SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
(reservation required)

Two Sessions: 9:30am-10:45am or 11:15am-12:30pm

Families (adults and children) will:

• Climb through the adventure park
• Complete a craft together
• Play socially distanced games

RESERVE YOUR SPOT NOW – EMAIL HEATH@SHIBLEYDAYCAMP.COM  OR CALL US AT (516) 621-8777

• Which session do you prefer? (9:30am or 11:15am)
• How many adults will attend? Please list their names
• How many children will attend? Please list their names and ages

***Safety Protocol:

• Attendance will be strictly limited each session
• Temperature and COVID-19 symptom checks will be performed upon arrival by Shibley staff
• All activities will take place outdoors
• All participants will wear face coverings
• Families will have their own space for crafts and rotate through the Adventure Park and games together
• Sanitizing stations will be placed throughout camp
• Adventure Park equipment will be sanitized between uses

The #1 thing that parents say on any camp tour is, “We want to go to camp!”, and there is no better time than this summer to make that a reality. For those of you looking to escape your homes, please see below.

Our friends and colleagues are each offering unique programs in a variety of locations. Click on the links below for specific information about each program:

Camp Akeela & Camp Wicosuta are hosting family camp at Akeela in Vermont

AKEELA FAMILY CAMP

WICOSUTA FAMILY CAMP

Camp Danbee & Camp Mah-Kee-Nac are hosting family camp at Danbee in Massachusetts

DANBEE FAMILY CAMP

MAH-KEE-NAC FAMILY CAMP

Family camp at Camp Kippewa in Maine

KIPPEWA FAMILY CAMP

Camp Walt Whitman & Camp Watitoh are hosting family camp at Watitoh in Massachusetts

WALT WHITMAN FAMILY CAMP

WATITOH FAMILY CAMP

Family camp at Camp Winadu in Massachusetts

WINADU FAMILY CAMP

UPDATED ON 8/9/20

Shibley Shibley!

After careful consideration and thorough planning, we are excited to announce “Shibley Lite,” modified programming at camp this summer.

LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE FOR 8/17-8/28

CLICK TO ENROLL

Shibley Lite Program Details:

• SHIBLEY LITE CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY, 8/28
• Weekly rate: $575 ($550 for 2^nd, 3^rd child)
• Kindergarten – 8^th grade campers
• Swim, arts, athletics, adventure & more!
• Parent drop off between 8:30am and 9:00am
• Parent pick up between 12:30pm and 1:00pm
• Two healthy snacks each morning
• CLICK TO SEE OUR SHIBLEY LITE FACT SHEET FOR COVID-19 SPECIFIC SAFETY PROTOCOL
• A Shibley Lite Parent Handbook will be provided to all enrolled families

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Sincerely,

The Shibley Team

It is with a heavy heart that we write to you today to announce that Shibley Day Camp will not operate this summer. We know that this is the right decision for our Shibley Day Camp community, and we will be back and better than ever for Summer 2021.

As the country reopens over the next few weeks and months, families and individuals will have to make decisions with which they are comfortable. Camps and businesses must do the same and we appreciate and understand that we will not all come to the same conclusion. We have all assessed the risks and made a variety of choices throughout the last 3 months. We have many more decisions to make as we work together to see this pandemic through.

When schools closed and the state shut down in March we were optimistic that summer would come, and camp would open. We expected to have answers and clarity that we still do not have. There is absolutely nowhere that we would rather be than with your children and our staff at camp. To think of a summer without pitching to the super seniors, dancing with senior camp or climbing through the playgrounds with our junior campers is disheartening.

Thinking of camp while continuously reminding people to keep their distance, virtually the opposite of everything we believe in, was becoming equally as disheartening. A socially distanced environment is contrary to the closeness of the Shibley community.

We also cannot say with high enough certainty that we will have a coronavirus-free camp community, and there are still many questions about the virus. Our community includes our campers and staff. And it includes you, the campers’ grandparents, the parents and siblings of our staff, and additional caretakers, all of who will be in close contact with campers and others outside of camp hours.

Outside of our own families, Shibley is our life. We think about camp every day of the year. We are heartbroken. It seems inconceivable to have to wait 13 more months to return to our summer home together, but when we get there it will be exponentially more special.

Thank you for being part of our community. We miss you all and will continue to provide virtual and in-person programming (when permitted) throughout the year so that we can stay connected until we meet again for summer 2021.

Sincerely,

Heath, Stefanie, Randi & Bob

My favorite quote has been hanging in my classroom or office since the day I started my career in education. You may have seen it posted recently because April 15 was Jackie Robinson Day. He said:

Now more than ever does that ring true. And it’s EASIER THAN EVER to have a positive impact on other lives. If you are not an essential worker (THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE!!!) all you have to do is stay home and wait this out. The more people that do it, the less time we will have to continue living this way.

Besides preparing feverishly for camp, like always at this time of year, I’ve decided to choose a few skills to focus on that I’ve always wanted to improve. Now more than ever is the time to practice something you’ve always wanted to get better at or take up something new that you’ve never had the time for.

I’ve been playing a lot of drums and recording music that my friends and I have been working on for a long time. I’ve practiced more on drums over the last few weeks than throughout most of my life. I’ve always wanted to produce an album of these songs (some we’ve been playing for almost 20 years) and now it’s coming together.

Another skill I’ve tried to improve during these last few weeks is cooking. I’m pretty good on the grill but still not great inside in the kitchen. I’ve found some easy recipes to try and some of them have been quite tasty. Or at least my family is being nice and telling me so! Alexa is still a better chef than I am.

I’ve dusted off my teaching skills and made my way through 2^nd and 7^th grade subject matter I never thought I would see again. We successfully taught Sari how to ride a bike. Now we’ve been riding around the block daily which is great exercise and gives us a greater chance of her going to bed at a reasonable time:)

My wife and I have enjoyed taking online yoga classes. I have always wanted to get into a regular routine and now seems to be a good time to do it. Ohm.

What have you taken up or worked on improving over the last 6 weeks?

The Early History Of The New York Mets

The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants of the National League both moved to California after the 1957 season.  During the next 4 years New York City did not have a National League team.  New York only had the Yankees from the American League.  New York wanted to again have a team in the National League, so the New York Mets were added in 1962.  Where did they play their games as there was no Shea Stadium or Citi Field yet?  They actually played their first two seasons at a stadium called “The Polo Grounds” which was located in upper Manhattan between 155^th and 157^th Street adjacent to the Harlem River. The New York Giants baseball team used to play there before they moved to California.  Also, the New York Jets football team played there until they moved over to Shea Stadium.

The Mets colors are blue and orange, originally chosen to honor the city’s National League baseball history. The Blue was for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Orange was for the New York Giants baseball team. Blue and Orange are also the colors on the New York City flag.  Who hit the first official home run for the Mets?  It was appropriately hit by Gil Hodges who had played for the Brooklyn Dodgers before joining the Mets in 1962 and who also later became the Mets manager.

On April 11, 1962 the Mets played their first official game and lost in St. Louis to the Cardinals.  On April 13, 1962 it was the first game the Mets played at their new home at the Polo Grounds which they unfortunately lost.  However, on April 23, 1962 the Mets won their first official major league game against the Pirates in Pittsburgh.  Then on April 28, 1962 the Mets won their first home game at the Polo Grounds with 16,987 fans in attendance.  On September 18, 1963 the Mets played their final game at the Polo Grounds and then moved to the newly completed Shea Stadium for the 1964 season.

On April 17, 1964 the Mets played their first official game at Shea Stadium losing 4 to 3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates.  However, 2 days later on April 19, they won their first game at Shea Stadium beating the Pirates 6 to 0.  The stadium was originally going to be called Flushing Meadows Stadium but was changed to William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, which ended up being referred to as just Shea Stadium.  Also, the official name of the team was the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club which ended up being shortened to just The Mets.

In the early years of the Mets they were not a very good baseball team.  In 1962 their record was 40 wins and 120 losses.  Then in 1963 they had 51 wins and 111 losses.  However, in only their 8^th year in existence in 1969, they won their first National League Pennant and went on to face a highly favored power house Baltimore Orioles team in the World Series.  The Mets lost the first game of the series in Baltimore. Game 2 which was also in Baltimore was won by the Mets 2-1.  Then on Oct. 14, 1969 the first ever World Series game held in Shea Stadium was won by the Mets 5-0 with over 56,000 fans in attendance. On October 15 the Mets won the next game 2-1 in extra innings.  Then finally on Oct 16, 1969 with 57,397 fans at the game, the Mets won 5-3 shocking the country and the Baltimore Orioles as the Mets won their first World Series.

Let’s Go Mets 2020