Kutztown residents, the Merkey’s, participated in The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program this past summer and were among the winners of the 2017 Photo Contest.
All winners were selected from the hundreds of photos submitted by volunteer host families along the East Coast and Southern Canada. The photos capture the memorable experiences our volunteer host families shared with Fresh Air children this past summer. Categories include “Backyard Fun,” “Friendship,” “New Experiences,” “Exploring Nature,” “Swimming,” “The Beach” and “Ice Cream.”
The Merkey’s photo was selected as the winner in the “Backyard fun and Summer Sister’s” categories, and features Fresh Air child, Lauren, 14, exploring nature with her summer sisters Melea and Emily in the Lehigh Valley area.
The Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. To learn more about hosting a Fresh Air child next summer, contact your local volunteer Megan Kreider at 717-572-7679 or visit www.freshair.org.
