{"id":101295,"date":"2020-06-12T22:56:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T02:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101295"},"modified":"2020-06-12T22:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T02:56:56","slug":"vyh-announces-partnership-with-pbs39-to-broadcast-virtual-camp-fowler-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101295","title":{"rendered":"VYH ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH PBS39 TO BROADCAST VIRTUAL CAMP FOWLER PROGRAMMING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethlehem, PA (6\/12\/20)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The health and well-being of the youth and families served by Valley Youth House, as well as our\u00a0staff and community, is of paramount concern.\u00a0Due to the circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Valley Youth House has made the difficult decision to not hold in-person programming at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/valleyyouthhouse.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f10cbe4d4c4bb4be2ae3cdbf8&amp;id=8f2cc17b7c&amp;e=a63d374a1b\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/valleyyouthhouse.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Df10cbe4d4c4bb4be2ae3cdbf8%26id%3D8f2cc17b7c%26e%3Da63d374a1b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1592096917941000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPuABiu3WOkk3MDKwEJ7FCEp8jaw\">Camp Fowler<\/a>\u00a0this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Although camp will not be held as we know it, Valley Youth House is\u00a0extremely excited to\u00a0<strong>announce a partnership with PBS39 to broadcast the Camp Fowler experience\u00a0to millions of households in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Maryland<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s Camp!<\/em>\u00a0will be\u00a0a daily 30-minute program featuring STEM, STEAM, Literacy, Nutrition, Leadership and Nature activities \u2013 all designed for youth ages 8-14 to watch and participate in from their homes. Youth will be able to virtually ride the bike trail, fish in the creek, learn how to grow and cook their own vegetables, and even enjoy a campfire, sponsored by Martin Guitar, to close out the week!<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s Camp!\u00a0<\/em>will present family-friendly activities that can be done at home. Viewers will be able to check out the PBS39 website for lists of materials to gather from around the house for most activities.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s Camp!\u00a0<\/em>will be filmed at Valley Youth House\u2019s Camp Fowler and will feature educational organizations including the DaVinci Science Center, Wildlands Conservancy, ArtsQuest, The Boy Scouts of America, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think this is an exciting prospect and a great service to provide to both the Lehigh Valley and across the state,\u201d said Yoni Greenbaum, Chief Content Officer, Lehigh Valley Public Media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very excited to work with all of our amazing partners and bring a virtual Camp Fowler experience\u00a0into not only\u00a0the homes of the families we work with, but so many homes in our region.\u00a0Kids need ideas and\u00a0challenges brought into their home that can then be taken outside to do with their families and friends. I miss all of the campers that come through Camp Fowler each summer and I hope \u201cIt\u2019s Camp\u201d can make them feel the magic that they felt when they were here at camp with us.\u201d said Lori Hooper, Project Supervisor, Camp Fowler.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a special preview on Monday, June 15th.\u00a0<em>It&#8217;s Camp!<\/em>\u00a0will then air 55\u00a0episodes beginning Monday, June 22 through August.<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0It will air live each weekday at 11:30am and will be available to view on PBS39, Facebook Live,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/valleyyouthhouse.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f10cbe4d4c4bb4be2ae3cdbf8&amp;id=58191638c9&amp;e=a63d374a1b\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/valleyyouthhouse.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Df10cbe4d4c4bb4be2ae3cdbf8%26id%3D58191638c9%26e%3Da63d374a1b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1592096917941000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHgB0qAqIUhfc-Uz4i4Qt9vUO2LYw\">PBS39.org<\/a>\u00a0and PBS39 Passport.\u00a0Check your local listings to find PBS39\/WLVT on your cable or satellite provider.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Valley Youth House\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Valley Youth House (<a href=\"https:\/\/valleyyouthhouse.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f10cbe4d4c4bb4be2ae3cdbf8&amp;id=b80d90ec3a&amp;e=a63d374a1b\">ValleyYouthHouse.org<\/a>) does more than just provide homes for Pennsylvania\u2019s vulnerable, abused and homeless youth. We partner with thousands<br \/>\nof individuals each year to build a solid foundation for young people and their families. With dedicated street outreach, housing, counseling, skills training, health, prevention, and intervention services, we empower resilient young people in establishing promising futures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nEmily Conners<br \/>\nValley Youth House Development Officer<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.valleyyouthhouse.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/camp-fowler.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/101296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}