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The Fresh Air Fund Kicks of Summer Registration!
Sign your child up for a free Fresh Air experience!
Join The Fresh Air Fund for our 138th summer of serving New York City children and give your child an experience of a lifetime. The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Fresh Air summers are filled with children running barefoot through the grass, swimming for the first time or gazing at star-filled skies.
The Fresh Air Fund is now registering boys and girls ages 6-12 for the Volunteer Host Family Program, and eight to 15-year-olds for the camping program. More than 9,000 New York City children enjoy free Fresh Air Fund programs annually, visiting volunteer host families in rural, suburban and small town community across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada and attending The Fresh Air Fund’s five camps on a 2,300-acre site in Fishkill, New York. Fresh air children will spend the hottest weeks in the country and explore the beauty of nature.
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“Thank you for giving my kids these experiences. They loved it! Every now and then they will come to me and say, ‘Mommy, we did this over the summer’ and are so excited telling me stories,” said Lisa, a city parent about her children’s Fresh Air summers.
The Fresh Air Fund will be holding free registration for parents on January 18th, 2014, from 10:00am – 2:00pm at their New York City office, located on 633 Third Ave, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10017. For more information, please call The Fresh Air Fund at 800-367-0003 or visit The Fresh Air Fund online at www.freshair.org.
