Daily News | Fresh Air Fund looking for Pennsylvania families to host NYC kids this summer
On a sweltering June day in 1877, a pastor in rural Northeastern Pennsylvania urged his parishioners to open their hearts, and their doors, to city children., a New York City-based nonprofit that’s allowed 1.8 million kids to visit host families in suburbs and rural areas each summer. Host families must live within 3 hours of New York City and fund executives are specifically looking for host families in the Philadelphia burbs this summer.
While the Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns program doesn’t require a two-parent household, it does look for one other child in the home. The are background checks and a modicum of training but there is no cost to be a host. COVID-19 vaccinations are recommended, Gitelson said, but no longer required. Host families must have a bed for the host child.Gitelson said most stays are for a week or longer. There’s no strict requirements for the families, in terms of activities.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Air National Guard Plays Outsize Role in Air Force Drone Strikes, Military Data ShowThe Air National Guard, at the center of an investigation into the leak of highly classified documents, has moved over two decades to the forefront of military operations
Read more »
Pennsylvania school district proposes moving back start times to improve students' healthPITTSBURGH, Penn. — A school district in Pennsylvania is proposing starting classes later in the morning to improve the physical health and mental well-being of students.
Read more »
Arkansas woman indicted in $11,000 sale of stolen body parts to Pennsylvania manThe indictment alleges the woman approached the man in 2021 and began selling him remains that the mortuary was supposed to cremate and return to an Arkansas medical school.
Read more »
2 struck and killed by Amtrak train in PennsylvaniaAn Amtrak train struck and killed two people on the tracks in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, CBS Philadelphia reported.
Read more »
Amtrak train fatally strikes 2 juveniles on tracks in Pennsylvania'It just broke my heart,” Chester resident Clare Thomas told
Read more »
Lyme disease season; Boscov’s plans; prom photos: Good Morning, PennsylvaniaWhat you need to know for Monday morning.
Read more »