Fresh Air in the News

When Amani Davidson, 26 years old, was in grade school, she begged her mother to send her to camp. Ms. Davidson had loved nature for as long as she could remember. She and her best friend liked to say, “Pretty girls love dirt,” and they spent hours outside near their homes in Brooklyn. “We liked digging up worms and literally playing in the dirt,” she said. She had also been inspired by movies about summer camp, like “The Parent Trap,” and she pictured camp as involving long walks in the woods and a chance to make new friends.