The Fresh Air Fund Montachusett Region Committee Welcomes New York City Children
CONTACTS: Lisa Chinatti / 617-877-5033
Jake Grinsted / The Fresh Air Fund / 800-367-0003 ext. 8890
MEDIA ALERT
EVENT: THE FRESH AIR FUND MONTACHUSETT REGION COMMITTEE WELCOMES
NEW YORK CITY CHILDREN
25 New York City children arrive in Westford to spend summer vacations with volunteer host families in Westford, Dunstable, Groton, Petersham, N Chelmsford, Pepperell, Devens, Chelmsford, Peterborough, Shrewsbury, Westminster, and Shirley
DATE: July 13, 2012
ARRIVAL TIME: 3:30 PM
PLACE: St. Catherine Church
107 North Main Street
Westford, MA 01886
INTERVIEWS: Lisa Chinatti, Fresh Air Fund volunteer
Local host families
Fresh Air children
The Montachusett Region Committee will be welcoming 25 New York City children as they arrive in Westford on July 13, 2012. Volunteer host families share their summers for up to two weeks with Fresh Air children, ages six to 18, who leave behind the city streets to run barefoot in the grass or see the stars at night. Some youngsters are leaving home for the first time, while others are returning to visit the same host families for consecutive summers.
The Fresh Air Fund is an independent, not-for-profit agency that has provided free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Each summer, over 4,000 children visit volunteer host families in rural, suburban and small town communities across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada.
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