Evening star., 1929-06-30
HUNDREDS BENEFIT
BY CHEST OUTINGS
Camps in Country Filled
Daily With D. C. Children
and Mothers.

Outings for $500 boys and girls Of the
District. many OF whom are already en-
ioying freedom from city restraints In
the open spaces Of country camps and
watering places, have been made DOS
sible through contributions to the Wash
ington Community Chest
The outings range in length, 1t was
pointed out yesterday by chest off,
cials, from the entire Summer spent by
the children of st. AIMS Infant Asylum
at their country home to the two-week
visits Of mothers and children to the
camps Of the Salvation Army and AsSo-
ciated Charities. Numerous other sum-
nler Fairgrounds have afforded recrea-
tional facilities over week ends.
For majority of the boys and girls
1t is their only opportunity to get away
from city streets during the warm
months. 1t is also period Of relief for
hundreds Of mothers who recreate for
short periods.
500 Expected at "Happyland."
Among the various camps are Camp
"Happyland" on the Patuxent, opened
by officials of the Salvation Army yes
terday, with Capt. and Mrs. G. l.. An
drewS IN charge. There are acconiinoda-
tons there for 100 persons at one time,
including mothers and children. A total
of about 500 are expected to be accom-
modated there during the Summer.
Camp Good Will, on Daniels road,
near Military road In Rock Creek Park,
and Camp Pleasant at Blue Plains, op-
Grated under the Summer outings COM
mittee Of the Associated Charities, are
already filled to capacity and are ex-
pected to care for total of 1900 dur
ing the Summer The headquarters of
the Summer outings committee at the
Social Service House, 1922 Eleventh
street, yesterday received calls for more
canvas cots for the children and addi-
tional spring beds for mothers at Camp
Pleasant. Provision for additional
sleeping places for the extra large
group of campers received in the first
part of the season is needed. Mrs.
Laura B. Glenn, superintendent. and
her staff Of trained workers was advised.
There are now 143 guests at the camp.
which is maintained for underprivileged'
colored women and children.
Every available sleeping place Is
needed at Camp Good Will In Rock
Creek Park to care for more than l60
children and mothers, and the baby
shack is filled with infants under the
care of trained nurses during the day,
officials said, so the mothers may have
a complete rest. ,..
Camp Roosevelt, the Summer camp
maintained by the District Of Columbia
Council, Boy Scouts of America, at
Calvert Cliffs on the Chesapeake, Is re-
ported filled to capacity for the firxt
two weeks. and indications are that it
will be filled throughout the Summer.
with total Of approximately 1000
boys being given an outing during the
season.
Girls Have Camus.
There also is Camp Wilson, another
Scout camp, located at Burnt Mills, Nd,
which accommodates about TOO boys
during the season.
On the same order Of the Scout
camps Is that of the Boys Club, Camp
Reeder, located at the West Hatton
Farm, Mount Victoria, Md, on the
Wicomico River. Everything Is being
prepared for the opening of the latter
camp on Tuesday, with an initial en-
rollment of so boys.
Camp Let's. on the Rhodes River, the
Y. M. C. A. Boys Camp, located on q
2l7-acre site, provides various camp
sports, ETC., for boys from IL TO 10
years Of age.
Camp Kahlert, the Y. w. C. A. Sum-
mer outing camp, located at Sudlee,
Md, on the West River, in Anne Arun-
del County, provides outings for about
800 girls each year, teaching swimming,
life saving and boating. s
The Girl Scouts of the District MAIN
tain a camp about IL miles from Har-
risonburg, Va, which accommodates
l25 and $50 girls at a time, or
. total of about 800 during the Sum-
mer season.
The Phyllis wheatley branch Of the
Y. w. C. A. maintains Camp Theresa
Scott, at Highland Beach, on CheSa-
peake Bay, which provides o place for
outings for colored girls, accommodat.
ing about 200 during the season.
Other outing places include the
Summer home maintained by the Christ
Child Society at Rockville, which cares
for about 30 children, at q time, and
the st. AIMS Infant Asylum at Berwyn,
Md, which cares for about 90 babies
during the Summer.