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Shots - Health News
The CDC has softened its guidance for how to operate summer camps for kids this year. Children 12 and older can get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here, a health care worker administers a vaccine dose to a teenager in Miami.

The CDC Revises Its Summer Camp Guidance, Easing Restrictions

May 28, 2021
Masks are optional for vaccinated kids, and other recommended restrictions have been softened, making for a more relaxed camping experience for children this summer.
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Coronavirus Updates
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new guidance detailing steps summer camps should take to prevent and respond to COVID-19 infections.

Here's What The CDC Says Summer Camps Should Do To Prevent And Respond To COVID Cases

Apr 26, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says day and overnight camps can operate in person this summer if they take steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and prepare for potential infections.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Camp Robin Hood in Freedom, N.H., was one of the few around the country to offer a summer sleepover camp. This fall, it's offering a program where students can live and attend classes remotely.

Class Without Coronavirus: Students Take Schoolwork To Sleepaway Camp

Sep 09, 2020
Some camps that managed to successfully keep the virus at bay this summer are now offering a refuge from the virus — to those who can afford it — where students can live and attend classes remotely.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Wiley James, 10, prepares a meal as part of an online cooking camp run by a chef in Austin, Texas.

A Cooking Camp Chef's Recipe For Remote Education: Make It Ambitious

Aug 07, 2020
Online instruction is hard, right? Well there's a teacher—a chef, actually—who appears to have cracked the code. She says her cooking classes for kids work better now than when they were in person.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
Kanakuk Kamps closed its overnight K-2 program after 41 people tested poisitve for the coronavirus, local health officials said last week. As of Monday, that number had doubled to at least 82 positive results.

At Least 82 Coronavirus Cases Linked To Missouri Sleepaway Camp

Jul 10, 2020
Kanakuk Kamps shut down its K-2 program after 41 campers, staff and counselors tested positive. That number has since doubled, according to county health officials.
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Summer Camp Introduces Nevada Teens To Life On The Range

Mar 13, 2020

Every year, Nevada high school students have the chance to learn firsthand about the state’s desert and mountain rangelands.

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Kid Stuff: Notes on Camp

Feb 23, 2018

Summer camps aren’t just about kids pranking hapless adult counselors, like in the movies. They offer opportunities for children to stay active, enhance their skills, and maybe learn a little something.

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Shots - Health News
Country artist Chris Young rehearses with campers from the ACM Lifting Lives music camp.

Country Music And Brain Research Come Together At Nashville Summer Camp

Jul 31, 2017
Researchers in Nashville are tapping into a country music camp to learn more about Williams Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Many people who have it love music but don't know why.
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The Two-Way

Colorado Camp Counselor Awakes To Find Bear Biting His Head

Jul 10, 2017
"The crunching noise was I guess the teeth scraping against the skull as it dug in," said the 19-year-old counselor. Officials say they have trapped and killed the bear they think was responsible.
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Simon Says
Neil Cohen, who died at age 72. One of his books, <em>The Law of Probation and Parole</em>, has been cited by the Supreme Court.

Remembering 'Captain' Neil Cohen, Summer Camp Counselor And Sage

Jul 07, 2017
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Neil Cohen, who first handed Simon The New York Times one summer at Camp Indianola. Cohen was his camp counselor, and went on to become an attorney and law professor.
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Resource Guide

Learn, grow and play with this events & resource guide

Jul 08, 2016

Events, organizations and activities every parent can use.

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Girls Rock Vegas Teaches More Than Just Music

Jun 20, 2016

Girls Rock Vegas teaches girls to write, perform and play a new instrument — all in five days.

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Family guide

Apr 09, 2015

Events, entertainment and resources for the entire family.

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Ready to swim!
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Wet behind the ears

Apr 09, 2015

... and the arms, legs and everywhere else. Your kids will make a splash this summer with our guide to all things wet, watery and wild in Vegas

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Summer Camp! The Musical

Jul 31, 2012
Blow up the beach ball and slap on some sunscreen..
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Teaching Performance Arts to Kids

Jun 03, 2011
Matthew Banks is a Blue Man with the Blue Man Group.  Given all the performers on the Strip, he and ballet dancer Naomi Stikeman, wondered why there weren't more classes teaching kids about performance.
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