Westport Families Sought To Host Inner-City Students This Summer

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. -- Join host families throughout Fairfield County this summer in bringing the sights and sounds of the country to an inner-city child through the Fresh Air Fund’s Volunteer Host Family Program.

Bring country smells to an inner-city child this summer through the Fresh Air Funds Volunteer Host Family Program.
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by Justin Quinn

02/08/2014 4:00 a.m.

Fresh Air children are boys and girls, from 6 to 18 years old, who live in New York City.

Children on first-time visits are 6 to 12 years old and stay for one or two weeks. Children who are reinvited by families may continue with The Fresh Air Fund through age 18 and can enjoy extended trips.

More than 65 percent of all children are reinvited to stay with their host families year after year.

For more information on hosting a Fresh Air child this summer, contact Martha Mintzer at 203-226-6627 or visit the website.

The Fresh Air Fund, a nonprofit agency, has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Each summer more than 4,000 inner-city children visit suburban, rural and small-town communities across 13 states

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