18 years of age, have disabilities. And of the more than 12,000 camps in the United States, a large portion of them are designed specifically to fit the needs of disabled children. Whether your child has a learning or behavioral problem, a chronic illness or a mental or physical impairment, several camps are available to meet your child’s specific needs.
Why should your special needs child attend camp? According to the American Camp Association (ACA), your child can reap numerous benefits:
- Making new friends: Camp is a special place where your child can learn how to make a friend and how to be a friend. Counselors are trained to make sure that your child starts making friends as soon as he or she arrives, because camp is a community where kids work and play together, contribute and cooperate with each other.
- Enjoying a variety of activities: At camp, your child can experience tons of new activities – athletics, arts and crafts, dance, drama, nature, boating, computers and more.
- Making personal decisions: Attending camp provides your child with an opportunity to make his or her own decisions. Limits and boundaries exist so that your child will always feel safe, yet your child will be encouraged to make good choices. Camp is a place to practice growing up, under the watchful eye of trained, caring counselors.
- Feeling good about himself or herself: Through the camp experience, your child can learn to believe in himself or herself and to develop the courage to try new tasks.
- Being part of a special community: At camp, your child will have the opportunity to interact with other children. The camp experience is based on the building blocks of self-esteem: belonging, learning and contributing. Your child will learn to cooperate within a group and to respect others’ opinions.
- Having fun: Spending time at camp will allow your child to take a much-needed break from his or her problems. Your child can relax and forget about everything else except having FUN!
Choosing the right camp for your child can seem like an overwhelming task. Experts with the National Camp Association suggest asking the following questions while searching for a camp that fits your child’s needs:
- What is the camp director’s age and background? How long has the director run this camp?
- What are the camp’s goals and philosophy?
- What kind of camper is most likely to have a good experience at this camp?
- What facilities does the camp have, and how convenient are they for campers?
- What is the schedule like? Is it a structured program or one that emphasizes a lot of free choice?
- What is the camper-counselor ratio, and what are the characteristics of most of the staff?
- What kind of staff training is provided?
- What percentage of campers return each year?
- What is the total cost of the camp, including extras?
- What are the sleeping arrangements, and what types of toilet and shower facilities exist?
- What is the swimming instruction program like?
- How does the camp insure the safety and security of its campers?
- What is the food like, and who prepares it?
- What is the policy about food packages, letters home, television, trips to town, etc.?
- What medical facilities are available, and what medical staff is on campus?
- Is there a refund policy if the camper leaves early?
- Will the director supply references?
- What happens when the weather is bad?
- How does the camp program meet individual needs and differences?
- What kind of insurance coverage exists?
Don’t feel self-conscious about asking dozens of questions. A good camp will have paid a lot of attention to these parental concerns and should be eager to respond to them.
Once you find a camp that suits the needs of your child, the ACA advises parents to consider the following points to help prepare their children for a rewarding camp experience:
- Consider camp as a learning experience. This is an opportunity for your child to explore a world bigger than his or her neighborhood. It will allow him or her to develop autonomy and a stronger sense of self, make new friends, develop new social skills, learn about teamwork, be creative and more.
- Prepare for camp together. Decisions about camp, like what to pack, should be a joint venture, keeping in mind your child’s maturity. If your child feels like he or she is a part of the decision-making process, his or her chances of having a positive experience will improve.
- Talk about concerns. As the first day of camp nears, some children experience uneasiness about going away. Encourage your child to talk about these feelings rather than acting on what you think his or her feelings may be. Communicate confidence in your child’s ability to handle being away from home.
- Have realistic expectations. Camp, like the rest of life, has high and low points. Not every moment will be filled with wonder and excitement. Encourage your child to have a reasonable and realistic view of camp. Discuss both the ups and downs your child may experience. Your child should not feel pressured to succeed at camp, either. The main purposes of camp are to relax and have fun.
Resources
- American Camping Association
- Disability Statistics
- National Camp Association How to Choose a Summer Camp
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Sue Scheff: Summer Program for Struggling Teens
by Sue Scheff on May 06, 2010
Summer is almost here, is your teen failing in school? Hanging out with less than desirable peers? Smoking pot or worse? Do you see your teenager going down a negative path?
Maybe it is time to find a good, positive Emotional Growth Summer Program to help stimulate your teen in a positive direction. Build their self-worth to make better choices. Help them to determine where these negative actions are stemming from.
Being a proactive parent can help you prevent your teen from spiraling out-of-control. Just say NO to Boot Camps, as many parents believe that beating a child into submission will scare them straight. In many cases, this is simply false. It is about building your child back up again.
For more help and assistance, please visit www.HelpYourTeens.com – for over a decade, Parents’ Universal Resource Experts (P.U.R.E.) has helped thousands of families. Whether we are there to let you know you are not alone or you are seeking outside help, P.U.R.E. is available to you. Fill out a form today and get a free consultation.
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Sue Scheff: Summer Activities for Teens
by Sue Scheff on May 04, 2010
One of my favorite writers about teen is Denise Witmer. As a published author on teens, and a regular contributor on About.com, Denise offers sound advice for parenting teens in today’s society.
Here is one of her essays on 3 Things Your Teens Needs To Do This Summer
By Denise Witmer
Solve problems. Your teen needs to logically think through problems, such as puzzles, on a regular basis. The critical thinking skills that your teen uses to think through a problem should not be put on the back burner for three months. If you keep this area of your teen’s brain in tip top shape over the summer, he/she will not only be able to handle math class better, but should also be able to make better decisions in all areas of his/her life.
Get some exercise. Teenagers who sit around the house and do nothing but watch TV or play video games are at risk for childhood obesity for one, growing up to be a social misfit for another. Sign your teen up for a summer sports league or get him/her a pool membership and provide a ride back and forth. Teens, not unlike adults, need exercise everyday.
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Sue Scheff: Summer Camps – What are your teen’s interests?
by Sue Scheff on Mar 14, 2010
There may be a chill in South Florida and around the country, however summer camp time is coming fast! If you will be sending your child or teen to camp, the time is now to start researching your options.
- Are you looking for a sleep away camp?
- Are you looking for day camps?
- Are you looking for teen travel camps?
- Are you looking for specific camps that meet your child’s interests such as tennis, golf, skateboarding, fine arts, music, horse back riding, etc.?
- Does your child have special needs and requirements?
- Are you looking for an academic summer program?
There are many options to consider in choosing what is best for your individual child.
You may want to start with the assistance of Camp Finders. Located in Delray Beach, Florida, Rick Mades for over fifteen years, has been helping parents find the best summer programs and camps for their children and teens. He has visited over a hundred sleep away camps throughout our country as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia, Central America, the Caribbean & Virgin Islands, Israel & more. The best part, this is a free service!
If you are considering a summer experience for your child or teen, the time is now to start doing your homework.
Be an educated parent, you will be better prepared which will give you safer and happier teens and children.
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Sue Scheff: Teen Sex Game – SNAP – Parents be on alert
by Sue Scheff on Jan 27, 2010
A very sticky topic, jelly bracelets. Why would these harmless bracelets be dangerous? What is going on in our society to create such disturbing games being played by our teens and tweens?
Since being an educated parent will help you to have healthier and safer teens, you need to be aware of these types of games that are being played. In a previous article, Rainbow Parties, shocked many. This bracelet game, Snap, is another blow to a parents mind.
Some people have may have heard about the latest fad in colleges, high schools, even middle schools! This social phenomenon involves “snapping” the bracelet off the wearer, enabling the snapper to earn a sexual favor from the snappee based on the color of the snapped off bracelet.
Here are the color associations:
- Yellow - wearer is willing to HUG
- Pink - wearer is willing to give a hickey
- Orange - wearer is willing to KISS
- Purple - wearer is willing to kiss a partner of either sex
- Red - wearer is willing to perform a LAP DANCE
- Green – indicates that ORAL SEX can be performed on a girl
- Clear – indicates a willingness to do “whatever the snapper wants”
- Blue - indicates ORAL SEX performed on a guy
- Black - wearer will have regular “missionary” sex
- White - wearer will “FLASH” what they have
Sex bracelets are a teen fad with a dangerous sexual twist. The bright colored bracelets are popular with teens, but they’re creating controversy and many children, and even adults, wear these decorative bracelets without any sexual connotation or meaning whatsoever.
Teach your children about the dangers of STD’s. We can talk about sex to our kids, some schools offer sex education and we can even “believe” we have a very open relationship with our teens – but do you really know about these trends? Peer pressure can be part of this dangerous game. The more you know, the more you can help to educate your teens.
These topics are not to scare you, they are to educate you. Your child may be wearing one of these bracelets and it has no association to this disgusting game. It is only about you knowing that this does exist – as hard as it can be to believe.
Watch video - learn more – read more - being educated will help you have safer and healthier teens.
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Sue Scheff: Bullying and Girls – Learn more, be an educated parent
by Sue Scheff on Nov 04, 2009
A Way Through founders, Jane Balvanz and Blair Wagner are dedicated to helping parents understand today’s girls and the peer pressure, friendships, relationships and so much more they face today.
Bullying has become a hot topic that needs to be addressed and needs to stop. Blair Wagner writes an interesting and educational article about bullying and the myths many believe.
Are You Believing the WRONG THINGS About Female Bullying?
By Blair Wagner
It’s a common thought in parenting circles to think that girls shouldn’t treat each other this way. Says whom?
Try this on… Girls should all get along perfectly, have exquisite emotional and social skills, and treat everyone with the utmost respect. Can you hear violins playing sweetly in the background?
Yeah? Well, here’s the deal. It doesn’t work that way. And, it’s not supposed to work that way. Girls (like everyone else) are on this earth to maneuver through the contrast of our world (which is often sticky, and sometimes painful) to find what feeds their passion and to create joy in their lives. In order to do that and to become clear about what they DO WANT, girls need to experience what they DON’T WANT.
When we help girls recognize that some friends will feel good to be with and others won’t, girls can begin to make choices based on their inner guidance system (emotions). For myself, I’ve found the key to be a healthy combination of two things:
- Lack of resistance (let others’ ugly behaviors roll off like water on a duck)
- Conscious focus on what I want in my relationships
When I’m in that nonresistant, positive-focus zone, I find that beautiful people and experiences show up around every corner. Our work as girl guides is to help girls get into that zone.
Wrong Thing #2: Relational Aggression is Getting Worse and the World Is a Mess
With a little effort, we can find evidence to support any viewpoint on any topic. There are certainly visible signs of problems in our world, and we see statistics on how emotional bullying is affecting girls in increasing numbers. This is real. And yet, we get more of what we pay attention to.
There is so much well-being in this world; it far outweighs the lack of well being. When we look at relational aggression as an overwhelming, unsolvable problem, we add to the problem. We can’t solve relational aggression (or any problem for that matter) from a place of fear and overwhelm. Faith, curiosity, and optimism go much further.
Wrong Thing #3: Emotional Bullying Starts in Middle School
Yes, we see a peak of emotional bullying in the middle school years. But, as any kindergarten (and even pre-school) teacher will tell you, it starts very, very young among girls. Relational Aggression from a five-year old (“I won’t be your friend if you…”) may not be as sophisticated as from a thirteen-year old (“let’s start an I-Hate-Miranda web site”), but the pattern can and does begin in the pre-school years.
Savvy parents start very young guiding their daughters to connect with their personal power and to find and cultivate friendships that feel good.
Wise educators see relational aggression as an issue that needs to be addressed as young as kindergarten. Schools that implement common language and strategies within their school community (and consistently teach these to the youngest of their students) will find they have less relational aggression among their female students as they head into their teens.
© 2009 A Way Through, LLC
Female friendship experts Jane Balvanz and Blair Wagner publish A Way Through, LLC’s Guiding Girls ezine. If you’re ready to guide girls in grades K – 8 through painful friendships, get your FREE mini audio workshop and ongoing tips now at www.AWayThrough.com
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Sue Scheff: Think Summer in September!
by Sue Scheff on Sep 12, 2009
Yes, believe it or not, parents are already requesting information for next summer! I know first hand, by January you should have your summer plans on their way, or you could miss out on the perfect camp for your child.
When my kids were younger, I always used Camp Finders, they planned my son’s camp for at least 5 summers! Now the owner of Camper Finders and his partner, have founded their own summer program in Maine. If your child is interested in fine arts, writing, painting, dance, acting, music and so much more, take the time to get the information NOW. After 6 years, they are doing excellent and fill up quickly. Read about their informational sessions below and contact them for more details.
It is only September, however it is not too early to think about next summer! Rick Mades and Candy Cohn of Delray Beach, FL invite you to learn more about their fantastic summer program, Maine Arts Camp!
MAINE ARTS CAMP INFORMATION SESSIONS
Friday, October 2, 2009:
4:00 – 6:30 pm, Danvers, MA
Courtyard by Marriott
275 Independence Way
Danvers, Massachusetts 01923
1-978-777-8630
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bosdv-courtyard-boston-danvers/
Sunday, October 4, 2009 (Two locations & times):
11:30 am – 2:00 pm, Natick, MA
Hampton Inn
319 Speen Street
Natick, Massachusetts, USA 01760
1-508-653-5000
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/hotels/maps_directions.jhtml?ctyhocn=BOSNTHX
4:00 – 6:00 pm, Chestnut Hill, MA
@ The Farm condominiums, call us for directions, 561-865-4330
Monday, October 5, 2009:
4:00 – 6:30 pm, Norwalk, CT
Courtyard by Marriott
474 Main Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut 06851
Phone: 1-203-849-9111
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hpnnw-courtyard-norwalk/
PLEASE RSVP: info@maineartscamp.com or 561-865-4330 If you are not going to be in MA during these dates, please call Candy and Rick for more information.
Take the time to visit and join their Fan Page on Facebook and follow them on Twitter for more exciting news about Summer 2010. Make it your child’s best summer experience!
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