Community Corner
Help a Child Receive a Week in Summer Camp
June starts donation period for program to help pay costs of summer camps for low-income families.
The United Way of Northern New Jersey camp fund kicks of its annual campaign this month with a goal to raise $34,000 to support summer camp scholarships for 125 children.
On average it costs $250 to send a child to summer camp for one week in the summer.
The scholarships, which are offered to children with disabilities or from low-income families, allow the children to attend camps run by six United Way partner agencies.
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All donations go to fund scholarships and there is no United Way administrative costs deducted.
Among the donations offered is the Camp Counselors’ Club, which allows donors to sponsor a child for one week with a $250 donation.
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For more than 70 years the fund has provided camp scholarships to thousands of children living in North Essex’s 11 communities.
The towns included in the program include the Caldwells, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells, Fairfield, Glen Ridge, Livingston, Montclair, Roseland and Verona.
United Way of Northern New Jersey is a nonprofit organization working to improve people’s lives and strengthen communities by focusing on education, income and health.
For more information about supporting the United Way Camp Fund, email Elizabeth Rodriguez or call (973) 746-4040, x201.
