The forest had dangers for city children, but being caught was not one of them.
All the programs are available only to city children whose families cannot afford such trips on their own.
As a result, they said, a great many city children do not know how to play outdoors.
The deaths of 18 city children have been reported so far this year.
Strong bonds can form between host families and city children.
As a result of those decisions, more than 48,000 city children are in foster care.
As a result of those decisions, more than 50,000 city children have gone to foster care.
What was more, she realized, most city children considered the natural world irrelevant.
This will be the 120th summer that the fund has sent city children to the country.
And nearly 11,000 more city children will be able to get subsidized day care.