by Amy LeForge | Feb 11, 2013 | Resources/Reviews
More than two decades ago, the actor Paul Newman founded a very special camp for kids with serious illnesses. His vision was a place where the joy of playing and laughing had a profound impact allowing children to reach beyond their illnesses and discover strength,...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 4, 2012 | Finances
As a mother of two, Kate Sorenson knows the costs of annual summer camps for kids and this informative piece could help out consumers. It certainly isn’t cheap and Kate is always looking to see where she and others can save her hard earned buck. Summer camp is an...
by Amy LeForge | Aug 15, 2010 | Resources/Reviews
Hello friends! Sara from the Fresh Air Fund tells me that there are still opportunities to host children who live in the city this summer. The Fresh Air Fund takes children who might otherwise never leave urban life and sends them to the country to live with host...
by Amy LeForge | Jul 21, 2009 | Parenting
The boys were gone again last week. The younger kids returned Thursday afternoon, and we picked up the older boys from camp on Friday. Thus began Re-Entry*, a phase in which boys leave the excitement of camp (or Grandma’s house) and adjust back to our family...
by Amy LeForge | Jun 13, 2009 | Resources/Reviews
I wrote about the Fresh Air Fund a few months ago. This is a really neat ministry in which inner-city kids are matched up with families who live outside the city for a summer vacation. Sara Wilson, the outreach coordinator of Fresh Air, contacted me recently with some...
