Evening star., 1935-06-16
CHEST AIDS 5000
TO ESCAPE HEAT
Three Free Camps. for
Mothers and Children
Are Provided.

Approximately 5000 people will gain
relief from the heat of the city be-
cause of camps maintained by agencies
afiliated with the Community Chest.
Three of these camps are operated
j., absolutely free for mothers and chill
dren.
In addition to the free camps, vari-
Gus organizations maintain camps
which are nominally on a Self-support-
ing basis, although only the already
available facilities of these agencies
in the form of supervision and staff
personnel makes it possible for them
to be self-supporting on the low rate
charged. In addition to this there is
a certain number Of Scholarships"
made available for youngsters who
could not otherwise attend these
camps.
Let's First to Open.
Camp Let's, Y. M. c. A. camp on
Rhodes River, will be the first one to
open, a group of boys going to camp
there next Friday. This is one of the
E self-supporting camps maintained at
a low rate per boy by reason of Y. M.
C, A. staff members available for Su-
pervision. j!
Following closely on the heels Of
Camp Let's will come the opening of
Camp Roosevelt, on Chesapeake Bay,
operated by the Boy Scouts. This
camp, like Camp Let's, also is self
supporting, although there are also q
number of scholarships" given for
this camp.
Camp Good Will, which is operated
by the Family Service Association for
: mothers and children who would 9TH
erwise spend the Summer in the hotter
sections of the city, will be opened in
Rock Greek Park on Wednesday, June
26. A large group of mothers anc
children have already registered fol
=. this camp. A similar camp for col
ored, Camp Pleasant at Blue Plains
will be opened on the following day
Thursday. June 81.
A number of the camps will open
July |. Kamp Kahlert, the Y. w. c. A.
camp on West River, will receive its
first group of girls on that date as will
: Camp Reeder, the Boys Club camp on
the Wicomico River and Camp May
Flather. the Girl Scouts camp in the
Shenandoah Valley.
Large Groups Registered.
Large groups have registered for all
three Of the above camps, and for
Camp Reeder particularly, many OF
. the members of the Boys Club have
been saving their nickels and dimes
in camp bank" to insure their at
tendance there this year.
Camp Clarissa Scott, operated by
the Phyllis Wheatley Y. w. c. A, will
open on July IS. as will Camp LIGHT
man, operated under the direction of
the Twelfth Street Branch of the
Y. M. c. A, and which, while nomi-
nally self-supporting, receives $l25
from the Chest for scholarships.
During the first part of July there
will also be opened the camp at Bel
Air. Md, maintained for colored chill
dren by the Christ Child Society.
Camp Happyland, operated at Pa
tuxent, Md, by the Salvation Army,
will open about July 9, and there is
already an over registration Of moth
ers and children for the trip to this
7. Summer playground. As matter of
fact, according to officials of the agen-
cies operating these four camps, the
demand for vacations is already close
to exceeding the capacity of the camps.
Literally hundreds of mothers look
forward every year to this vacation
away from the troubles and turmoils
of a hot Summer home-the only
vacation they get throughout the year.