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North Country Public Radio This year, New York summer camps are all about cohorts, pods, and bubbles. Not soap bubbles, said Doug Fuhrman, but a social bubble to try and keep COVID-19 out. “There’s a lot of talk in the camping world about bubbles, and creating a bubble that you can be safe within,” he said. Fuhrman directs Camp Lincoln at North Country Camps in Keeseville. It’s a two month long residential camp, with about 250 campers and staff. While Fuhrman says he doesn’t believe “that any camp can create a perfect bubble,” he said creating the best one possible is still valuable. To create theirs at North Country Camps, the whole staff will be vaccinated. They’ll be testing kids at camp, and all the kids will be arriving at the same time, negative COVID-19 test in hand.
May 11, 2021
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Canoeing at 4-H Camp Overlook in Malone, NY. 2019. Photo courtesy of 4-H Camp Overlook and Cornell Copperative Extension.
Creating a bubble
This year, New York summer camps are all about cohorts, pods, and bubbles. Not soap bubbles, said Doug Fuhrman, but a social bubble to try and keep COVID-19 out, .there’s a lot of talk in the camping world about bubbles, and creating a bubble that you can be safe within.”
Campers at North Country Camps in Keeseville, NY. Photo courtesy of North Country Camps.