One camp director said an overnight camp that cuts so many core traditions due to the pandemic would be like Disney World without the Magic Kingdom. Another agrees that if camp no longer feels like camp, it may no longer be worth it.
"I would argue that kids need camp this summer more than ever before," said Dayna Hardin, president of CampGroup, which runs 15 camps from Maine to Michigan, including 13 overnight camps that are still hoping to open. She says the overnight experience might be just what the doctor ordered for kids who have been suffering through months of isolation and anxiety. And she argued that kids may actually be safer from infection at overnight camp than at home.
Camp life inside the"bubble," as some are calling it, would also change. Instead of playing tag, kids would have to fill their time with non-contact activities like making crafts. The same rule would apply to wearing face masks, according to Rosenberg. Campers would wear them when outside their"family" group, he said, and staff who interact with more than one"family" group, like a food service worker or an archery instructor, would likely have to wear a mask all day.
"It only takes one person to be shedding virus when completely asymptomatic, and my concern is that this could turn into something like the nursing home pandemic, where it just spreads exponentially," Barouch said.The CDC has issued its guidance for camps, recommending general precautions like social distancing, screening and extra disinfecting.
"The tough part," he said,"is figuring out, especially when it comes to some of the stuff that involves the joys of being a kid, figuring out some way to do this, where you have at least enough rules to make sure it can be done safely, but you don't destroy the whole spontaneous nature of what those are supposed to be about."
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