Hello again!

What a week for day camps and masks! Please see below the paragraph that we extracted from the guidelines we received yesterday 5/24:

Responsible Parties should encourage that children/campers age 2 and older who are not fully vaccinated wear face coverings except when eating, drinking, showering, swimming, or sleeping/resting. Young children/campers (i.e., those that are not yet in kindergarten) do not need to wear face coverings when they are in child care or day camp program facility or area. Older children/campers are encouraged but not required to wear face coverings as feasible. In addition, the outdoor space that belongs to and/or is exclusively used by the child care or day camp program is not considered a public place for the purposes of this guidance. Children/campers are not required to wear a face covering when utilizing the outdoor space that belongs to and/or is exclusively used by the child care or day camp program. Child care programs and day camps that have access to a pool must adhere to State and DOH guidelines regarding swimming pools. Children/campers may also remove face coverings outdoors when they are unable to tolerate a face covering for the physical activity. Face coverings must be worn by individuals who are not fully vaccinated during transportation.

So here goes folks-

Your child will need to have a mask daily at camp.  We have discussed but not decided if we will request a baggie of clean masks for each child to be kept at camp.  Will have that answer at our virtual parent orientation. 

Face coverings must be worn by all individuals during transportation on our bus. 

Vaccination status must be provided to our Health Director, Patricia Singer, prior to camp for contact tracing purposes. Vaccinated staff will be doing the same.  

The children will be in PODS of 20 children (this has already been done-no requests accepted). They will be socially distanced from other PODS at all times.  When/if sharing the same building/space, the groups will still remain socially distanced enough to be unmasked. 

We will discuss masks and PODS in depth at our virtual Parent Orientation.  We will be hosting this on Monday, June 14th at 6:00 pm on Facebook. Please "LIKE" us on Facebook -Putnam Valley Day Camp.  We use our social media almost daily for camp-you will be able to enjoy photos of our campers throughout the season.  

Final camp payments are expected in full by Friday, June 4, 2021.  Payments can be made by check or credit/debit card.  PVPR is open Monday-Friday 8 am-4 pm/845-526-3292.

You can save questions for the Parent Orientation or contact myself or Annie at the Recreation Office :)

Lisa Kroohs

PVPR