picked up about 30 kids and many of their parents as well from a shelter here in staten island and took them to gateway academy. kids from ages four to 16 share their stories, do sing alongs, arts and crafts, and burn off their energy. parents can either participate in camp activities or run errands, talk to insurance companies and find more permanent places for their kids to sleep at night. short-term, i think it s giving parents respite, letting parents know they can rebuild their lives and their kids are in good hands. i think long-term, it s teaching kids that there is hope and you can rebuild yourself from the inside out and strength. these kids have got a lot of courage and a they re heros to the form. what they ve been through, i could never go through, especially this time of year. yeah, this time, this holiday season. evacuees are participate not guilty camp sandy and they say this time of kind of entertainment and fellowship is a much needed break from cramped shelter
rick: it s been a month since hurricane sandy slammed into the new york city area. now one group is trying to help some of the storm s youngest victims by providing them with a much needed escape. anna kooiman is live on staten island with the latest. hello to everybody. camp tlc, or together living with a challenge, is trying to let kids just be kids, even though their lives have been turned-up side down. they ve just wrapped up their third week. they do it every saturday. today was carnival day. they re actually calling this special camp, camp sandy. a bus driver picked up about 30 kids and many of their parents from a shelter and brought them to the church, gateway academy. kids from ages four to 16 shared their stories, do sing alongs, arts and crafts, zumba. they can take nonper arabables from this distribution center. it s a traveling camp that served about 500 kids in the last two years. the founder says this camp in