VAUGHN HILLIARD WENT TO SUMMER %
CAMP IN ARIZONA TO SEE HOW IT’S
WELCOMING BACK CAMPERS THIS
YEAR. %
>>> LISA ACHERMAN HAS BEEN %
GETTING HER DAUGHTER EMILY
READY FOR SUMMER CAMP. %
>> LIKE MILLIONS OF OTHER %
PARENTS SHE IS CAREFULLY %
WEIGHING THE RISKS OF CONTINUES
A TREASURED TRADITION IN
THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC. %
>> I PUT MY FAITH THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO FOLLOW WHATEVER SAFETY
GUIDE LINES. %
>> AFTER MONTHS CATCHED UP %
INSIDE, EMILY IS MAKING THE
TREK TO FRIENDLY PINES CAMP IN %
NORTHERN ARIZONA, A % PLACE SHE HAS CALLED HOME FOR %
PLACE SHE HAS CALLED HOME FOR %
THE PAST SEVEN SUMMERS %
TEMPERATURE CHECKS. %
CHECKING SIMOOM TOES. %
PART OF OUR REASSURANCE IS THAT
WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE %
EVERYBODY TO BE TESTED. %
>> MEGHAN MAY AND HER STAFF ARE
FOLLOWING GUIDELINES PROMOTED
BY THE CDC AND AMERICAN CAMP %
ASSOCIATION. %
THINGS LIKE FEWER KIDS PER
CABIN, HERE JUST 7 INSTEAD OF
10. %
>> WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK %
LIKE HERE. %
>> I MIGHT HAVE A CAMPER USING %
THIS BUNK HERE, NOT ON TOP. %
MAKING SURE. %
>> OUTSIDE DEDICATED PLACES TO
KEEP CLEAN. %
>> WE KNEW WE WOULD NEED HAND %
WASHING STATIONS, SO WE CREATED
THIS OUT OF AN OLD CANOE, WE’LL
HAVE THEM ALL %
OVER CAMP. %
>> PLENTY OF MASKS AND NOW THE
DINING HALL IS HEADING
OUTDOORS. %
>> THE TABLE AREN’T USUALLY OUT
HERE. % THEY ARE USUALLY NOT. %
THEY ARE USUALLY NOT. %
WE’LL HAVE KIDS EAT OUTSIDE.
FRESH AIR, MOVING AROUND,. %
>> A SNAPSHOT. %
>> SUMMER AND BEYOND, OUR
CAMPERS TO SAVIOR THE TIME THAT
THEY HAVE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN
THEY ARE LEARNING AND SHARING %
AND HAVING FUN TOGETHER. %
THERE IS A SILVER LINING OVER
THE SUMMER OF 2020, WE WILL
CHERISH OUR RELATIONSHIPS MORE.
>> A CHANCE TO HELP KIDS ENJOY
SUMMER AT A TIME WHEN SO MUCH
ELSE IS UNCERTAIN. %
>>> AND VAUGHN IS LIVE FROM %
PRESS COT, ARIZONA. %
MAN, VAUGHN, SUMMER CAMP SOUNDS
REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW.
I GOTTA ASK, ARE PARENTS, I %
SPOKE TO ONE PARENT AGENCIER TO
SEND HER KIDS FOR SOME FUN,
WITH FEWER CAMPS OPEN, THE %
CAMPS CAN’T HAVE THE USUAL %
NUMBER OF CAMPERS, IS THERE A
LOT OF DEMANDS IN THE SPOTS %
THAT ARE AVAILABLE? %
>> THOSE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS
THAT ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT
NOW, ALLISON. %
USUALLY KIDS HAVE A COUNTDOWN
TO LOOK FORWARD TO. %
HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO
BECOMING. %
YOU SAW IN THAT PIECE, THE %
NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, THE
NUMBER OF KIDS THAT ARE GOING %
TO BE ABLE TO BE IN EACH %
CABIN IS SMALLER. %
THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT IS
GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE FAMILY
TO FAMILY.
AND WE’VE SEEN ALREADY THAT NOT
EVERY CAMP IS LIKE FRIENDLY %
PINES CAMP AND CHOOSING TO OPEN
THIS SUMMER.
THERE ARE CAMPS IN NEW YORK AND
PENNSYLVANIA, THAT WE HAVE %
HEARD, WE ARE DEALING WITH %
10,000 DIFFERENT SUMMER %
CAMP OPERATIONS THAT ARE HAVING
THIS VERY DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW,
ALLISON. %
>> YEAH, VAUGHN, I HAVE TO %
IMAGINE ON A DAY WHEN THE
WEATHER GREAT. %
ARIZONA IS NOT THE RAINIEST %
PLACE IN THE WORD, IT’S EASY TO
KEEP THE KIDS ENTERTAINED AND %
SEPARATE.
YOU HAVE TO BRING THEM INDOORS,
I IMAGINE THOSE ARE CHALLENGES %
THEY’RE DEALING WITH AS WELL. %
>> YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE
CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, THERE IS %
A CHANCE HONESTLY, ALLISON, %
CHILDREN MAY BE BETTER %
AT THIS THAN ADULTS BASED ON %
IMAGES WE SAW THIS WEEKEND. %
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YES, YOU
CAN ENCOURAGE KIDS TO KEEP
SOCIAL DISTANCE, YOU CANNOT %
HAVE CONTACT SPORTS BUT
KIDS ARE KIDS, RIGHT?
KIDS ARE EMOTIONALLY AND %
PHYSICALLY ATTACHED TO ONE %
ANOTHER. %
OVER THE COURSE OF CAMP IT’S
MORE THAN JUST FUN AND GAMES,
THERE IS TEACHING THE KIDS, YOU
KNOW, THAT MEGHAN %
MAY, THE CAMP DIRECTOR HERE,
SHE IS HAD 4th GENERATION OF %
FRIENDLY PINES, HER GRAND
PARENTS STARTED IT. %
SHE WAS TELLING ME, CAMP %
EXPERIENCE WHERE KIDS ARE %
INDEPENDENT, THEY ARE RESILIENT
AND THEY BUILD COMMUNITY. %
WHERE OFTENTIMES DURING THE
COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT %
SAME EXPERIENCE MAY NOT TAKE %
PLACE.
SO, YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU TRY %
FRIENDLY PINES ALL YOU WANT TO %
HAVE PROFESSIONS IN ORDER, WILL
YOU BE ABLE TO KEEP THE
SEPARATION? %
THAT’S A BIG QUESTION MARK, %
ALLISON. %
>> AND VAUGHN, YOU SAID, THERE %
ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES IN LIFE