Fresh Air Fund Kids Arrive In MetroWest To Meet Host Families

NATICK, MA—The Metro West of Boston, MA, Committee is welcoming 22 New York City children as they arrive in Natick on July 9.

In this annual program, volunteer host families share their summers for one week or more with Fresh Air children, who range in ages seven to 18. A Fresh Air summer means "running barefoot in the backyard, riding bikes down country roads, learning to swim, catching fireflies, building sandcastles on the beach, making new friends, and having a lot of fun," said the announcement.

Some of these children are leaving home for the first time, while others are returning to visit the same host families for consecutive summers.

This year, the volunteer families are located in Littleton, Natick, Acton, Sherborn, Needham Heights, Wellesley, Waban, Winchester, Framingham, Needham, Somerville and Dorchester Center.

The Fresh Air Fund is a nonprofit that has provided free summer experiences to more than 1.8 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877.

Photo courtesy Fresh Air Fund