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March, 2021

Meet Fresh Air Alum: Melanie Boyce

Melanie Boyce, Fresh Air alum and volunteer mentor with our College Connections Program (CCP), shares her Fresh Air story and why she decided to volunteer as a mentor. Melanie grew up in Far Rock Read More

February, 2021

Meet Ariel Pierre: Fresh Air Alum

Proud Fresh Air alum and Executive Director in Consumer Banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co., Ariel Pierre, shares how her time at Camp Mariah and her Career Awareness Progra Read More

February, 2021

#FreshAirForever: 70 Years Later – The Impact of The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program

“They cried every time I left. When they put me on the train or the bus they would cry. That’s how much they loved me,” Fresh Air alum, Gwen Penn said.   At 76-years-old, Gwen sti Read More

November, 2020

Meet Fresh Air Alum: Stephanie Rivera

Fresh Air alum, Stephanie Rivera, could not have anticipated how her Land Conservation Internship in summer 2019 at The Fresh Air Fund’s Sharpe Reservation would prepare her for her role t Read More

September, 2020

Meet Fresh Air Alum: D’yona “DeeDee” Davis

Flash back to a Saturday winter morning in the Draddy Gymnasium at Manhattan College and Fresh Air families filled the stands in blue and green shirts to cheer on the Manhattan Women’s Basketba Read More

April, 2020

Kayla Paulino Found a Second Home – and a Career – with The Fresh Air Fund

For Kayla Paulino, providing a safe and supportive space for New York City children comes naturally.  She developed her passion for working with children as a counselor at The Fresh Air Fund Read More

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