Can camps afford to operate with social distancing rules?
Parents in the Tristate area have settled into their hectic schedules of Zoom meetings and phone classes, daily food pickups from an assortment of yeshivos, and settling a half dozen kids into their own quiet corner for an hour of “school.” Who knew the former usual routine could be so peaceful?
As summer approaches, parents can traditionally look forward to a tiny break from all the madness. But this year, the Year of the Coronavirus, will there be camp?
I didn’t have to go far to get an answer.
“Nobody knows anything at this point,” said Rabbi Chaim Donn, the father of this writer, who administers the registration for Camp Karlin Stolin in Highland, New York. “I’m continuing with registration, and everyone is preparing for opening day, because you can’t open a camp suddenly. We should have some more information in the next week or so.”
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