Asphalt Green Summer Camp Kids Help Raise $23,000 for Camp Scholarships for Local Children

Kids at sports and fitness nonprofitAsphalt Green’s Summer Day Camp helped raise $23,000 during the nonprofit organization’s annual Coins for Campers coin drive. The money raised by campers ages 4 to 13 at Asphalt Green’s Upper East Side and Battery Park City campuses will fund Summer Day Camp scholarships for local children whose families do not have the means to pay camp fees.

The Coins for Campers campaign ran from July 17 to July 21, and children attending Summer Day Camp competed in groups to collect the most coins. The public also participated by donating coins in Coins for Campers buckets at each Asphalt Green location.

After a week of collecting change, fundraising at home, and even setting up lemonade stands to encourage support, the coins were counted on July 21. All proceeds will go to the Summer Day Camp scholarship fund, giving more kids the opportunity to have an incredible summer day camp experience.

The winners of this year’s friendly competition are the “Teddy 4” group from the Upper East Side and “Panda 1” from Battery Park City. Thanks to a donation from Circle Line, the winning groups will be treated to a boat cruise around the Statue of Liberty. New York-Presbyterian, Lower Manhattan Hospital also generously supported the Coins for Campers fundraiser.

To learn more about Asphalt Green or to donate, visit https://www.asphaltgreen.org/donate.

About Asphalt Green
Asphalt Green is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting individuals of all ages and backgrounds achieve health through a lifetime of sports and fitness. Community service is at the core of the organization’s origin and the heart of its mission. A city-wide institution, Asphalt Green has two first class campuses: a beautiful 5½-acre Upper East Side campus and a 52,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility in Battery Park City. Asphalt Green will help more than 33,000 public school children be fit this year through free programs in schoolyards, gymnasiums, and pools across New York City. www.asphaltgreen.org