CARE Children Attend Day Camp

Children attending the CARE for Children/YMCA Day Camp toured the Zippo Case Museum on Wednesday. Museum curator/historian, Linda Meabon, shows some of the campers a giant rolling flint. Pictured from left to right (front row) are Blayke Bridge, Cody Yohe, August Whitford, and (back row) Zethan Brougham,David McClelland, Jane Hartle, EI Coordinator at CARE, and Meabon. Each summer CARE offers the day camp that incorporates craft activities, field trips, gym classes and adaptive swimming led by physical and occupational therapists, CARE also has provides camp scholarships through their campership program for children with a permanent disabilities in McKean County, that wish to attend Camp JJ or other camps. Day camp and the Summer camp scholarships are made possible with funding provided by the Orak Grotto Tag Days. CARE for Children is a non-profit organization that provides services for children of all abilities.
Photo courtesy of CARE for Children

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