The Fresh Air Fund is a not-for-profit agency that provides free summer vacations in the country to New York City children from disadvantaged communities. Each year, thousands of children visit volunteer host families in 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada through the Friendly Town Program or attend one of five Fresh Air Fund summer camps. The Fresh Air Fund has helped more than 1.7 million children since 1877.
Read more about The Fresh Air Fund: History, Volunteer Host Family Program, Called ″Friendly Town″, Summer Camping For New York City Children, Year Round Programs and Off-season Camping, Career Awareness Programs, External Links
Famous quotes containing the words fresh, air and/or fund:
“How bravely thou becom’st thy bed! fresh lily,
And whiter than the sheets!”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Our air up here is good for the disease—I mean good against the disease,... but it is also good for the disease.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“School success is not predicted by a child’s fund of facts or a precocious ability to read as much as by emotional and social measures; being self-assured and interested: knowing what kind of behavior is expected and how to rein in the impulse to misbehave; being able to wait, to follow directions, and to turn to teachers for help; and expressing needs while getting along with other children.”
—Daniel Goleman (20th century)