Summer camps allowed to open June 29

Summer camps allowed to open June 29

HERE ON 7-ABCTHERE'S ANOTHERSIGN TONIGHT THATTHOSE TOUGH RULESDURING THEPANDEMIC ARE PAYINGOFF...GOVERNOR CUOMOANNOUNCING THATALL SUMMER DAYCAMPS ACROSS THESTATE CAN REOPENJUNE 29TH...BUT AS 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS SENIORREPORTER EILEENBUCKLEY SHOWS US ...CAMP WILL LOOKDIFFERENT IN THISNEW NORMAL...SUMMER DAY CAMP ISA FUN-FILLED EVENTTHAT LETS KIDS RELAXAND LET THEIRCREATIVE JUICESFLOW....AND WORD THATTHESE CAMPS CANREOPEN BY THE ENDOF THE MONTH ISWELCOME NEWS FORTHE YMCA BUFFALONIAGARA.PENNY SNELL.

"WEARE VERY EXCITEDTHAT WE CANOFFICIALLY OPEN DAYCAMP."PENNY SNELL IS WITHTHE YMCA BUFFALONIAGARA, WHICH WILLWILL HAVE 11-SUMMERDAY CAMP SITES OPENSTARTING JUNE 29THAT URBAN ANDSUBURBAN SITES...EILEEN BUCKLEY.

"THISKEN-TON YMCABRANCH ON BELMONTIN KENMORE WILL BEOPEN FOR SUMMERCAMP, BUT THERE WILLBE LIMITATIONS FORCHILDREN."====BUTT===PENNY SNELL.

"WE'LLBE DOING A HEALTHSCREENING OF THECHILDREN AS THEYENTER.OUR STAFFARE ALL WEARINGMASKS.WE'RE INSMALLER GROUPS.SOKIDS WILL BEASSIGNED TO THEIRGROUP."ONLY NINE KIDS ANDONE OR TWOCOUNSELORS WILL BEIN EACH GROUP.CHILDREN WILL STAYWITH THE SAMEGROUP ALL WEEK AND"X'S" WILL BE PLACEDON TABLES TOFOLLOW SOCIALDISTANCING.HEALTH SCREENINGINCLUDES TAKING THETEMPERATURES OFCHILDREN ANDSTAFFERS.BUT WHAT ABOUT ALLTHOSE FUN HANDS-ONARTS AND CRAFTSPROJECTS?PENNY SNELL."INDIVIDUAL BAGGIESWITH THEIR NAME ON ITWITH ALL THEIR ARTSUPPLIES.SO THEYDON'T HAVE TO SHARETHOSETHINGS..THERE'S NOCOMMUNAL ANYTHINGAT THIS TIME."EVEN BATHROOMBREAKS WILL BESCHEDULED...PENNY SNELL.

"WEKNOW THAT THERE'SALWAYS GOING TO BE ACHILD THAT JUST HASTO GO NOW.BUT WEARE GOING TO TRY ANDDO A BETTER JOB OFSCHEDULING EACHGROUP."THE "Y" HAS ALREADBEEN PROVIDINGEMERGENCY DAYCARESINCE MARCH FORFAMILIES.EILEEN.

'HAVE YOUBEEN ABLE TO AVOIDCASES OF COVID?"===BUTT===PENNY SNELL.

"YES -WE HAVE.WE HADONE STAFF MEMBERTHAT AT ONE SITE.BUTSHE CONTRACTED ITOUTSIDE ANDNOTIFIED."BUT SNELL SAYS THEYHAD NO OTHEREXPOSURE OCCURFROM THAT CASE.THE STATE'S DAYCAMP REOPEN DOESNOT INCLUDE SLEEP-AWAY CAMPS...THATDECISION ISEXPECTED IN THECOMING WEEKS.IN BUFFALO, EILEENBUCKLEY, 7 EWN.