Registration opens for Camp Best Friends
With summer coming and school closing in a few months, the city of Atlanta is opening registration for Camp Best Friends, for kids ages 5-16.
There will be four specialty programs, including one residential camp, 12 day camps, and two teen camps.
The regular camp season starts May 31 and runs through July 22. The extended camp will be available from July 25 through Aug. 5.
The cost is $65 a child per week for residents and $110 a week for non-residents. Financial assistance may be available for qualified applicants.
Information: www.atlantaga.gov/Government/Parks.aspx
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
