{"id":867265,"date":"2025-08-22T23:15:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/tips-for-safe-vacation-camps\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T23:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:15:02","slug":"tips-for-safe-vacation-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/tips-for-safe-vacation-camps\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for safe vacation camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<article data-rocket-location-hash=\"bf13eafd6f7ba7dc8132d85ca9329dcd\">\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/category\/opinion\/letters-to-the-editor\">Letters to the Editor<\/a><\/p>\n<header>\n<\/header>\n<address>\n\t<a rel=\"author\" href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/reporter\/real-time\"><br \/>\n\t\tNewsday<br \/>\n\t<\/a><br \/>\n<\/address>\n<p><time pubdate datetime=\"2025-07-22\" title=\"Tuesday 22 July 2025\">Tuesday 22 July 2025<\/time><\/p>\n<figure id=\"article-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/pixabay-work-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"- \"><figcaption>&#8211; <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>THE EDITOR:<\/b> With schools having closed for the July-August vacation on the July 11, now is a good time for some vacation camp safety points.<\/p>\n<p>For parents:<\/p>\n<p>Research camps<\/p>\n<p>Prepare children<\/p>\n<p>Provide information<\/p>\n<p>Communicate with camp staff<\/p>\n<p>Trust instincts<\/p>\n<p>For camps:<\/p>\n<p>Ensure safety of physical environment<\/p>\n<p>Ensure children are supervised<\/p>\n<p>Check on health and hygiene<\/p>\n<p>Prepare for emergencies<\/p>\n<p>Train staff<\/p>\n<p>Check staff backgrounds<\/p>\n<p>Communicate with children<\/p>\n<p>TT, when parents and camps work together, a positive experience can be achieved for the children.<\/p>\n<p><b>AV RAMPERSAD<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Princes Town<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsday.co.tt\/2025\/07\/22\/tips-for-safe-vacation-camps\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letters to the Editor Newsday Tuesday 22 July 2025 &#8211; THE EDITOR: With schools having closed for the July-August vacation on the July 11, now is a good time for some vacation camp safety points. For parents: Research camps Prepare children Provide information Communicate with camp staff Trust instincts For camps: Ensure safety of physical<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":867266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33827,25378],"tags":[78001,13112],"class_list":{"0":"post-867265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-camps","8":"category-vacation","9":"tag-camps","10":"tag-vacation"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}