City Program Available for Kids to PLAY S.A.F.E.

City youth have a myriad of activities, sports and trips available to them through the annual PLAY S.A.F.E. summer program, which is now accepting applications.

Open to kids ages 6 to 12, PLAY S.A.F.E. (Summer Activities For Everyone) runs from June 25 to Aug. 3 and offers daily activities in sports and games, music, dance and video, trips, as well as academic preparation, according to a press release from the City of New Brunswick.

The program is free to city kids, who will also receive a daily free lunch, provided by the Summer Food Service Program.

“The theme for this year’s PLAY S.A.F.E. is Imagine New Brunswick, and the children will be able to express their feelings about their hometown in new and different ways through activities such as dance, music, arts & crafts, drama and other artistic classes,” said Mayor James Cahill, in the release.

In addition to the recreational activities of the program, participants will also have access to an exercise and fitness program, a reading program staffed by certified teachers, arts and crafts, dance and music classes, multi-media programs, including video and radio production, and alcohol and drug prevention, the release said.

"The staff of the PLAY S.A.F.E. program include certified teachers and staff from New Brunswick Public Schools and other schools, college students, New Brunswick parents, work/study students from Rutgers, and New Brunswick Teenagers who have completed the Summer Teen Employment Preparation Program," the release said.

For more information, call (732) 745-5300, ext. 5488 or email yssnewbrunswick@yahoo.com.