Exeter Residents Win Fresh Air Fund's Photo Contest

Exeter residents, Margaret Hamman and her family, celebrated the pure joys of summer with The Fresh Air Fund and were among the winners of The Fresh Air Fund’s 2014 Photo Contest! All winners were selected from the hundreds of pictures sent in by volunteer host families across 13 states from Virginia to Maine and Canada, reflecting the memorable experiences they shared with their New York City visitors this past summer. Categories include “Laketime Fun,” “Summer Siblings,” “By the Beach,” and “Fresh Air Foodies.”

Margaret’s photos were determined the winners in the “By the Beach” and “Sand Castle Magic” categories, and feature Fresh Air visitor Sarai, 7, soaking up the rays and spending time in the beautiful waters of New Hampshire with host siblings, Alexandra and Riley. Fresh Air children experience simple pleasures like running barefoot through the grass, swimming in a cool lake, and gazing at star-filled skies. Through the eyes of Fresh Air children, families often rediscover the beauty of their own communities.

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. For more information on hosting a Fresh Air child next summer, please contact Heather Martel at 603-332-2931 or visit The Fresh Air Fund online at freshair.org.

Submitted text. Courtesy photos.