Children end summer at New Ground Day Camps on a very happy note

 

 

A camper at St. James/St. Matthew gets cool at New Ground

More than 275 children from around the New York area attended New Ground Day Camps for the fifth summer in a row. Started after Sept. 11 as a way to help children process what had happened, New Ground was organized by Koinonia NYC, an LDRNY partner.

"The children received positive professional summer programming," ? according to Pr. Ann Tiemeyer, executive director of New Ground.

Churches who hosted the camps included:

Our Saviour's, Brooklyn

Christ, Staten Island

St. James/St. Matthew, South Ozone Park

Good Shepherd, Brooklyn

True Light, Manhattan

Zion, Brooklyn

Christ Chapel, Yonkers

St. Philip's, Brooklyn

Zion,Rahway, NJ

Christ / Cristo, Freeport

St. Paul / St. Luke, Staten Island

A New Ground camp at Our Saviour's, Brooklyn

 

Friends at St. James/St. Matthew in Queens

Arts and crafts at Our Saviour's, Brooklyn

Campers spend time outside at Zion