Pursuits
Summer Camp Might Not Survive Covid-19
Sleepaway camps across the U.S. are making the expensive decision to stay closed. Some may not be around come 2021.
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For eight glorious weeks each summer, lucky American children get to enjoy activities such as canoeing, swimming and lanyard-making, making new friends by day while retiring each night to cramped cabins in the woods. Parents, meanwhile, get to enjoy a couple months of alone time.
Surely, you see the problem: Summer camp and the coronavirus don’t go well together.