YMCA Hosts Over 700 Campers for “Let Your Colors Shine” Celebration and Field Day

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FLEMINGTON, NJ - Over 700 young campers came from far and wide to attend River Crossing YMCA's Let Your Colors Shine celebration and field day on July 15 at Deer Path Park in Flemington. Y campers ages six-13 from 17 camps in Bucks, Northampton, Lehigh and Hunterdon (NJ) counties drove in on over 30 buses to intermingle through arts and crafts, sports and group spirit activities, making new friends and celebrating their group togetherness.

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The third annual Let Your Colors Shine event began with opening ceremonies, featuring camp chants and songs from Jayden Battle, the Y's camp director at the Deer Path branch in Flemington, NJ. As a special hot summer treat, the Three Bridges Fire Dept. stopped by to cool off campers with a much needed fire truck hosing. Along with rotating in groups through games, sports and team-building, campers tie-dyed their own t-shirts to bring home and wear proudly as a keepsake from the event.

"Let Your Colors Shine brings our campers all together to meet each other, play together and learn about each other," explained Danielle Cioffi, who oversees River Crossing YMCA summer camp programs. "For them it's like a big party, but what we see is kids meeting for the first time, playing as a team and being themselves. I couldn't be more grateful to the sponsors and partners for making this event possible for our campers."

Despite the hot summer sun of the day, campers like Norah Corotto, a seven-year-old camper from Warminster, were prepared for a fun and safe day.

"Today I'm really good. I will definitely put extra sunscreen on and drink lots of water," said Corotto.

Still thinking about a couple weeks of YMCA summer camp? River Crossing YMCA's got you covered in Lehigh and Northampton counties, and there's plenty of summer left for everyone. Visit the Y's summer camp webpage to learn more about this amazing experience in the Lehigh Valley.

The Y's Let Your Colors Shine event was made possible by sponsors and partners The GIANT Company, Fulton Bank, Service Electric, JKJ (Johnson Kendall Johnson), First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union and Doylestown Health/Penn Medicine.

River Crossing YMCA (formerly YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties and Greater Valley YMCA) is a charitable, nonprofit organization committed to strengthening communities through membership and programs that foster youth development, healthy living and social responsibility for all. Annually, the Y serves over 100,000 members and participants at its 11 member branches, 12 early childhood centers, 20 summer camp locations and 44 school age child care programs. River Crossing YMCA provides over $12 million of community impact annually in the form of financial assistance to individuals and families in need and free programming for veterans, cancer survivors, older adults and more. To learn more visit ymcarivercrossing.org.

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