Fresh Air Fund - Camp

The Fresh Air Fund owns and operates five camps in upstate New York where 3,000 children get a break from city life, each summer.

The Fresh Air camps are located on The Fund’s Sharpe Reservation in Fishkill, New York, 65 miles north of New York City. Sharpe Reservation has 2,300 acres of beautiful land with lakes, ponds, streams and hiking trails through the woods.

Leake and Watts Services holds registration on behalf of the Fresh Air Fund at their East Bronx Family Service Center (1529 Williamsbridge Rd, 2nd Floor) throughout the spring at the following times: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2:00-4:00pm and Thursdays from 3:30-7:00pm.

Download your application prior to your visit.

Visit www.freshair.org for more information.

This is a free program.

City Jobs - Ages 14 and Up

The City's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) is administered through the Department of Youth and Community Development.

A seven-week summer employment initiative open to young people between the ages of 14 and 21. Participants work up to 25 hours a week while earning $7.25 per hour in assignments that include government agencies, hospitals, summer camps, nonprofits, small businesses, law firms, museums, and sports and retail organizations. The application process begins April 2010.

More information and applications available at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/jobs/summer_youth_employment.shtml

If your child needs to obtain working papers, please contact Ms. Evelyn, School Counselor.