The Fresh Air Fund is seeking host families in Monmouth County to open their homes to a New York City child for two weeks this summer.
Since 1977, The Fresh Air Fund has enabled 1.7 million disadvantaged young New Yorkers experience summer in suburban and small town communities. Through the fund’s "Friendly Town" program, volunteer host families in 13 states and Ontario, Canada, opened their homes to nearly 6,000 children last summer.
Host families can choose the gender and age of their visitor. First time children are between the ages of 6 and 12. More than 65 percent of all children are invited back year after year. Children can participate in the program through age 18.
For more information, call Kristie Morris at (732) 280-2978 or The Fresh Air Fund at (800) 367-0003; or visit the Web site www.freshair.org.