Two Reading Camps start today, one at the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky and another in Northern Kentucky at Trinity Episcopal Church in Covington. The overnight camp at PMSS has been running for several years and the one in Northern Kentucky is completely new and a ministry supported by the Episcopal churches in Northern Kentucky.
The kids begin arriving at PMSS at 2pm today. They're brought by their recruiters and parents from Harlan, Middlesboro, Pineville and many places in between. This year's new theme of outer space will be exciting, especially with Harlan County native and visiting author George Ella Lyon coming to talk about her new book My Friend the Starfinder. George Ella will also be visiting the Northern Kentucky camp this week to speak to children about the writing process.
Although the Northern Kentucky camp officially does not begin until tomorrow, volunteers are hard at work today setting up the church to look like a circus, taking Prevention of Sexual Misconduct classes and finishing last minute preparations to get everything ready for the kids who arrive tomorrow morning.
In today's Cincinnati Enquirer, there is an article about the Northern Kentucky Reading Camp. Great publicity! Check out the article linked here.
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