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The camp focuses on keeping children active.

Camp gets ‘back to basics’ after an abnormal year

With summer in full swing, the Glen Cove YMCA camp is halfway through its sessions. The camp is working hard to get creative in keeping kids safe while rebuilding the social skills lost during the past year. more

By Leah Dwyer | 7/22/21

Food and art came together at CAPE in 2018 when students played with chocolate Play-Doh.

CAPE is back for summer fun in East Meadow

The beloved Creative Art Program of the East Meadow School District is back after a yearlong hiatus caused by the pandemic. more

By Jennifer Corr | 5/21/21

North Shore Day Camp, in Glen Cove, is looking forward to the summer season.

Camps gear up for summer reopening on the North Shore

With summer approaching and New York state protocols for how to operate a summer camp under current Covid-19 conditions pending, area camps tentatively plan to use last year’s protocols in 2021. more

By George Wallace | 5/20/21

Lawrence Woodmere Academy’s summer day camp is set to return in late June. Hailey Haber, front, and Ava Spinner tried out the the slip-and-slide at the camp in 2018.

Send those Five Towners to summer camp

As Covid-19 vaccinations continue to be administered and with summer a month away, Five Towns camps have begun to finalize their safety protocols for the reopening of a seasonal tradition. more

By Matthew Ferremi | 5/19/21

As it did last summer, BIg Chief Day Camp will open to offer children a summer of fun, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Camps, including Big Chief, gear up for summer reopening

With summer approaching and New York state protocols for how to operate a summer camp under current Covid-19 conditions pending, area camps tentatively plan to use last year’s protocols in 2021. more

By George Wallace | 5/13/21

Rolling River Day Camp, in East Rockaway, hosted an Easter event last Saturday. The Brown family, Mary Joe, Ethan, 8, and Katelyn, 3, were in egg-finding mode.

An 'egg-cellent' Easter event in East Rockaway

The Easter Bunny’s trail came through Rolling River Day Camp in East Rockaway on Saturday as more than 300 people attended a special holiday event there. more

4/9/21

The Easter bunny with Town of Hempstead officials and the Bigay family.

Easter Bunny makes socially distant appearance at Camp Anchor

Seven-year-old Mason was so excited to see the Easter bunny and go back to Camp Anchor that he couldn't sleep Sunday night. The excitement trickled into Monday morning at the Town of Hempstead’s … more

By Darwin Yanes | 3/30/21

Pauline Badamo, right, and her daughter Kealani Hopkins unscrewed the back of the robot brain to insert batteries at the Franklin Square Public Library last year.

Franklin Square woman to teach STEM camp at Hofstra University

Pauline Badamo had been planning on teaching more engineering and robotics classes last year after the success of her program at the Franklin Square Public Library on March 2, 2020, but when Gov. … more

By Melissa Koenig | 3/23/21

Merrick resident Ellen Diamond, co-founder of Camp Ga’avah, in Oceanside, recently led a workshop with former campers about President Joseph Biden’s executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban that prohibited transgender individuals from serving in the military.

Locals react to repeal of transgender military ban

President Joseph Biden last Monday signed an executive order to reverse a policy that banned transgender people from serving in the military. With the order signed, local LGBTQ+ individuals and their … more

By Kate Nalepinski | 2/2/21

A new camp introduced by the Friedberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside has grown into a year-round platform for LGBTQ youth.

Camp Ga’avah founder optimistic for summer 2021

A new camp introduced by the Friedberg Jewish Community Center in Oceanside recently completed its third summer program and has grown into a year-round platform for LGBTQ children ages 6 through … more

By Alyssa Seidman and Tony Bellissimo | 1/12/21