Summer camp program to help kids struggling with pandemic announced by state officials Program hopes to separate children from the pandemic Share Updated: 6:23 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 Program hopes to separate children from the pandemic Share Updated: 6:23 PM EDT Apr 14, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC. WMUR’S ANDY HERSHBERGER EXPLAINS HOW IT WILL WORK. >> IT’S A 3 MILLION DOLLAR PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP KIDS WHO MAY BE SUFFERING THE MOST THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. IT’S CALLED REKINDLING CURIOSITY AND WILL PROVIDE SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO THESE PROGRAMS IN THE PAST >> ENGAGE IN SOME SUMMER TIME ACTIVITIES THAT REALLY JUST REFRESHES THEM. ALLOWS THEM TO GET OUT AND MOV ABOUT. CONNECT WITH PEERS. ENGAGE I ENRICHING TYPES OF ACTIVITIES SO THAT WHEN SEPTEMBER COMES THESE KIDS ARE REFRESHED AND READY TO START THEIR LEARNING AGAIN. >> FRANK EDELBLUT SAYS THEY ARE TARGETING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND FAMILIES WHO ARE FINANCIALLY DISADVANTAGED. THOSE WHO QUALIFY WILL GET A 650-DOLLAR VOUCHER TO APPLY TO THE DAY OR OVERNIGHT CAMP OF THEIR CHOICE. CHRIS EMOND OF THE BOYS AND GIRL’S CLUB OF CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE SAYS THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR THOUSANDS OF KIDS WHO PREVIOUSLY NEVER HAD THE CHANCE. >> FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND JUST HAVE SOME FUN FOR A CHANGE AND KIND OF LEAVE T PANDMIC A LITTLE BIT BEHIND I THINK IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY BENEFICIAL FOR THEM. >> STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS SAY WHILE THEY HOPE THE SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM HELPS STUDENTS WITH THEIR EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, THEY WILL ALSO BE OFFERING A PROGRAM IN THE FALL THAT MAY HELP THEM ACADEMICALL THE RECOVERING BRIGHT FUTURES PROGRAM WILL USE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO ESTABLISH LEARNING PODS FOR CHILDREN WHO MAY HAVE FALLEN BEHIND DURING THE PANDEMIC. OFFICIALS SAY BOTH IDEAS WILL PUT COVID AS FAR AS BEHIND FOR THESE KIDS AS POSSIBLE. ANDY HER