Jean Pascal is hoping to send her three children to camp this summer for seven weeks. Her daughter’s day camp in Montreal was just cancelled, but she is looking for an alternative.
Her twin 10-year-old boys are supposed to go to sleepaway camp all summer long. While she’s concerned about the novel coronavirus, she believes summer camp is fundamental “Absolutely beyond essential.
I think for their mind, body and soul, they are campers at heart. They love it and I think after this experience they will desperately need it,” Pascal said.
But the future of summer camps in Quebec remain uncertain. Quebec’s Director of Public Health, Dr. Horacio Arruda, agrees camps are important.