CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Summers are normally the time kids get to enjoy camps and get out of the house. During the coronavirus pandemic, one Charlotte summer camp is still going strong, but they’re making sure everyone is safe.

 

What You Need To Know

  • The coronavirus pandemic forced many summer camps to close this year

  • In Charlotte, Children's Theatre of Charlotte started offering in-person camps in July

  • The administrative staff looked at camps around the country to figure out how to safely re-open for in-person camps

  • Campers are required to wear masks, do daily health checks, and stay six feet apart from others



At the Children's Threate of Charlotte, in-person camps started up last week.

Steven Levine, the director of production, says the administrative team looked at camps locally and around the country to see how they’d be able to hold in-person camps.

“Discovery Place, their camp started before ours. So, we looked at the way they did their morning check-in, and said 'what do we like about that, what would work for us, what can we steal,'” he says.

Campers are required to wear a mask, stay physically distant at all times, and do daily temperature checks before coming to camp.

There aren’t as many campers filling the building but, for teaching artist Aubrey Moya-Mendez, it feels good to be back on stage and learning a new way to perform.

“As an actor and a teacher and a director, to be able to create again, and just come together and just do it has been amazing,” she says.

There is still some availability for some of the digital and in-person camps. Click here for more information.