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
Amy FeiereiselNorth Country summer camps coming back to life and filling up fast
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.
Settlement proposal
The BSA is proposing to pay roughly $220 million toward a trust to compensate tens of thousands of former members who say they were abused as Scouts. An additional $300 million may come from a voluntary contribution from local councils, the Boy Scouts said in court documents filed earlier this month; but the local organizations have given no formal commitment.
The number is a fraction of the $1 billion of the organization s estimated value, and a sliver of the value of its subsidiaries, including local councils as well as various trusts and endowments, which USA TODAY estimates could exceed $3.7 billion.
The proposal is part of a reorganization plan put forth by the iconic nonprofit detailing how it intends to handle the massive child sex abuse case that’s threatening its existence – the largest ever involving a single national organization – and emerge as a viable entity.
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