This Father’s Day, we celebrate all the men in our lives and the many men in Eastern Massachusetts who take on the role of a Fresh Air father, as they open their hearts to New York City children for one to two weeks during the summer. Consider sharing the joys of playing catch barefoot on the grass and roasting s’mores by the campfire with a New York City child. The Fresh Air Fund is currently seeking more families to give children from New York City a Fresh Air experience this summer. Sign up by July 1 to host a Fresh Air child this August.
“What it really equates to is another setting at your dinner table and giving a child an experience they might not otherwise have. When our Fresh Air child Kenneth comes to visit, all we have to do is have a welcoming home for a week or two,” says host father Chris.
Each summer, close to 4,000 children visit volunteer host families in rural, suburban, and small town communities along the East Coast from North Carolina to Maine and Ontario, Canada. Fresh Air children are given the opportunity to experience a world outside of New York City full of meadows to run in, streams to fish in, and lakes to swim in.
Submit your application by July 1 to sign up to host a Fresh Air child this August. The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. To learn more about hosting a Fresh Air child this summer, please contact Linda Higgins at 617-599-2137 or visit The Fresh Air Fund online at freshair.org.