Illustration by Brian Britigan
Minnesota summer camps making comeback after year of closures
Camps are rebounding for a full season of operation albeit with masks, social distancing, pods and other safety measures in place. April 16, 2021 5:59am
If you plan to send your kids to camp this summer, Laura Whittet of the Bakken Museum has one piece of advice for you: Sign up now. Unlike last year, when camps delayed their starts, cut their offerings or closed their doors entirely, camps are rebounding. In Minnesota, many day, overnight and wilderness camps are gearing up for a full season of operation albeit with masks, social distancing, pods and other safety measures in place. Some of those safety measures include reducing the number of campers. That means camp rosters are filling fast.
The Stanley County Student Council has been collecting denim donations as part of the
“Cotton’s Blue Jeans Go Green”
TM
program.
Being made mostly from cotton, the denim is converted to natural cotton fiber insulation for houses. Not only is the student council getting denim from members of the community, but it is also acquiring unsalable denim from the Countryside Hospice Thrift Store in Pierre, saving them valuable monies that they do not have to spend on disposal fees. To date, the students have sent 931 pieces of denim, weighing over 1269 pounds to be converted into insulation, conserving space in our local landfill.