Tag: Summer Camp
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Hundreds of campers attend summer camp in light of pandemic restrictions
On Aug. 20, Eagle’s Landing Day Camp in North Brunswick finished its 2021 eight-week camp season. Serving more than 700 campers this year, Eagle’s Landing was open for the full summer camp season COVID-free. “We never wavered in our decision to open our doors last summer,” Director Ruth Ann Weiss said in a prepared statement,…
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Camp Forsgate summer day camp is open to children of members and non-members
Camp Forsgate at Forsgate Country Club is a summer day camp filled with activities for youngsters ages 5-10. The camp is open to children of non-members as well as members. The 2021 season offers seven weekday sessions, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., from June 28 to Aug. 13, at Forsgate Country Club,…
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More than 2,900 children to Benefit from Princeton Area Community Foundation COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants for summer programs
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded $199,000 in COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants to nonprofits holding summer programs that will include instruction to help students overcome learning loss caused by the pandemic. “Through these grants, we are helping 25 nonprofits engage 2,900 children in educational and social-emotional learning programs,” Jeffrey M. Vega, president…
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Theater camp opens for 31st summer at new Edison location
EDISON – Taubenslag Productions’ award-winning Summer Theater Camp will be opening for its 31st year at a new location in Edison. Formerly at Middlesex College, Taubenslag Productions’ Theater Camp will now be located at the Edison Elks, 375 Old Post Road, across the street from Edison High School. The new location offers Theater Camp an…
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Kiddie Keep Well Camp welcomes campers back
By REBECCA HERSH Correspondent June 21, the first day of summer, also is for many the first day of summer camp, an experience that was cancelled by COVID-19 in 2020. Middlesex County Recreation Council’s Kiddie Keep Well Camp is a private, non-profit residential camp in Roosevelt Park in Edison offered at no cost to…
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Eagle’s Landing Day Camp hiring for summer camp
Eagle’s Landing Day Camp in North Brunswick is hiring for the summer camp season. Counselors and junior counselors work directly with the same group of campers every day, overseeing ages 3-15. Specialists help run activities in a certain area of camp, working with all different ages of campers. Specialist positions that are still open this…
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Eagle’s Landing plans to open for summer camp
Gov. Phil Murphy announced that both day and resident youth summer camps in New Jersey have been approved to open for this coming camp season. Guidelines for safe operations will be finalized by the New Jersey Department of Health (DOH) in the coming months for this approaching camp season. Eagle’s Landing Day Camp in North…
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Liberty Lake Day Camp concludes successful season of summer camp
More than 1,000 campers who visited Liberty Lake Day Camp this summer came home COVID-free. According to owner/director Andy Pritikn, the past president of the American Camp Association, it was challenging, but not impossible at all. “It all starts with being outside,” Pritikin, whose fully-outdoor camp sits on 60 shady acres just off Route…
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Cranbury cancels summer camp due to low enrollment
The following statement was released by Cranbury Township on July 17 regarding the cancellation of this year’s summer camp program: New rules and regulations due to the COVID-19 pandemic have forced us to work harder than ever, with an even greater emphasis on safety and an abundance of caution. The Recreation Department was prepared to…