Not exact matches
She says the
residents «think somebody owes them something,» and complains that they spend money on expensive hairstyles, makeup and leather coats but won't pay a token fee to send their children to a weeklong summer
camp program her church runs for the benefit of inner - city youngsters.
The money raised is directed to a campership
program allowing underprivileged children to attend
resident camp.
If those fund - raising sources pan out, Park District officials hope to add some of the
programs residents requested in a recent survey, including kayaking, fencing, outdoor adventure
camps, horticulture classes and open - gym sessions.
«Perhaps we're more likely to go out there (to the suburbs) than they are to come here,» said Ravenswood
resident Kathleen Dwyer, who has two children in a day -
camp program that found them swimming Thursday at Gompers Park, 4224 W. Foster Ave.
Rate: $ 225 - $ 425 ($ 65 discount to Mass Audubon members; Cape Cod
resident discount of $ 40 off for half - day
programs and $ 60 off for full - day
camp programs.
The YMCA offers six
resident -
camp programs in the Midwest for children ages 6 to 15.
Resident camp options include coed, single sex and specialty
camps that focus on a particular
program.
A graduate of Yale and UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, she's also a recipient of a Middlebury Fellowship in Environmental Reporting, a two - time Société de Chimie Industrielle fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, an ASME nominee, a 2013
resident at the Mesa Refuge, a fellow in both the Food and Medical Evidence Boot
Camps at the Knight Science Journalism
Program at MIT, and winner of the Gobind Behari Lal prize for science writing.
After the introductory
camp, the four to five students in the summer
program return home for a combination of classes and work, which includes staffing the Mobile Market, a brightly colored biodiesel truck that travels through West Oakland offering healthy, affordable food to
residents.
Whether serving every one of San Francisco's public elementary, middle and high schools with its educational
programs or providing more than 7,000
residents from underserved communities with their first
camping experience at Rob Hill Campground, Crissy Field Center is a dynamic hub of community engagement.