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Fresh Air children arrive in North Jersey

| 27 Jul 2016 | 12:58
    New York City children began their Fresh Air summers on July 6 by boarding the bus headed for the northern New Jersey area. The children will be visiting local host families for one or two weeks.
    New York City children began their Fresh Air summers on July 6 by boarding the bus headed for the northern New Jersey area. The children will be visiting local host families for one or two weeks.

Fifteen smiling New York City children boarded buses on July 6, headed for the Northern New Jersey area, to reunite with their host families at the bus arrival in Morristown.
This summer, close to 4,000 children will enjoy a summer outside of the city with volunteer host families in suburban, rural and small town communities along the East Coast from North Carolina to Maine and Southern Canada through The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program.
“I’m excited to go swimming and to watch the stars at night. I can’t see them at night in the city,” said 10-year-old Tyrone about his Fresh Air experiences.
The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. For more information about hosting a Fresh Air child, call Jennifer Baxter at 203-470-2297 or visit www.freshair.org.