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RCN Offering Day Trips To Camp Sea Stars North

Published: May 28, 2015 12:00 am

The Resiliency Center of Newtown (RCN) is offering two free one day trips for Newtown/Sandy Hook children and young adults who will be entering grades 1-12 in the fall.

The trips will be taking place on Thursday, July 16, and Friday, July 24. Each group will travel to Camp Danbee in Peru, Mass., which will be transformed into Camp Sea Stars North for each day.

Activities will include waterskiing, windsurfing, kayaking, and water slides, gymnastics, zipline/rock wall climbing, dance, arts and crafts, and sports including lacrosse.

Buses will leave from RCN, 153 South Main Street, at 7:30 am and return to Newtown at 6 pm. Lunch and snacks are included. The camp will be nut free those two days, and there will be four nurses on staff, as well as the entire RCN staff.

Parents can sign up their children by emailing Jennifer Holguin at jholguin@resiliencycenterofnewtown.org. Early registration is strongly encouraged because RCN programs tend to fill quickly.

For additional information contact RCN at 203-364-9750.

Founded in the aftermath of 12/14, The Resiliency Center of Newtown has a full day of special offerings, including crisis counseling, planned for the third anniversary of the Sandy Hook School shootings. Residents can take advantage of the programs free of charge.

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