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Summer Camp Guide

Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
The Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, at 3450 DeKalb Ave., is offering a variety of camps this summer for kids entering kindergarten through 10th grade, including programs for campers with special needs and a “camp on wheels” for teens. The camps run from June 29 through August 20. For more information call (718) 882-4000.

YMCA Camps
The YMCA is offering day- and sleep-away camps this summer. For day camp information, contact Bronx YMCA Camp Director Marsha Bethel at (718) 792-9736 ext. 212 or mbethel@ymcanyc.org. For information on sleep-away camps for children ages 6 to 15, call (845) 858-2200 or visit ymcanyc.org/camp. Scholarships are available for all camps. The scholarship deadline is April 18.

Tolentine Zeiser Day Camp
Tolentine Zeiser, at 2545 University Ave., is offering a summer day camp for children ages three through six, running from June 22 through July 31. The regular program costs $600. Extended care is available and costs $750. For more information, call Sister Margaret at (718) 933-6935.

St. James Recreation Center
St. James recreation Center, 2530 Jerome Ave., will provide a summer day camp for children ages six to 12, from July 6 through Aug. 27, and costing $350. Registration is currently under way. For more information, call (718) 367-3658.

Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center

The Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center, 3225 Reservoir Oval East, is offering a program for kids six to 12 years old, running from July 7 to Aug. 21 and costing $350. There are only four spots remaining, so those interested should call Deborah Edwards, (718) 994-6785, as soon as possible.

Fordham Bedford/Our Lady of Refuge
Fordham Bedford Children’s Services offers a nine-week day camp for children ages seven to 12, beginning Monday, June 22. Fordham Bedford also plans to offer its PAL Playstreet free summer program for children ages 3 and up. For more information on both programs, call Roxanna Chowdhry at (718) 733-2557 ext. 16.

Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.

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