Under the shade of a tree in Patterson Park, nine-year-old Nakai Murray was lying down on her pool towel next to a counselor and a fellow camper.
Relaxed but not actually napping, Murray was ecstatic to be filling out her math booklet during some downtime at Camp St. Vincent, Baltimore’s only summer camp exclusively for children who are experiencing homelessness.
“This is actually a lot of fun, I love math, even more than swimming,” Murray said. “If I didn’t go to camp, I’d be sitting in the house all day, pretty much just sitting on my bed.”
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