Local Businesses Can Help Send Local Kids to Summer Camp

Thanks to the generous support of Salem Five Bank, Marcum, LLP , the United Parcel Service and individual donors, two Needham youth will have the opportunity to enjoy the life changing experience of overnight summer camp this season. The local businesses joined forces though the partnering Charles River YMCA’s and YMCA of Greater Boston Overnight Camps Local to Local program and raised $4,000 for two, two-week scholarships to the YMCA of Greater Boston’s Pleasant Valley and Northwoods overnight camps on New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesauke. The children were selected by the Needham Housing Authority to receive this experience.

The YMCA of Greater Boston’s Local to Local Program brings together businesses and local youth to make summer camp a reality for kids in need. To learn more about the Local to Local program or for more information on Pleasant Valley Overnight Camp for Girls, Northwoods Overnight Camp for Boys and Sandy Island Family Camp, please contact Kate Lemay at klemay@ymcaboston.org or call (603) 941-0782. The Charles River YMCA is one of 13 branches that make up the YMCA of Greater Boston.

Photo IDed from Left to Right:  Penny Kirk (Needham Housing Authority), John Bulian (Chairman, Needham Board of Selectmen), Jonathan Tamkin (Needham Resident, YMCA of Greater Boston Overnight Camps Board Member), Paula Jacobson (Executive Director, Charles River YMCA in Needham), and Eileen F. Porras (Vice President Corporate Banking, Salem Five Bank)