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News Articles: summer camp

Campers at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Santa Monica, Calif., paint crosses during craft time at vacation Bible school.

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  • Religion

Not your parents' VBS: How vacation Bible schools are changing to meet new needs

Vacation Bible schools have been a staple of summer for thousands of churches. There are fewer of them these days, and those still around have evolved to meet the needs of changing communities.

August 04, 2024
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By:
  • Jason DeRose
A group of <em>novachky</em>, female campers ages 6-11, stand at attention for a photograph, along with their two <em>sestrichky</em>, or "sisters" who serve as female counselors. Marching drills are a daily activity at camp.

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  • World

How Ukrainian scouting culture thrives in the woods of western New York state

Every July, campers, counselors and administrators gather on 84 acres of hilly woods in the woods of western New York state that has been home to a Ukrainian summer camp called “Novyi Sokil” since 1950.

July 20, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Wenglowskyj
A camp counselor plays the guitar and leads children in singing at Camp Butwin in Minnesota in 1962.

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  • Religion

To save Jewish culture, American Jews turned to summer camp

The roots of summer sleep-away camps that revolve around Jewish identity go back to efforts to keep Jewish culture alive after World War II.

June 27, 2023
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  • Deena Prichep
The CDC has softened its guidance for how to operate summer camps for kids this year. Children 12 and older can get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here, a health care worker administers a vaccine dose to a teenager in Miami.

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  • Health

The CDC Revises Its Summer Camp Guidance, Easing Restrictions

Masks are optional for vaccinated kids, and other recommended restrictions have been softened, making for a more relaxed camping experience for children this summer.

May 28, 2021
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Joe Neel
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new guidance detailing steps summer camps should take to prevent and respond to COVID-19 infections.

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  • National

Here's What The CDC Says Summer Camps Should Do To Prevent And Respond To COVID Cases

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says day and overnight camps can operate in person this summer if they take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and prepare for potential infections.

April 26, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Camp Robin Hood in Freedom, N.H., was one of the few around the country to offer a summer sleepover camp. This fall, it's offering a program where students can live and attend classes remotely.

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  • Business

Class Without Coronavirus: Students Take Schoolwork To Sleepaway Camp

Some camps that managed to successfully keep the virus at bay this summer are now offering a refuge from the virus — to those who can afford it — where students can live and attend classes remotely.

September 09, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Beaubien
Wiley James, 10, prepares a meal as part of an online cooking camp run by a chef in Austin, Texas.

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  • Family

A Cooking Camp Chef's Recipe For Remote Education: Make It Ambitious

Online instruction is hard, right? Well there's a teacher—a chef, actually—who appears to have cracked the code. She says her cooking classes for kids work better now than when they were in person.

August 07, 2020
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  • Ben James
Kanakuk Kamps closed its overnight K-2 program after 41 people tested poisitve for the coronavirus, local health officials said last week. As of Monday, that number had doubled to at least 82 positive results.

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  • National

At Least 82 Coronavirus Cases Linked To Missouri Sleepaway Camp

Kanakuk Kamps shut down its K-2 program after 41 campers, staff and counselors tested positive. That number has since doubled, according to county health officials.

July 10, 2020
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  • Jason Slotkin
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta is cancelling all 2020 summer camp programs until August 9 in response to the coronavirus.

Girl Scouts Of Greater Atlanta Cancels 2020 Summer Camp Programs

Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta is canceling all 2020 summer camp programs until Aug. 9 in response to the coronavirus, the organization announced Monday...

May 06, 2020
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By:
  • Jade Abdul-Malik

Campers Travel Back In Time Through Jekyll Island's History

What better way to learn about history than to go back in time. Kids at the Jekyll Island Museum’s Time Travelers' Camp get to do just that......

June 21, 2016
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Linda Chen

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