Camp St. Vincent is the only summer camp in the mid-Atlantic exclusively serving homeless children.

**NEW EVENT DATE: July 7, 2016**

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore invites members of the media to tour its summer day camp that takes place in Baltimore City’s Patterson Park from June 27 through August 12, 2016.

What:

Media Day features tours of Camp St. Vincent with the opportunity to see campers participating in dance and academics in the park. Tours begin at St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore's Head Start building before proceeding across the street to Patterson Park.

Photographic and video opportunities available at each activity station.

When:

Thursday, July 7, 2016, 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

• 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. – guided media tours
• 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. – St. Vincent de Paul staff and volunteer camp counselors available for interviews

Where:

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore’s Head Start building:
242 S. Patterson Park Avenue
Baltimore, Md. 21231

For more information, contact:

Kathy Walsh
Director of Marketing
Fallston Group, LLC
410-420-2001
Kathy.Walsh@fallstongroup.com

About Camp St. Vincent – www.vincentbaltimore.org/camp

Camp St. Vincent is designed for homeless children living in shelters and transitional housing and addresses the negative impact of homelessness on their academic, social and emotional development. The camp works to help prevent summer learning loss and increase swim abilities through traditional camp experiences such as swimming instruction, arts, athletics and music along with structured reading and math curriculum, psycho-social groups, cultural enrichment activities and field trips. Within the safety and support of a therapeutic environment, campers develop positive, trusting relationships with adults that assist them in maintaining grade-appropriate academic performance, developing social competence and problem solving skills, strengthening autonomy and gaining a sense of purpose.

About St. Vincent de Paul – www.vincentbaltimore.org

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore is a leading provider of community services to people suffering from the effects of hunger, homelessness and poverty in Baltimore, Maryland. We are proud to be a United Way Impact Partner and to be recognized by Maryland Nonprofits with the Seal of Excellence for maintaining the highest standards of ethics and accountabilities in nonprofit governance, management, and operations.