summer camp
Boy, 6, drowns in New Jersey day camp pool: 'Absolutely devastated and heartbroken'
June 25, 2024 | 9:35pm“Our thoughts at this most difficult time are with our camper’s family, friends and loved ones."
Women are shelling out thousands for ladies-only summer camps, swapping juice boxes for wine
June 20, 2024 | 11:56amForget the Hamptons or St. Barts — all the cool girls are going to camp this summer.
Mike Rowe praises Chick-fil-A over $35 summer camp for kids: 'God bless them'
June 14, 2024 | 2:36pmA Chick-fil-A in Louisiana was charging $35 so that kids between the ages of five and 13 could have a three-hour session with the restaurant's managers.
Chick-fil-A location's summer camp for kids draws criticism, sparks debate on social media
June 12, 2024 | 8:55pmA Chick-fil-A restaurant in Louisiana announced that it will host a summer camp just for kids, igniting a debate on social media.
Posh parents are spending thousands to have someone else get their kids summer camp ready
June 7, 2024 | 9:57am“If you have disposable income and you don’t want to touch it, you’re sending it out,” the owner of one service said. "A lot of my clients won’t even let...
30 teens hospitalized after summer camp bus crashes, overturns in Idaho
August 5, 2023 | 5:11pmAll thirty kids aboard a school bus in Idaho were hospitalized after it crashed and overturned on a highway north of Boise on Friday.
Rich NY parents collectively spent over $1M on private jets to visit their kids at posh Northeast summer camps
July 27, 2023 | 4:24pmLast weekend, there were approximately 35 day-long round trips made between private airports in the Hamptons and Westchester and corresponding landing strips in Maine. The cost of chartering a round...
Summer camp will hide from parents the news of any kid who ‘transitions at camp’
July 11, 2023 | 7:12pmCamp Solomon Schechter, a Jewish summer camp in Washington state has made headlines for allowing children to keep their gender transitioning secret from their own parents.
'Influencer' parents spend $5K on kids' summer camp swag
June 23, 2023 | 7:11pmWith kids heading off to summer camp, parents have spent months or even a year stocking up on the coolest custom essentials — and becoming money-making #bunkjunk influencers in the process.
21 teens injured in beach boardwalk collapse
June 8, 2023 | 8:39pmFive of the total 21 wounded campers were airlifted to the hospital but none of the injuries were expected to be life-threatening, Brazoria County officials said.
Desperate NYC parents bribing summer camps over record demand
February 3, 2023 | 5:04pmCamp directors are being offered everything from "thousands of dollars" to Super Bowl tickets to baked goods.
'Breaking the law': Students stuck on steaming school buses during heat wave
July 23, 2022 | 11:16am“When it comes to AC specifically, they’re breaking the law,” said Paullette Healy. “Any company that is not pulling a vehicle off the road without AC is violating the law.”
Nonstop sex and 4 a.m. parties: Parents go wild with kids finally away at camp
July 19, 2022 | 7:00amParents are indulging in sex, drugs and big nights out while their offspring braid lanyards and canoe.
City Hall defends chaotic rollout of summer program for school kids
July 8, 2022 | 5:14pmCity Hall tried to downplay a chaotic start to New York City's ambitious summer school program as Mayor Adams and officials kicked off Summer Rising.
NYC DOE accused of 'poor planning' of 'Summer Rising' program's first day
July 6, 2022 | 7:21pmThe Department of Education sent out a three-page memo on Sunday night, over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, with new information about basics.
4 ways parents can help kids have a great summer at camp
July 5, 2022 | 5:26pmFor generations of American kids, summer camp has been a familiar rite of passage.
Three hurt after small plane crashes at children's summer camp in North Carolina
June 16, 2022 | 11:35pmThe small plane went down just after 6:20 p.m. Thursday on the property of Camp Kahdalea for Girls near Rosman in Transylvania County.
Children at Alaska summer camp served floor sealant instead of milk
June 16, 2022 | 9:45amA dozen children and two adults were served floor sealant instead of milk during breakfast at a summer camp at Sitʼ Eeti Shaanáx̱-Glacier Valley Elementary in Juneau, Alaska, sparking a...
Cops kill gunman who fired shots at Dallas children’s summer camp
June 14, 2022 | 9:19amPolice in suburban Dallas shot and killed an armed man who opened fire inside a gym where some 150 children were attending a day camp.
Jewish sleepaway camp director removed after suit alleges sex abuse 'cover up'
May 21, 2022 | 11:47amRabbi Ethan Linden was put on leave as head of Camp Ramah in Wingdale, NY, which costs more than $11,000 a summer.